Franklin Delano Roosevelt[a] (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), also known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945. He is the longest-serving U.S. president, and the only one to have served more than two terms.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt campaigned for Woodrow Wilson, the Democratic candidate in the 1912 election. Wilson won, defeating Republican candidate William Howard Taft and the Progressive Bull Moose candidate – and FDR’s cousin – former president Teddy Roosevelt.

On March 12, 1913, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, a two-term state senator in New York, received the nomination to become Woodrow Wilson’s Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Confirmed unanimously by the Senate, Roosevelt was just 31 years old, …

FDR understood that foreign policy could not be successful if based only on partisan support. This understanding would prove crucial in Roosevelt's handling of the end of World War II. On July 1920, Roosevelt was nominated to run for Vice President on James Cox's ticket.

Apr 10, 2017 · Eight years after his own presidency, and 19 years after his cavalry charge on Cuba’s San Juan Hill, the ever bombastic 58-year-old Roosevelt wanted to go to war again.

Jan 26, 2025 · Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States, remains one of the most influential and transformative figures in American history. Serving an unprecedented four terms from 1933 to 1945, Roosevelt guided the nation through two of its most defining crises: the Great Depression and World War II.

Roosevelt faced the greatest crisis in American history since the Civil War. He undertook immediate actions to initiate his New Deal programs. To halt depositor panics, he closed the banks temporarily.

When the United States entered World War I in 1917, Franklin held the civilian post of Assistant Secretary of the Navy. He was eager to enlist, but President Wilson urged against it, citing his important service in the Navy Department. During World War II, President Roosevelt served as Commander-in-Chief of the United States Armed Forces.

FDR goes on radio to announce cross-Channel invasion is under way; leads nation in prayer for speedy victory. June 15. U.S. ground forces invade Saipan in the Mariana Islands.

Jan 5, 2012 · FDR may have set an additional aviation first – we think he may have been the first president to fly on-board a dirigible airship (also known as a blimp or zeppelin)! During World War I, serving as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, FDR …