Franklin Delano Roosevelt
At a Glance
32nd President of the United States (1933-1945)
Born: January 30, 1882, Hyde Park, New York
Nickname: "FDR"
Education: Harvard College (graduated 1903), Columbia Law School
Religion: Episcopalian
Marriage: March 17, 1905, to Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962)
Children: Anna Eleanor (1906-1975), James (1907-1991), Franklin Delano Jr. (1909), Elliott (1910-1990), Franklin Delano Jr. (1914-1988), John Aspinwall (1916-1981)
Career: Public Official, Lawyer
Political Party: Democrat
Writings: The Happy Warrior, Alfred E. Smith (1928), F.D.R.: His Personal Letters (4 vols., 1947-50), ed. by Elliott Roosevelt
Died: April 12, 1945, Warm Springs, Georgia
Buried: Hyde Park, New York
A Life in Brief: Faced with the Great Depression and World War II, Franklin D. Roosevelt, nicknamed "FDR," guided America through its greatest domestic crisis, with the exception of the Civil War, and its greatest foreign crisis. His presidency -- which spanned twelve years -- was unparalleled, not only in length but in scope. More....
Essays on Franklin Delano Roosevelt and His Administration
Consulting Editor: William E. Leuchtenburg
Professor Leuchtenburg is the William Rand Kenan Jr. Professor Emeritus of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His writings include:
The White House Looks South: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Lyndon B. Johnson (Louisiana State University Press, 2005)
The FDR Years: On Roosevelt and His Legacy (Columbia University Press, 1995)
The Perils of Prosperity, 1914-32 (University of Chicago Press, 1993)
Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal, 1932-1940 (Harper Collins, 1963)
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March 4, 1933 - First Inaugural Address
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