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.
A New York governor who became the 26th U.S. president, Theodore Roosevelt is remembered for his foreign policy, corporate reforms and ecological preservation.
• Theodore Roosevelt Jr. was an American statesman, politician, conservationist, naturalist, and writer who served as the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909. He served as the 25th vice president from March to September 1901 and as the 33rd governor of New York from 1899 to 1900.
• Born: October 27, 1858, Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site, New York, NY
• Died: January 6, 1919, Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, Cove Neck, NY
• Presidential term: September 14, 1901 – March 4, 1909
• Spouse: Edith Roosevelt (m. 1886–1919), Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt (m. 1880–1884)
• Grandchildren: Paulina Longworth Sturm, Theodora Keogh
• Children: Theodore Roosevelt Jr., Alice Roosevelt Longworth
• Theodore Roosevelt, shown here sitting in a steam shovel along the Panama Canal route in 1906, was the first president to visit a foreign country while in office.
• First president born in New York City.
• First president who ascended to the presidency upon the death of a predecessor, who later was elected to the presidency in his own right (He was elected vice president in 1900, ascended to the presidency in 1901, and was elected in his own right in 1904).
• First president (and first American) to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Roosevelt won the award in 1906, due to his successful mediation to end the Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905).
• First president elected in the 20th century.
• First president to ride in an airplane.
• First president to ride in a submarine.
• First president to travel outside the contiguous United States and to visit a foreign country while in office, travelled to the Panama Canal Zone in 1906, where he inspected construction of Panama Canal, and visited Panama.
• First president to have his offices in the West Wing.
• First president to earn the Medal of Honor. Roosevelt won the award for his service in the Spanish–American War, and in particular his role in the Battle of San Juan Hill. The Medal of Honor was awarded posthumously in 2001, by President Bill Clinton.
• First president to receive the Freedom of the City of the City of London.
• First president to have had a secretary of commerce and labor.
• First president to serve as assistant secretary of the navy.
• First president to declare a United States National Monument: Devils Tower, Wyoming, 1906.
• First president to issue over 1000 executive orders.
• The first president (he was a former president at the time) to call for global governance.
A New York governor who became the 26th U.S. president, Theodore Roosevelt is remembered for his foreign policy, corporate reforms and ecological preservation.
• Theodore Roosevelt Jr. was an American statesman, politician, conservationist, naturalist, and writer who served as the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909. He served as the 25th vice president from March to September 1901 and as the 33rd governor of New York from 1899 to 1900.
• Born: October 27, 1858, Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site, New York, NY
• Died: January 6, 1919, Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, Cove Neck, NY
• Presidential term: September 14, 1901 – March 4, 1909
• Spouse: Edith Roosevelt (m. 1886–1919), Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt (m. 1880–1884)
• Grandchildren: Paulina Longworth Sturm, Theodora Keogh
• Children: Theodore Roosevelt Jr., Alice Roosevelt Longworth
• Theodore Roosevelt, shown here sitting in a steam shovel along the Panama Canal route in 1906, was the first president to visit a foreign country while in office.
• First president born in New York City.
• First president who ascended to the presidency upon the death of a predecessor, who later was elected to the presidency in his own right (He was elected vice president in 1900, ascended to the presidency in 1901, and was elected in his own right in 1904).
• First president (and first American) to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Roosevelt won the award in 1906, due to his successful mediation to end the Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905).
• First president elected in the 20th century.
• First president to ride in an airplane.
• First president to ride in a submarine.
• First president to travel outside the contiguous United States and to visit a foreign country while in office, travelled to the Panama Canal Zone in 1906, where he inspected construction of Panama Canal, and visited Panama.
• First president to have his offices in the West Wing.
• First president to earn the Medal of Honor. Roosevelt won the award for his service in the Spanish–American War, and in particular his role in the Battle of San Juan Hill. The Medal of Honor was awarded posthumously in 2001, by President Bill Clinton.
• First president to receive the Freedom of the City of the City of London.
• First president to have had a secretary of commerce and labor.
• First president to serve as assistant secretary of the navy.
• First president to declare a United States National Monument: Devils Tower, Wyoming, 1906.
• First president to issue over 1000 executive orders.
• The first president (he was a former president at the time) to call for global governance.
