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  2. Franklin D. Roosevelt - Wikipedia

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    Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882, in Hyde Park, New York, to businessman James Roosevelt I and his second wife, Sara Ann Delano. His parents, who were sixth cousins, [ 3 ] came from wealthy, established New York families—the Roosevelts , the Aspinwalls and the Delanos , respectively—and resided at Springwood , a large ...

  3. First inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt - Wikipedia

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    The first inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt as the 32nd president of the United States was held on Saturday, March 4, 1933, at the East Portico of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. This was the 37th inauguration, and marked the commencement of the first term of Franklin D. Roosevelt as president and John Nance Garner as vice ...

  4. Four Freedoms - Wikipedia

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    The Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park is a park designed by the architect Louis Kahn for the south point of Roosevelt Island. [20] The park celebrates the famous speech, and text from the speech is inscribed on a granite wall in the final design of the park.

  5. First 100 days of Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency - Wikipedia

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    The first 100 days of the Franklin D. Roosevelt presidency began on March 4, 1933, the day Franklin D. Roosevelt was inaugurated as the 32nd president of the United States.He had signaled his intention to move with unprecedented speed to address the problems facing the nation in his inaugural address, declaring: "I am prepared under my constitutional duty to recommend the measures that a ...

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

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    Franklin Delano Roosevelt served as President from March 1933 to April 1945, the longest tenure in American history. He may have done more during those twelve years to change American society and politics than any of his predecessors in the White House, save Abraham Lincoln.

  7. Alphabet agencies - Wikipedia

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    The alphabet agencies, or New Deal agencies, were the U.S. federal government agencies created as part of the New Deal of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The earliest agencies were created to combat the Great Depression in the United States and were established during Roosevelt's first 100 days in office in 1933. In total, at least 69 offices ...

  8. 10 Rare Roosevelt Dimes Worth a Lot of Money - AOL

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    Franklin Delano Roosevelt consistently ranks among the greatest presidents in U.S. history.He not only guided the country through the Great Depression and World War II, he was also the only ...

  9. Day of Infamy speech - Wikipedia

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    Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1940. Franklin D. Roosevelt was born in 1882 in Dutchess County, New York. Initially working at a law firm, he later became a member of the New York state senate. He served as the assistant secretary of the Navy under President Woodrow Wilson and was elected the 44th governor of New York.