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Roosevelt, Franklin Delano. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 Roosevelt was reelected governor in 1930, and, to deal with the growing problems of the economic depression, he in 1932 surrounded himself with a small group of intellectuals (later called the Brain Trust) as well as with other experts in many fields. Roosevelt’s inaugural address held words of hope and vigor to reassure the troubled country—“Let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself”—and at the same time to prepare it for a prompt and unprecedented emergency program—“This Nation asks for action, and action now. Roosevelt allied himself firmly with reform elements in the party by his vigorous campaign for Woodrow Wilson in the election of 1912. www.bartleby.com /65/rs/RsvltF.html

MSN Encarta - Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882, at his family’s estate at Hyde Park, in Dutchess County, New York. Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (1882-1945), 32nd president of the United States (1933-1945). Roosevelt held office during two of the greatest crises ever faced by the United States: the Great Depression of the 1930s, followed by World War II (1939-1945). encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761562953/Roosevelt_Franklin_Delano.html

Welcome to The American Presidency Roosevelt supported Woodrow Wilson for the presidential nomination in 1912, and when Wilson became president in 1913, Roosevelt was appointed assistant secretary of the navy. Roosevelt's opponents denounced him for increasing the role of the government in the economic life of the country and claimed that he unnecessarily involved the United States in World War II. Roosevelt was born on a comfortable estate overlooking the Hudson River at Hyde Park, New York, on January 30, 1882. ap.grolier.com /article?assetid=a2025680-h&templatename=/article/article.html

Worldroots.com Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the son of James and Sara Roosevelt. Roosevelt at first declined, saying he wanted to concentrate on rehabilitating his legs, but he finally agreed to run when he was nominatel by acclamation. In 1937 Roosevelt suffered one of the biggest defeats of his presidency and squandered political capital won in the 1936 election when he proposed to expand the Supreme Court from nine to as rnany as fifteen judges. worldroots.com /brigitte/froosev.htm

Franklin D. Roosevelt Biography Franklin D. Roosevelt was born in Hyde Park, New York on January 30, 1882, the son of James Roosevelt and Sara Delano Roosevelt. Roosevelt's popularity and success in naval affairs resulted in his being nominated for vice-president by the Democratic Party in 1920 on a ticket headed by James M. Cox of Ohio. Roosevelt was reelected to the State Senate in 1912, and supported Woodrow Wilson's candidacy at the Democratic National Convention. www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu /fdrbio.html

32nd President, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born January 30, 1882, at Hyde Park, New York, into one of the more famous families in America at that time. Roosevelt was the first President to appear on television, the first to appoint a woman to the cabinet (Frances Perkins as Secretary of Labor), and the only President to serve more than eight years. Roosevelt nonetheless was renominated and won, this time with Harry S Truman as his running mate. www.presidentialpetmuseum.com /presidents/32FR.htm

Franklin Delano Roosevelt hero file Roosevelt, who has a longstanding interest in seafaring, is appointed assistant secretary of the navy in March 1913. Roosevelt's body is carried by train from Warm Springs to Washington for a memorial ceremony. From 28 November to 1 December Roosevelt meets with Churchill and Stalin in Tehran, the capital of Iran. www.moreorless.au.com /heroes/roosevelt.html

FDR.htm Franklin D. Roosevelt is the only American president to be elected four consecutive times (1932, 1936, 1940, 1944). Roosevelt plays a leading role in the war-time alliance with Britain and the Soviet Union especially in relation to the founding of the Atlantic Charter (April 1941), and the Tehran (October 1943) and Yalta (February 1945) conferences. President Roosevelt has little if anything to do with the German Conspiracy against Hitler, except that he allows his government to follow the advice of the British Foreign Office in ignoring the appeals of all the emissaries sent by the conspirators to obtain Allied help for their plot. www.joric.com /Conspiracy/FDR.htm

Presidents: Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin Roosevelt was born in Hyde Park, New York. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the only President to break the two term tradition for the Presidency. Roosevelt felt that his policies of recovery were being undermined by the Supreme Court, and he thus attempted to pack the Supreme Court with supporters of his policies. www.multied.com /Bio/presidents/f_roosevelt.html

President Franklin Roosevelt: Health & Medical History Theodore Roosevelt's side of the family pronounced the "Roo" in Roosevelt as in "roof." Franklin Roosevelt's side of the family pronounced it as in "rose" [6b]. Franklin Roosevelt's father proposed to Theodore Roosevelt's sister Anna, but she rejected him [6a]. Alternate index terms: Medical history of President Roosevelt, Medical history of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Medical history of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Medical history of FDR. www.doctorzebra.com /prez/g32.htm

Franklin Roosevelt Roosevelt's abilities were brought to the attention of President Woodrow Wilson and in 1913 he appointed him as assistant secretary of the navy, a post he held for the next six years. Roosevelt announced that he was going to ask Congress to pass a bill enabling the president to expand the Supreme Court by adding one new judge, up to a maximum off six, for every current judge over the age of 70. Roosevelt was seen as great success as governor of New York and he was the obvious choice as the Democratic presidential candidate in 1932. www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /USArooseveltF.htm

American President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born in 1882 in Hyde Park, New York, to James and Sara Roosevelt. (1909), Elliott Roosevelt (1910-1990), Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. Children: Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (1906-1975), James Roosevelt (1907-1991), Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. www.americanpresident.org /history/franklindelanoroosevelt

WashingtonPost.com: Remembering Franklin Delano Roosevelt Visit the national historic sites for Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. Roosevelt, who was standing behind the table, said in her inimitable high-pitched voice, polite but firm, "Don't you think it's a little late for ice cream?" We took the hint and went home. Roosevelt for his accomplishments, remember that fine would-be Americans died at the hands of a president who turned a blind eye from the words of the Statue of Liberty. washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/local/longterm/tours/fdr/remembrances.htm

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Home Page More than 50 years after Roosevelt's death, his own words call out from the walls of his memorial as if he were somehow present. For the many Americans who lived through the Roosevelt years, the words recall personal struggles and triumphs during 12 years that seemed like a lifetime. From the days of his first Presidential campaign during the depths of the Great Depression, Roosevelt spoke directly to the people. www.nps.gov /fdrm/home.htm

The Dying President: Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1944-1945, by Robert H. Ferrell In his final year, a year in which he faced crucial responsibility regarding World War II and American foreign policy, Franklin D. Roosevelt failed to serve the nation as a healthy president would have. In this authoritative account, Robert H. Ferrell shows how the treatment of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's illness in 1944- 1945 was managed by none other than the president himself. The Dying President: Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1944-1945, by Robert H. Ferrell www.umsystem.edu /upress/spring1998/ferrdyin.htm

Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute The mission of the Roosevelt Institute is to inform new generations of the ideals and achievements of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and to inspire the application of their spirit of optimism and innovation to the solution of current problems. Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt communicated by word and deed a vision of a just and compassionate society. TOP COTTAGE IN THE NEWS: Hear NPR's February 21, 1999 Weekend Edition report on FDR's "Top Cottage." It was specially designed by President Roosevelt to accommodate his disabilities, and is currently being restored through the efforts of the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute. newdeal.feri.org /feri

GI -- World War II Commemoration Roosevelt became president in March 1933 at the depth of the Great Depression, was reelected for an unprecedented three more terms, and died in office in April 1945, less than a month before the surrender of Germany in WORLD WAR II. The secretary appreciated Roosevelt's dexterous handling of admirals, departmental employees, and labor unions, which were active in naval yards, and his opposition to the collusive bidding and price-fixing practiced by defense contractors. Roosevelt was also wise in recognizing the futility of trying to stop Russian penetration of eastern Europe, which Soviet armies had overrun by early 1944. gi.grolier.com /wwii/wwii_roosevelt.html

How Franklin Roosevelt Lied America Into War According to his own official statements, repeated on many occasions, and with special emphasis when the presidential election of 1940 was at stake, Franklin D. Roosevelt's policy after the outbreak of the war in Europe in 1939 was dominated by one overriding thought: how to keep the United States at peace. Franklin Roosevelt repeatedly deceived the American people during the period before Pearl Harbor... Presidential pledges to "keep our country out of war," with which Roosevelt was so profuse in the summer and autumn of 1940, could reasonably be regarded as canceled by some new development in the international situation involving a real and urgent threat to the security of the United States and the Western Hemisphere. www.ihr.org /jhr/v14/v14n6p19_Chamberlin.html

Debunking the Roosevelt Myth One of those myths surrounds the life and presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, America's 32nd President. Roosevelt was hardly a learned man. He knew little about economics either in theory or practice. Roosevelt's Road to Russia by George N. Crocker www.rooseveltmyth.com

U.S. Navy - A Brief History of Aircraft Carriers - USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVB 42) Franklin D. Roosevelt supported the transport USS Kliensmith (APD 134) in the evacuation of 56 U.S. citizens and three foreign nationals from Nicara, Cuba, 24 October 1958, as the Cuban revolution came to a climax. Franklin D. Roosevelt operated off the east coast until July 1947 when she entered Norfolk Naval Ship Yard for a prolonged overhaul, during which she received improvements to her equipment and facilities. During her shakedown cruise, Franklin D. Roosevelt called at Rio de Janeiro 1 to l1 February 1946 to represent the United States at the inauguration of the Brazilian president, Eurico G. Dutra, who came aboard for a short cruise. www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/carriers/histories/cv42-fdr/cv42-fdr.html

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Presidency - Presidency New Deal In July, 1932, Roosevelt was chosen by the Democratic party as its presidential... (Franklin Delano Roosevelt, expresidente de los Estados Unidos)(TT: For the crisis now a days the world needs another Franklin D. Roosevelt) (TA: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, former president of the United States) (Siempre!) FDR, LEWIS DOUGLAS, AND THE RAW DEAL.(Franklin Delano Roosevelt) (The Historian) www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0760616.html

American Experience The Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt PBS Franklin Delano Roosevelt was found to have been related, by blood or through marriage, to eleven former presidents. The policies and persona of Franklin Roosevelt set the cast of the "modern" presidency. World Timeline - See a timeline of world events during Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration. www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/presidents/32_f_roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes - The Quotations Page Franklin D. Roosevelt, Address to Congress, Dec. 8, 1941 - Search for Franklin D. Roosevelt at Amazon.com Franklin D. Roosevelt, quoted Kansas City Star, June 5, 1977 www.quotationspage.com /quotes/Franklin_D._Roosevelt

Character Above All: Franklin D. Roosevelt Essay "I'll tell you," Franklin Roosevelt once told a friend during the toughest years of his presidency, "at night when I lay my head on my pillow, and it is often pretty late, and I think of the things "I think," Eleanor (Roosevelt) observed, "probably the thing that took most courage in his life was his mastery and his meeting of polio. Closely linked to Roosevelt's confidence was his willingness to try everything. www.pbs.org /newshour/character/essays/roosevelt.html

Franklin D. Roosevelt International Disability Award The Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute and the World Committee on Disability established the Franklin Delano Roosevelt International Disability Award on the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations on October 24, 1995. It consists of a bronze bust of President Franklin D. Roosevelt by the distinguished artist, Jo Davidson, and a monetary prize that is awarded to an outstanding non-governmental disability program in the selected nation. Selection of the nation to receive the Award is made by the Board of Directors of the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute with the advice of the World Committee on Disability and individuals from throughout the world who are knowledgeable about international disability, the World Programme of Action and FDR’s commitment to social justice. www.feri.org /awards/disability.cfm

Franklin D. Roosevelt When Franklin Roosevelt took his seat in New York's state legislature in 1911, some observers took a look at his patrician manner and declared him ill-suited to the rough realities of politics. Modeled the year Franklin Roosevelt entered politics and a New York state legislator, this portrait was the work of Prince Paul Troubetzkoy. When Roosevelt's grandmother, Nelly Blodgett commissioned Troubetzkoy to make this likeness, the understanding was that the artist would produce a small, full-length statuette. www.npg.si.edu /exh/hall2/fdrs.htm

TIME 100: Franklin Delano Roosevelt Future historians, looking back at this most bloody of centuries, will very likely regard the 32nd President of the U.S., Franklin Delano Roosevelt, as the leader most responsible for mobilizing democratic energies and faith first against economic collapse and then against military terror. Person of the Century: Runner-Up: Franklin Delano Roosevelt Roosevelt sits at the steering wheel of his automobile in April 1939 www.time.com /time/time100/leaders/profile/fdr.html

Springwood: Birthplace and Home to Franklin D. Roosevelt Eleanor Roosevelt explained, "I think Franklin realized that the historic library, the house, and the peaceful resting place behind the high hedge with flowers blooming around it would perhaps mean something to the people of the United States. Franklin Roosevelt had a strong and abiding connection with Springwood throughout his life. This lesson is based on Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site, one of the thousands of properties listed in the National Register of Historic Places. www.cr.nps.gov /nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/82springwood/82springwood.htm

Franklin Delano Roosevelt - Wikiquote Franklin Delano Roosevelt (30 January 1882 - 12 April 1945) 32nd President of the U.S. ; husband of Eleanor Roosevelt Wikisource has original works written by or about Franklin Delano Roosevelt. en.wikiquote.org /wiki/Franklin_Delano_Roosevelt

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