Franklin D. Roosevelt
Thirty Second President of the United States
1933-1945
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Date of birth: January 30, 1882
Place of birth: Hyde Park, New York
Date of death: April 12, 1945
Place of death: Warm Springs, Georgia
Party: Democrat
Wife: Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
Occupation: Public Official, Lawyer

During his presidency, Franklin D. Roosevelt

• had a Vice President John N. Garner for two terms from 1933 to 1941.
  
• had a Vice President Henry A. Wallace for one term from 1941 to 1945.
  
• had a Vice President Harry S. Truman for the beginning of his fourth term in 1945.
  
• launched new deal relief measures during first 100 days
  
• ended prohibition
  
• revived banking
  
• was first president to visit Latin America
  
• started social security
  
• passed Wagner act
  
• was re-elected by a land slide vote
  
• was re-elected into third and fourth terms (also a presidential first)
  
• was unable to reform the Supreme Court
  
• had to deal with World War II beginning with Hitler's invasion of Poland
  
• was given power to assist U.S. allies with military equipment
  
• began attacks on Japan after their 'surprise' attack on Pearl Harbor
  
• beat Hitler's army on a day known as D-Day.
  
• discussed terms of peace at Yalta Conference
  
• died of a cerebral hemorrhage in his fourth term
  
• never lived to see the U.S. beat Japan