Franklin D. Roosevelt - See pictures from the life and presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt. en Copyright 2014, Wed, 16 Apr 2014 04:00:00 GMT 2014-04-16T04:00:00Z en Copyright 2014, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882 in Hyde Park, New York. He grew up the only child in an upper middle-class family. He graduated from Harvard and Columbia Law School. Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt In 1905, Roosevelt married his influential future first lady, Eleanor, a niece of Theodore Roosevelt and a distant cousin. Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt&apos;s early involvement in politics included a seat in the New York State Senate and the role of Woodrow Wilson&apos;s assistant secretary of the Navy during World War I. The Great Depression He served as governor of New York from 1929 to 1932, during which time he tested out various programs to help during the Great Depression. FDR campaigns for president Roosevelt&apos;s appeal for a strong federal role in boosting industry and the public welfare led to his election as the 32nd president of the United States in 1933. Herbert Hoover and Roosevelt Roosevelt defeated incumbent Herbert Hoover. FDR with his First Cabinet In 1933, Roosevelt embarked on an ambitious effort to jump-start the economy through federal work and welfare policies called &quot;The New Deal&quot;. Roosevelt gives fireside chat Roosevelt began radio speeches called &quot;fireside chats&quot; that were used to keep the public optimistic during the Great Depression FDR signing bill In 1921 at the age of 39, Roosevelt contracted a rare incidence of adult polio and lost the use of his legs. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt When it looked as if Hitler might invade Britain after the saturation bombing of London, Roosevelt boldly launched the &quot;lend-lease&quot; program early in 1941, which promised massive weapons and war-material exports to Britain. Attack on Pearl Harbor Japan bombed American fleets at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. FDR declares war Roosevelt asked Congress to declare war and American industry then underwent a massive conversion to defense production. Japanese Internment Camp Roosevelt controversially supported the internment of Japanese in America during the war. Roosevelt making a radio announcement He worked closely with Allied leaders to plan the liberation of Europe, which was led by American troops. Churchill, FDR, and Stalin at Yalta In delicate war-time negotiations with Stalin, Roosevelt recognized the strategic importance of relying on the Soviet Union to divert Hitler&apos;s attention away from an Allied liberation of Europe. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt Roosevelt&apos;s health deteriorated rapidly toward the end of the war. FDR's funeral procession FDR died on April 12, 1945, of a stroke at his home in Warm Springs, Georgia, leaving Vice President Harry Truman to see the U.S. to victory Polio victim lays wreath at FDR's grave In 1938, Roosevelt founded the March of Dimes to raise funds for polio research and rehabilitation. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt In all, Roosevelt served four terms--his election to a third and fourth term were unprecedented--and his presidency spanned two of the nation&apos;s greatest crises, the Great Depression and the Second World War. Eleanor Roosevelt Eleanor Roosevelt survived FDR and became a spokesperson for the United Nations. She died in 1962.