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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 third presidential term of Franklin D. Roosevelt began on January 20, 1941, when he was once again inaugurated as the 32nd president of the United States, and the fourth term of his presidency ended with his death on April 12, 1945.
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]
Franklin D. Roosevelt: Jan 30, 1882: 51 years, 33 days Mar 4, 1933: 63 years, 72 days Apr 12, 1945: 0 days [b] Apr 12, 1945: 63 years, 72 days 33 Harry S. Truman: May 8, 1884: 60 years, 339 days Apr 12, 1945: 68 years, 257 days Jan 20, 1953: 19 years, 341 days Dec 26, 1972: 88 years, 232 days 34 Dwight D. Eisenhower: Oct 14, 1890: 62 years, 98 ...
The 1945 State of the Union Address was given to the 79th United States Congress on Saturday, January 6, 1945, by the 32nd president of the United States, Franklin D. Roosevelt. It was given in the year he died. It was given during the final year of World War II. He stated, "In considering the State of the Union, the war and the peace that is ...
The presidency of William Henry Harrison, who died 31 days after taking office in 1841, was the shortest in American history. [9] Franklin D. Roosevelt served the longest, over twelve years, before dying early in his fourth term in 1945. He is the only U.S. president to have served more than two terms. [10]
The first term of the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt began on March 4, 1933, when he was inaugurated as the 32nd president of the United States, and the second term of his presidency ended on January 20, 1941, with his inauguration to a third term.
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