Presidents of the United States of America
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32 - Franklin D. Roosevelt
Personal Statistics:
Birth Date: January 30, 1882
Birthplace: Family home at Hyde Park, New York
Father: James Roosevelt (1828-1900)
Mother: Sara Delano (1854-1941)
Height at Prime: 6 feet 1 inch
Physical Description: Blue eyes with dark circles under them, dark wavy hair, prominent jaw, nearsighted
Religion: Episcopalian
Wife: (Anna) Eleanor Roosevelt (October 11, 1884 – November 7, 1962)
Marriage Date: March 17, 1905
Marriage Place: Townhouse of bride’s aunt (Mrs. E. Livingston Ludlow), East 76th Street, New York, New York
Children:
-- Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Dall Boettiger Halsted (May 3, 1906 – December 1, 1975)
-- James Roosevelt (December 23, 1907 – August 13, 1991)
-- Franklin Delano Roosevelt (March 18, 1909 – November 1, 1909)
-- Elliott Roosevelt (September 23, 1910 – October 27, 1990)
-- Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. (August 17, 1914 – August 17, 1988)
-- John Aspinwall Roosevelt (March 13, 1916 – April 27, 1981)
Death Date: April 12, 1945
Place of Death: “Little White House,†Warm Springs, Georgia
Cause of Death: Cerebral hemorrhage
Final Words: “I have a terrific headache.â€
Burial Place: Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Museum, Hyde Park, New York
Professional Statistics:
New York State Senator (1911-1913)
Assistant Secretary of the Navy (1913-1920)
Governor of New York (1929-1933)
32nd President of the United States (1933-1945)
Political Party: Democrat
His Vice Presidents:
-- John Nance Garner (1933-1941)
-- Henry Agard Wallace (1941-1945)
-- Harry S. Truman (1945)
Events During Presidency:
New Deal Programs:
-- Response to Banking Crisis (1933)
-- Civilian Conservation Corps (1933)
-- Agricultural Adjustment Acts (1933, 1938)
-- Tennessee Valley Authority (1933)
-- Federal Emergency Relief Administration (1933)
-- National Industrial Recovery Act (1933)
-- Securities and Exchange Commission (1934)
-- National Housing Act (1934)
-- Works Progress Administration (1935)
-- Rural Electrification Administration (1935)
-- Wagner Act (1935)
-- Social Security Act (1935)
Twenty-First Amendment ratified (1933)
Recognition of the Soviet Union (1933)
Good Neighbor Policy (1936)
Court Packing Plan (1937)
Hatch Act (1939)
World War II (1939-1945); U.S. Participation (1941-1945)
