President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882 - 1945): Our Family History

1882 - 1945 (63 years) Has 26 ancestors and 6 descendants in this family tree.

Name	Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Prefix	President
Birth	30 Jan 1882	Hyde Park, Dutchess, New York, United States
Gender	Male
Death	12 Apr 1945	Warm Springs, Meriwether, Georgia, United States
Burial	18 Apr 1945	Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site, Hyde Park, Dutchess, New York, United States
Initiatory (LDS)	23 Sep 1947	SGEOR
FamilySearch ID	LH1D-F9S
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Person ID	I92308	mytree
Last Modified	25 Feb 2024

Father	James Roosevelt, b. 16 Jul 1828, Hyde Park, Dutchess, New York, United States d. 8 Dec 1900, New York City, New York, New York, United States (Age 72 years)
Mother	Sarah Ann Delano, b. 21 Sep 1854, Newburgh, Orange, New York, United States d. 7 Sep 1941, Hyde Park, Dutchess, New York, United States (Age 86 years)
Marriage	7 Oct 1880	Balmville, Orange, New York, United States
Family ID	F30293	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, b. 11 Oct 1884, New York City, New York, New York, United States d. 7 Nov 1962, New York City, New York, New York, United States (Age 78 years)

Marriage 17 Mar 1905 New York City, New York, New York, United States

Children

	1. Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, b. 5 Mar 1906, New York City, New York, New York, United States d. 1 Dec 1975, Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, United States (Age 69 years)
	2. James Roosevelt, b. 23 Dec 1907, New York City, New York, New York, United States d. 13 Aug 1991, Newport Beach, Orange, California, United States (Age 83 years)
	3. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, b. 18 Mar 1909, New York City, New York, New York, United States d. 8 Nov 1909, New York City, New York, New York, United States (Age 0 years)
	4. Brigadier General Eilliott Roosevelt, b. 23 Sep 1910, New York City, New York, New York, United States d. 27 Oct 1990, Paradise Valley, Maricopa, Arizona, United States (Age 80 years)
	5. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr, b. 17 Aug 1914, Campobello Island, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada d. 17 Aug 1988, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York, United States (Age 74 years)
	6. John Aspinwall Roosevelt, b. 13 Apr 1916, Hyde Park, Dutchess, New York, United States d. 27 Apr 1981, New York City, New York, New York, United States (Age 65 years)

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Last Modified 6 Mar 2025

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	Birth - 30 Jan 1882 - Hyde Park, Dutchess, New York, United States
	Marriage - 17 Mar 1905 - New York City, New York, New York, United States
	Death - 12 Apr 1945 - Warm Springs, Meriwether, Georgia, United States
	Burial - 18 Apr 1945 - Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site, Hyde Park, Dutchess, New York, United States
	Initiatory (LDS) - 23 Sep 1947 - SGEOR

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President Franklin D Roosevelt (FDR)

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32nd President of the United States.

He often was referred to by his initials FDR, was an American politici a n and attorney who served as the 32nd president of the United States fr o m 1933 until his death in 1945. As a member of the Democratic Party, h e w on a record four presidential elections and became a central figure i n wo rld events during the first half of the 20th century. Roosevelt dire cte d the federal government during most of the Great Depression, impleme ntin g his New Deal domestic agenda in response to the worst economic cri sis i n U.S. history. As a dominant leader of his party, he built the Ne w Dea l Coalition, which defined modern liberalism in the United States t hrough out the middle third of the 20th century. His third and fourth ter ms wer e dominated by World War II, which ended shortly after he died i n office.

Born into the Roosevelt family in Hyde Park, New York, he graduated fr o m both Groton School and Harvard College, and attended Columbia Law Sch oo l, which he left after passing the bar exam to practice law in New Yor k C ity. In 1905, he married his fifth cousin once removed, Eleanor Roose velt . They had six children, of whom five survived into adulthood. He wo n ele ction to the New York State Senate in 1910, and then served as Assi stan t Secretary of the Navy under President Woodrow Wilson during Worl d War I . Roosevelt was James M. Cox's running mate on the Democratic Par ty's 192 0 national ticket, but Cox was defeated by Republican Warren G . Harding . In 1921, Roosevelt contracted a paralytic illness, believed a t the tim e to be polio, and his legs became permanently paralyzed. Whil e attemptin g to recover from his condition, Roosevelt founded a polio re habilitatio n center in Warm Springs, Georgia. Although unable to walk un aided, Roose velt returned to public office after his election as governo r of New Yor k in 1928. He served as governor from 1929 to 1933, promotin g programs t o combat the economic crisis besetting the United States.

In the 1932 presidential election, Roosevelt defeated Republican incumbe n t Herbert Hoover in a landslide. The Roosevelt presidency began in th e mi dst of the Great Depression and during the first 100 days of the 73r d U.S . Congress, he spearheaded unprecedented federal legislation. He al so iss ued a profusion of executive orders that instituted the New Deal— a variet y of programs designed to produce relief, recovery, and reform . He create d numerous programs to provide relief to the unemployed and f armers whil e seeking economic recovery with the National Recovery Admini stration an d other agencies. He also instituted major regulatory reform s related t o finance, communications, and labor. In addition to the econ omy Roosevel t also sought to curtail the rising crime brought about beca use of Prohib ition.[2] After campaigning on a platform to repeal it, Roo sevelt impleme nted the Beer Permit Act and enforced the 21st amendment . He used radio t o speak directly to the American people, giving 30 "fir eside chat" radi o addresses during his presidency and became the first A merican presiden t to be televised. The economy improved rapidly from 193 3 to 1936, and Ro osevelt won a landslide reelection in 1936. After the e lection, he sough t passage of the Judicial Procedures Reform Bill of 193 7 (or "court packi ng plan"), intending to expand the size of the Suprem e Court. The bill wa s blocked by the newly formed bipartisan Conservativ e Coalition which als o sought to prevent further New Deal legislation, a s a result the econom y began to decline which lead to the recession of 1 937–1938. Other majo r 1930s legislation and agencies implemented under R oosevelt include th e Securities and Exchange Commission, the National La bor Relations Act, t he Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Social Sec urity, and the Fair L abor Standards Act.

Roosevelt was reelected in 1940 for his third term, making him the onl y U .S. president to serve for more than two terms. By 1939 another Worl d Wa r was on the horizon which prompted the United States to respond b y passi ng a series of laws affirming neutrality and rejecting interventi on. Desp ite this President Roosevelt gave strong diplomatic and financia l suppor t to China, the United Kingdom, and eventually the Soviet Union . Followin g the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, a n event he ca lled "a date which will live in infamy", Roosevelt obtaine d a congression al declaration of war against Japan. On December 11th Jap an's allies, Naz i Germany and Fascist Italy declared war on the United S tates. In respons e the US formally joined the Allies and entered the Eur opean theater of w ar. Assisted by his top aide Harry Hopkins and with ve ry strong nationa l support, he worked closely with British Prime Ministe r Winston Churchil l, Soviet General Secretary Joseph Stalin, and Chines e Generalissimo Chia ng Kai-shek in leading the Allied Powers against th e Axis Powers. Rooseve lt supervised the mobilization of the U.S. econom y to support the war eff ort and implemented a Europe first strategy, ini tiating the Lend-Lease pr ogram and making the defeat of Germany firs t a priority over that of Japa n. His administration oversaw the construc tion of The Pentagon, initiate d the development of the world's first ato mic bomb, and worked with othe r Allied leaders to lay the groundwork fo r the United Nations and other p ost-war institutions. It was under his w artime leadership that the Unite d States became a superpower on the worl d stage.

Roosevelt won reelection in the 1944 presidential election on his post-w a r recovery platform. His physical health began declining during the lat e r war years, and less than three months into his fourth term, Roosevel t d ied on April 12, 1945. Vice President Harry S. Truman assumed offic e as p resident and oversaw the acceptance of surrender by the Axis power s. Som e of Roosevelt's actions have faced substantial criticism, such a s his or dering of the relocation and internment of Japanese Americans. N everthele ss, he is consistently ranked by scholars, political scientists , and hist orians as being among the nation's three greatest presidents , alongside G eorge Washington and Abraham Lincoln.