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FDR Born
FDR was born in Hyde Park, New York -
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FDR's Life and Presidency
This is a timeline all about FDR's life and major events in his presidency. -
FDR Graduates Harvard
FDR graduates with a Bachelor's Degree from Harvard. -
FDR & Eleanor get married
FDR marries Eleanor Roosevelt. -
FDR becomes a senator
FDR won a seat in the US Senate for the state of New York. He took his seat on New Year's Day of 1911 -
FDR becomes Assitant Secretary in the Navy
FDR is sworn in as the Assistant Secretary in the Navy under Woodrow Wilson's administration. -
FDR runs for Vice President
FDR runs as the democratic Vice Presidental Nominee. He is defeated by the Republicans in the election. -
FDR gets Polio
FDR contracts Polio. He is extrmely sick and becomes wheelchair bound. He never wlaked unaided again. -
FDR Becomes US President
FDR is elected President for the first of 4 terms. -
FDR signs New Deal
FDR signs New Deal to help the struggling US economy after The Great Depression. -
FDR declares war on Japan during WWII
After the attacks on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese FDR declared in a speech that the US would be at war with Japan during WWII -
FDR Dies
FDR dies of a brain hemorrhage while in office, leaving his Vice President Harry S Truman to take over office.
