Franklin Roosevelt

Franklin Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882 in Hyde Park, New York. He attended Harvard University and Columbia Law School. FDR was the Thirty-second President and assumed presidency at the depth of the great depression. Franklin D. Roosevelt entered politics through Public Service, but as a democrat. Franklin Roosevelt was the fifth cousin of Theodore Roosevelt, who was a past president. Franklin was a Nominee for the Vice President seat in 1920. Franklin became New York Governor in 1928. He was then elected President during the year of 1932, he served four years. FDR had to struggle with the Great Depression at its lowest depth; 13,000,000 people were unemployed, almost every bank was closed. When Franklin Roosevelt was re-elected by a "top-heavy margin." Roosevelt sought to keep the United States out of war in Europe, but strengthen nations threatened or attacked. He began to send all aid short of actual military involvement. When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, FDR organized the use of resources and man-power for Global War. Feeling the only way to gain peace between the US and Russia, Franklin Roosevelt devoted much thought to the planning of the United Nations. As the war ended Franklin D. Roosevelt died of a cerebral hemorrhage on April 12th, 1945.