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Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945) (ˈfɹæŋklɪn ˈɛlənoʊ ˈɹoʊzəvɛlt), often referred to by his initials FDR, was the thirty-second President of the United States. Elected to four terms in office, he served from 1933 to 1945 and is the only U.S. president to have served more than two terms. He was a central figure of the 20th century during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war.

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  • In 1964 Elvis bought a yacht owned by this ex-president for $55,000, then donated it to the March of Dimes
  • Sara Delano
  • He shuffled off this mortal coil in Warm Springs, GA from a cerebral hemorrhage
  • On December 10 he announced he'd leave his Hyde Park estate & its papers & books to the U.S. government
  • Dedicated on June 30, 1941, his presidential library was the first planned while a president was still in office
  • J. Edgar Hoover became the first director of the new FBI on March 22, 1935, serving this president
  • The first dime featuring his image was issued on Jan. 30, 1946, a little more than 9 months after his death
  • His last words, spoken in Warm Springs, Georgia, were "I have a terrific headache"
  • Robert Jackson served as prosecutor in the Nuremberg Trials after serving as this president's Attorney General
  • In August 1934 this president was made an honorary member of the Blackfoot tribe & given the name "Lone Chief"
  • (Jon of the Clue Crew reports from Duke of Gloucester St. in Colonial Williamsburg.) I'm on Duke of Gloucester Street in Williamsburg, which this U.S. president called "the most historic avenue in all America" when he visited in 1934
  • Unlike his Republican cousin, who was also president, he was a Democrat
  • Ralph Bellamy in "Sunrise at Campobello "
  • This U.S. president was elected to an unprecedented third term in 1940
  • The April 12, 1955 news of the Salk polio vaccine coincided with the 10th anniversary of this man's death
  • Harry Truman was a real card, but he had to cancel his poker party on April 12, 1945, the day this man died
  • In 1932 he became the first defeated vice presidential candidate of a major party elected president
  • February 13, 1933 after making a speech in Miami
  • The name of his pet charity made the dime an obvious choice in 1945 when a grieving nation said, "put him on a coin!"
  • Prince Michael of Kent was born during WWII, & this U.S. president was one of his godfathers
  • The 1934 Indian Reorganization Act was passed after the Blackfoot sent a letter about injustices to this president
  • An indoor pool was built for him in the West Terrace because he swam as therapy
  • He appointed more justices (9) to the Supreme Court than any other president in the 20th century
  • Henry Wallace(& others)
  • In his 1st inaugural address he said, "Our greatest primary task is to put people to work"
  • Eleanor said Ralph Bellamy was "remarkable" as this man who triumphed over polio in "Sunrise at Campobello"
  • As this president's treasury secretary, Henry Morgenthau supervised the spending of some $370 billion without scandal
  • Joe DiMaggio hit safely in a record 56 straight games
  • He's the only president whose wife did not change her last name after he married her
  • The only President to be elected 4 times to the job
  • John Nance Garner, this president's first vice president, served from 1933 to 1941
  • ...Jesse Owens won 4 Olympic gold medals
  • Somewhat prophetically, he became the first sitting president to visit Hawaii
  • Signs the Tennessee Valley Authority act into law
  • "I have a terrific headache" were reportedly his final words, spoken on April 12
  • Henry Wallace
  • In his fourth inaugural, he quoted Emerson by saying, "The only way to have a friend is to be one"
  • Warm Springs,Georgia
  • He was having his portrait done in 1945 when he declared, "I have a terrific headache"; within hours he was dead
  • In "Warm Springs", Kathy Bates gives therapy to this politico seeking a miracle cure in 1920s Georgia
  • Interior Secretary Harold Ickes was the only cabinet member to serve the full duration of his presidency
  • 1976:Edward Herrmann as this Depression-era chief of state
  • Herbert Hoover went into a great depression when he lost to this man in 1932
  • John Nance Garner
  • The U.S. hasn't minted real gold coins as legal tender since the administration of this 32nd president
  • He married his distant cousin
  • We'd met as kids since we're distant cousins, but it was 1903 when she became "First Lady" of my heart
  • Daniel Roper, Harry Hopkins, Jesse Jones & Henry Wallace were Commerce Secretaries for this president
  • This president said fear itself is "nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts"
  • in 1933 Guiseppe Zangara killed the mayor of Chicago but failed to kill this target
  • Neil Estern scuplted him with his dog Fala for his Washington, D.C. memorial

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