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  2. Franklin D. Roosevelt - Wikipedia

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    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. The longest-serving U.S. president, he is the only president to have served more than two terms.

  3. Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt, first and second terms

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    [289] [290] Roosevelt's 1939 State of the Union Address was the first such address in which the president did not recommend a major new program. [291] Under the leadership of Chairman Martin Dies Jr. , the House Un-American Activities Committee held hearings on alleged Communist influence in government and labor unions.

  4. Presidential transition of Franklin D. Roosevelt - Wikipedia

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    The presidential transition of Franklin D. Roosevelt began when he won the United States 1932 United States presidential election, becoming the president-elect of the United States, and ended when Roosevelt was inaugurated at noon EST on March 4, 1933.

  5. Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt, third and fourth terms

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    Harry Truman, who had become president upon Roosevelt's death, dedicated Victory in Europe Day and its celebrations to Roosevelt's memory. Truman kept the flags across the U.S. at half-staff for the remainder of the 30-day mourning period, saying that his only wish was "that Franklin D. Roosevelt had lived to witness this day." [209]

  6. 1932 United States presidential election - Wikipedia

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    Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 8, 1932. Against the backdrop of the Great Depression, incumbent Republican President Herbert Hoover was defeated in a landslide by Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt, the governor of New York and the vice presidential nominee of the 1920 presidential election.

  7. 1944 United States presidential election - Wikipedia

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    Incumbent Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Republican Thomas E. Dewey to win an unprecedented fourth term. It was also the fifth (and second consecutive) presidential election in which both major party candidates were registered in the same home state; the others have been in 1860 , 1904 , 1920 , 1940 , and 2016 .

  8. U.S. Presidents' Net Worth, Before and After Taking Office - AOL

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    George H.W. Bush. Before: $4 million After: $23 million The elder Bush had grown his net worth by 475% between the time he took office in 1989 and 2017, when The American University study was ...

  9. Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt - Wikipedia

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    For the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt, see: Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt, first and second terms (1933–1937 and 1937–1941), as U.S. president; Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt, third and fourth terms (1941–1945 and January–April 1945), as U.S. president