Franklin D. Roosevelt was president during two of the most serious crises of the twentieth century—the Great Depression (1929-41) and World War II (1939-45). During both ordeals, he was able to make ready massive efforts and rally tremendous...

Born January 30, 1882 Hyde Park, New York Died April 12, 1945 Warm Springs, Georgia Thirty-second president of the United States Franklin...

First Inaugural Address by Franklin D. Roosevelt Born in Hyde Park, New York, in 1882, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) grew up in a family that enjoyed both wealth and political power. (President Theodore Roosevelt was a fifth cousin.) After beginning a...

Born January 30, 1882 Hyde Park, New York Died April 12, 1945 Warm Springs, Georgia Thirty-second president of the United...

(born January 30, 1882, Hyde Park, New York, U.S.—died April 12, 1945, Warm Springs, Georgia) 32nd president of the United States (1933–45). The only president elected to the office four times, Roosevelt led the United States through two of...

(b. January 30, 1882; d. April 12, 1945) Thirty-second president of the United States (1933–1945). Franklin Delano Roosevelt led the nation through its worst depression and greatest world war. As president, he championed his New Deal and other...

Legacy The Four Freedoms engraved on a wall at the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in Washington Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt's gravesite in the Rose Garden in their Hyde Park home. Roosevelt has been consistently ranked as one of the greatest...