Franklin Delano Roosevelt

• background Born January 30, 1882, in Hyde Park, New York, into prominent Delano and Roosevelt families; graduated Harvard; permanently paralyzed in 1921.
• role New York State Senator (1911–1913); Assistant Secretary of Navy under Woodrow Wilson (1913–1920); Governor of New York (1929–1932).
• achievement 32nd President (1933–1945); longest-serving and only president to serve more than two terms; defeated Hoover in 1932 landslide.
• achievement Implemented New Deal during Great Depression; created relief/recovery programs; established SEC, NLRA, FDIC, Social Security.
• achievement Re-elected in 1936 in one of largest landslide victories in American history; presided over end of Prohibition.
• controversy Unable to expand Supreme Court in 1937; conservative coalition formed to block further New Deal programs and reforms.

• 4,422Days in office
• 4Terms
• 3,726Executive orders
• 372 / 263Vetoes (regular / pocket)
• 9Vetoes overridden
• 222Judicial appointments
• 9Supreme Court appointments

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1. 32nd presidency Democratic

   March 4, 1933 → April 12, 1945 Elected 1932 VP: John Garner

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