Franklin Delano Roosevelt



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As the only United States president elected to four terms, Franklin Delano Roosevelt guided the nation for 12 years, through the Great Depression and World War II. Roosevelt initiated a series of programmes, termed the New Deal, to help bring the US back to prosperity. Although he was crippled by polio at age 39, he continued his political career, which spanned 35 years. Roosevelt died on April 12, 1945, less than three months after he began his fourth term.

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United States of America; Roosevelt, Franklin Delano

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