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Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. (August 17, 1914 – August 17, 1988) was an American lawyer, politician, and businessman. He served as a United States congressman from New York from 1949 to 1955 and in 1963 was appointed United States Under Secretary of Commerce by President John F. Kennedy.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (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.
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt was an avid collector. Born on January 30, 1882, Roosevelt had a life-long love affair with postage stamps. He started collecting them as a child and later attended stamp shows, bought rarities from stamp dealers, and joined stamp clubs.
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt could have run on the same ticket as Herbert Hoover. Roosevelt took part in the 1920 Presidential Election, running as James M. Cox’s vice presidential candidate on the Democratic ticket.
- Maine and Vermont were the only two states that never voted for Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Landslides became FDR’s specialty. When Roosevelt defeated Hoover in the 1932 presidential election, he earned 472 Electoral College votes to Hoover’s 59.
- When Fidel Castro was 14 years old, he petitioned Franklin Delano Roosevelt for $10. “My good friend Roosvelt [sic] I don’t know very English, but I know as much as I write to you.”
Nov 8, 2017 · Apart from his impact on America, FDR has been among the most popular subjects for historians in this country and elsewhere for the role he played in the war and in planning the world that...
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. (August 17, 1914 – August 17, 1988) was an American lawyer, politician, and businessman. He served as a United States congressman from New York from 1949 to 1955 and in 1963 was appointed United States Under Secretary of Commerce by President John F. Kennedy.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, JR August 17, 1914 -August 17, 1988 Fifth-born child of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. Franklin, Jr., was born at Campobello Island, the Roosevelt's summer home. Following family custom, he graduated from Groton and Harvard (A.B. 1937), where he distinguished himself both in scholarship and athletics. He earned an LL.B.
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Roosevelt won 472 of the 531 electoral votes and 57.4% of the popular vote, making him the first Democrat since 1876 to win a majority of the popular vote, and he won a larger percentage of the vote than any Democrat before him since the party's founding in 1828.
