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Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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Franklin D. Roosevelt - U.S. President | Mini Bio | BIO

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Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1945 Presidential Inauguration

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FDR: The President Who Made America into a Superpower | Biography Documentary | 1945

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Blessings in Disease: Franklin Delano Roosevelt became disabled

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The Four Freedoms - Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American politician who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. A member of the Democratic Party, he won a record four presidential elections and became a central figure in world events during the first half of the 20th century. Roosevelt directed the federal government during most of the Great Depression, implementing his New Deal domestic agenda in response to the worst economic crisis in U.S. history. As a dominant leader of his party, he built the New Deal Coalition, which realigned American politics into the Fifth Party System and defined modern liberalism in the United States throughout the middle third of the 20th century. His third and fourth terms were dominated by World War II, which ended shortly after he died in office.