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  2. Franklin D. Roosevelt - Wikipedia

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    Recorded December 8, 1941. Franklin Delano Roosevelt[a] (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), commonly known by his initials FDR, was an American politician who served as the 32nd president of the United States 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. First 100 days of the Franklin D. Roosevelt presidency

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    The 100th day of his presidency was June 12, 1933. On July 25, 1933, Roosevelt gave a radio address in which he coined the term "first 100 days." [1][3] Looking back, he began, "we all wanted the opportunity of a little quiet thought to examine and assimilate in a mental picture the crowding events of the hundred days which had been devoted to ...

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

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    t. e. 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. Roosevelt, the Democratic governor of the largest state, New York, took office after ...

  5. Four Freedoms - Wikipedia

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    The Four Freedoms were goals articulated by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt on Monday, January 6, 1941. In an address known as the Four Freedoms speech (technically the 1941 State of the Union address), he proposed four fundamental freedoms that people "everywhere in the world" ought to enjoy: Freedom of speech and expression.

  6. Paralytic illness of Franklin D. Roosevelt - Wikipedia

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    Franklin D. Roosevelt, later the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 to 1945, began experiencing symptoms of a paralytic illness in 1921 when he was 39 years old. His main symptoms were fevers; symmetric, ascending paralysis; facial paralysis; bowel and bladder dysfunction; numbness and hyperesthesia; and a descending pattern of recovery.

  7. Fireside chats - Wikipedia

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    The fireside chats were a series of evening radio addresses given by Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States, between 1933 and 1944.Roosevelt spoke with familiarity to millions of Americans about recovery from the Great Depression, the promulgation of the Emergency Banking Act in response to the banking crisis, the 1936 recession, New Deal initiatives, and the course of ...

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

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    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. Roosevelt won a third term by defeating Republican nominee Wendell Willkie in the 1940 United States ...

  9. 1933 in the United States - Wikipedia

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    January–March. March 4: Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the 32nd U.S. president. John Nance Garner becomes the 32nd U.S. vice president. January 5. Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins in San Francisco Bay. Calvin Coolidge, 30th president of the U.S (1923–1929) dies of coronary thrombosis in Northampton, Massachusetts.