Franklin D. Roosevelt and his New Deal led the nation through the Great Depression. Elected to four terms, his presidency helped ensure victory in World War II.
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt, often referred to by the initials FDR, was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945.
• Born: January 30, 1882, Hyde Park, NY
• Died: April 12, 1945, Roosevelt’s Little White House Historic Site, GA
• Presidential term: March 4, 1933 – April 12, 1945
• Party: Democratic Party
• Vice presidents: John Nance Garner (1933–1941), Henry A. Wallace (1941–1945), Harry S. Truman (1945)
• First president to serve more than two terms. Roosevelt won a record four presidential elections, and served four terms in office from 1933 to 1945. More precisely, Roosevelt served three full terms, and died 2 months and 24 days into his fourth term.
• First president to be inaugurated on January 20 (per the Twentieth Amendment). His first inauguration took place on March 4, 1933. His second inauguration took place on January 20, 1937 and is the first inauguration to take place on that date.
• First president to be elected after losing as vice president on a major party ticket. Roosevelt was Democratic nominee for vice president in the 1920 United States presidential election. He was the Democratic nominee for president in 1932 United States presidential election, and was elected.
• First president to appear five times on a national ticket, a record tied by Richard Nixon.
• First president to appear on television On April 30, 1939, Roosevelt appeared at the opening ceremony of the 1939 New York World’s Fair and gave a speech. The speech was televised, and Roosevelt became the first president of the United States to give a speech that is broadcast by television. Roosevelt’s speech was seen on black and white television sets with 5 to 12-inch tubes.
• First president to appoint a woman (Frances Perkins) to a Cabinet post. Perkins was appointed United States secretary of labor in 1933.
• First president to establish a presidential library
• First president to veto more than 600 bills. His total vetoes were 635, though 9 were overridden.
• First president to issue more than 250 pocket vetos. He issued 263 pocket vetoes.
• First president to visit South America while in office, he visited Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay.
• First president to visit the Soviet Union.
• First president to fly in an airplane while in office.Template:Says whom
• First president to make a transatlantic flight, he traveled aboard a Boeing 314 Clipper during his secret 1943 mission to Casablanca. As a result of this trip, he also became the first president to visit Africa while in office. He visited Morocco, Liberia, Tunisia, Gambia and Egypt.
• First president to have had no full siblings. He only had a half-brother, James Roosevelt Roosevelt.
• First president to receive a British monarch during a visit to the U.S., George VI in 1939.
• First president to meet with a king of Saudi Arabia, Ibn Saud in 1945.
• First president who was a Democrat to die in office.
• First president to have a National Library administered by the National Archives and Records Administration.
• First president to have three vice presidents (John Nance Garner, Henry A. Wallace, & Harry S. Truman).
• First president with a significant physical disability, his legs were paralyzed due to polio.
• First president to visit Iran, Haiti, the Bahamas, and Trinidad and Tobago.
Franklin D. Roosevelt and his New Deal led the nation through the Great Depression. Elected to four terms, his presidency helped ensure victory in World War II.
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt, often referred to by the initials FDR, was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945.
• Born: January 30, 1882, Hyde Park, NY
• Died: April 12, 1945, Roosevelt’s Little White House Historic Site, GA
• Presidential term: March 4, 1933 – April 12, 1945
• Party: Democratic Party
• Vice presidents: John Nance Garner (1933–1941), Henry A. Wallace (1941–1945), Harry S. Truman (1945)
• First president to serve more than two terms. Roosevelt won a record four presidential elections, and served four terms in office from 1933 to 1945. More precisely, Roosevelt served three full terms, and died 2 months and 24 days into his fourth term.
• First president to be inaugurated on January 20 (per the Twentieth Amendment). His first inauguration took place on March 4, 1933. His second inauguration took place on January 20, 1937 and is the first inauguration to take place on that date.
• First president to be elected after losing as vice president on a major party ticket. Roosevelt was Democratic nominee for vice president in the 1920 United States presidential election. He was the Democratic nominee for president in 1932 United States presidential election, and was elected.
• First president to appear five times on a national ticket, a record tied by Richard Nixon.
• First president to appear on television On April 30, 1939, Roosevelt appeared at the opening ceremony of the 1939 New York World’s Fair and gave a speech. The speech was televised, and Roosevelt became the first president of the United States to give a speech that is broadcast by television. Roosevelt’s speech was seen on black and white television sets with 5 to 12-inch tubes.
• First president to appoint a woman (Frances Perkins) to a Cabinet post. Perkins was appointed United States secretary of labor in 1933.
• First president to establish a presidential library
• First president to veto more than 600 bills. His total vetoes were 635, though 9 were overridden.
• First president to issue more than 250 pocket vetos. He issued 263 pocket vetoes.
• First president to visit South America while in office, he visited Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay.
• First president to visit the Soviet Union.
• First president to fly in an airplane while in office.Template:Says whom
• First president to make a transatlantic flight, he traveled aboard a Boeing 314 Clipper during his secret 1943 mission to Casablanca. As a result of this trip, he also became the first president to visit Africa while in office. He visited Morocco, Liberia, Tunisia, Gambia and Egypt.
• First president to have had no full siblings. He only had a half-brother, James Roosevelt Roosevelt.
• First president to receive a British monarch during a visit to the U.S., George VI in 1939.
• First president to meet with a king of Saudi Arabia, Ibn Saud in 1945.
• First president who was a Democrat to die in office.
• First president to have a National Library administered by the National Archives and Records Administration.
• First president to have three vice presidents (John Nance Garner, Henry A. Wallace, & Harry S. Truman).
• First president with a significant physical disability, his legs were paralyzed due to polio.
• First president to visit Iran, Haiti, the Bahamas, and Trinidad and Tobago.
Franklin Pierce, the 14th president of the United States, signed the Kansas-Nebraska Act, prompting a bloody conflict over Kansas’ slavery status.
• Franklin Pierce was the 14th president of the United States, a northern Democrat who saw the abolitionist movement as a fundamental threat to the unity of the nation.
• Born: November 23, 1804, Hillsboro, NH
• Died: October 8, 1869, The Pierce Manse, Concord, NH
• Presidential term: March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1857
• Vice president: William R. King (1853)
• Buried: Old North Cemetery, Concord, NH
• Children: Franklin Robert Pierce, Franklin Pierce, Jr., Benjamin Pierce
• First president born in New Hampshire.
• First president to install central heating in the White House.
• First president born in the 19th century (November 23, 1804).
• First president to deliver his inaugural address from memory.
• First president who had been elected to actively seek reelection but be defeated for nomination for a second term by his party.
Franklin Pierce, the 14th president of the United States, signed the Kansas-Nebraska Act, prompting a bloody conflict over Kansas’ slavery status.
• Franklin Pierce was the 14th president of the United States, a northern Democrat who saw the abolitionist movement as a fundamental threat to the unity of the nation.
• Born: November 23, 1804, Hillsboro, NH
• Died: October 8, 1869, The Pierce Manse, Concord, NH
• Presidential term: March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1857
• Vice president: William R. King (1853)
• Buried: Old North Cemetery, Concord, NH
• Children: Franklin Robert Pierce, Franklin Pierce, Jr., Benjamin Pierce
• First president born in New Hampshire.
• First president to install central heating in the White House.
• First president born in the 19th century (November 23, 1804).
• First president to deliver his inaugural address from memory.
• First president who had been elected to actively seek reelection but be defeated for nomination for a second term by his party.
