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Franklin Roosevelt served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. He was a member of the Democratic Party who won a record four presidential elections during the first half of the twentieth century and became a prominent leader in global events. With the country mired in the depths of the Great Depression, Roosevelt acted quickly to restore public confidence, declaring a bank holiday and speaking directly to the public in a series of radio broadcasts or ‘fireside chats’. His ambitious slate of New Deal programmes and reforms redefined the federal government’s role in Americans’ lives.

Early Life

• Franklin Delano Roosevelt, born on 30 January 1882 on a large estate near the village of Hyde Park, New York, was the only child of James Roosevelt I and his second wife, Sara Ann Delano. Roosevelt’s parents, who were sixth cousins, came from wealthy old N