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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. He is the longest-serving U.S. president, and the only one to have served more than two terms.
The 63-year-old Roosevelt died a few hours later, without regaining consciousness. As Allen Drury later said, "so ended an era, and so began another." After Roosevelt's death, an editorial in The New York Times declared, "Men will thank God on their knees a hundred years from now that Franklin D. Roosevelt was in the White House." [67]
The oldest president at the time of death was Jimmy Carter, who died at 100 years, 89 days. John F. Kennedy, assassinated at the age of 46 years, 177 days, was the youngest to have died in office; the youngest to have died by natural causes was James K. Polk, who died of cholera at the age of 53 years, 225 days.
Four presidents died in office of natural causes (William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Warren G. Harding, and Franklin D. Roosevelt), four were assassinated (Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, William McKinley, and John F. Kennedy), and one resigned (Richard Nixon, facing impeachment and removal from office). [12]
FDR cradled the mortally wounded Cermak as the car sped to a hospital, and the mayor subsequently died from the wounds. Zangara pleaded guilty and was executed on March 20, 1933.
After the luncheon, he told friends it was a "grand and glorious occasion". He did not return to his office for two months. [5]: 245 Roosevelt believed that warmth and exercise would help rebuild his legs. He bought a run-down 71-foot (21.6 m) houseboat and, in February 1923, sailed to Florida with friends and a small crew.
7. "This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny." 8. "I see one-third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished." 9. "Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it ...
Franklin D. Roosevelt: Little White House: Warm Springs, Georgia: 1945–1953 Harry S. Truman: Harry S. Truman Little White House [11] Key West, Florida: 1953–1961 Dwight D. Eisenhower: Eisenhower Cabin, Augusta National Golf Club: Augusta, Georgia: 1961–1963 John F. Kennedy: La Querida [13] Palm Beach, Florida: 1969–1974 Richard Nixon ...