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Born
Born in Hyde Park, NY -
Education (1896 - 1900)
attended Groton, a prestigious preparatory school in Massachusetts -
Education (1900 - 1903)
attends Harvard, receiving a BA in history -
Married
Married Eleanor Roosevelt, a fifth cousin once removed, in NYC Enters Columbia Law School -
Passes bar exam
passes the bar examination and leaves Columbia without completing a degree -
Elected
elected to the New York State Senate -
re-elected
was re-elected to the New York State Senate -
Appointed
was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy by President Woodrow Wilson -
Ran for Vice President
Ran as Vice-President on the Democratic ticket along with James Cox of Ohio. Lost the election to Warren Harding and returned to private life. -
Stricken with polio
While vacationing at Campobello Island, New Brunswick in the summer of 1921, Roosevelt contracted poliomyelitis (infantile paralysis). Despite courageous efforts to overcome his crippling illness, he never regained the use of his legs. -
Returns to Politics
returns to politics by nominating Governor Alfred E. Smith of New York for president at the Democratic National Convention. -
Establishes a polio treatment center
In time, he established a foundation at Warm Springs, Georgia to help other polio victims, and inspired, as well as directed, the March of Dimes program that eventually funded an effective vaccine. -
Became President
is nominated as the Democratic Party candidate for president and defeats Hoover in November by seven million votes. -
Takes the oath of office
In the "First 100 Days," FDR pushes fifteen legislative proposals through Congress -
Re-elected President to a second term
Franklin Roosevelt defeats Alfred Landon, winning re-election to a second term. He wins by a landslide in the popular vote (60.8%) and trounces Landon in the Electoral College 523 to 8.52 -
Re-elected for an unprecedented third term
Franklin Roosevelt is re-elected to a third term with 54.7% of the vote,53 campaigning on a promise not to send American troops into foreign wars. -
Signs the Lend-Lease bill
to aid nations at war with Germany & Italy On December 7, Japan attacks Pearl Harbor bringing the United States into the war. The next day FDR delivers his "day of infamy" speech before Congress and asks for a formal declaration of war against Germany -
Re-elected president for a fourth term
The first and only president to serve four terms. He was the reason there is now a limit of two terms. -
Died
Dies of a cerebral hemorrhage in Warm Springs, Georgia.
He is buried in the Rose Garden of his estate at Hyde Park, New York.