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Franklin D Roosevelt birth
franklin delano roosevelt was born on a cold night with the high of 6 degrees F in hyde park new york -
Franklin goes to school
franklin goes to Groton school in MA it was a prep school for boys and girls -
franklin goes to Harvard
Franklin D Roosevelt went to Harvard after attending Groton school in 1900 -
Franklin is wed
Franklin married eleanor roosevelt on -
Anna Roosevelt was born
Anna Roosevelt was the first child to Franklin and Eleanor she was named after her mother -
James Roosevelt is born
Franklins second child was born near the holidays he was the eldest son second to his sister Anna -
Franklin losing his baby
Franklin had a infant baby he named after him which died just a few days after birth -
Elliott Roosevelt was born
Elliot was the third born child of Fdr and later in his life he fought in the United States Army and Air Force -
Franklin Jr is born
Franklin and Eleanor had a 5th child and decided to name him after his late brother they lost in 1909 -
The Franklin and Mercer affairs
about 10 years after Franklin married Eleanor he had an affair with a woman named Mercer while Eleanor and the children were on a summer vacation and Franklin stayed back to avoid the heat -
The last child was born
Franklins last child was named John Aspinwall Roosevelt he was the Roosevelts 6th and youngest child -
FDR struck with polio
Franklin began showing symptoms of paralytic illness at the age of 39 later putting him into a wheelchair -
Franklin D Roosevelt is elected as president
Franklin was elected the 32nd president in 1933 as a democrat with 523 electoral votes -
Roosevelt facing the Great Depression
Going into Franklins presidency he had to face the great depression which was the deepest downturn in history -
The New Deal
During the time of the great depression Franklin came up with a union protection program creating new constrains and safe guards in order to help get rid of the Great Depression -
The 20th Amendment is ratified.
Inauguration Day is changed to January 20th from March 4th. -
Franklin and John Nance Garner
Franklin had 3 vice presidents and his first was John Nance Garner from 1931 to 1933 He served as the 39th speaker of the United States House of Representatives -
Signs Executive Order 6101,
Signs Executive Order 6101, creating the Civilian Conservation Corps, a public work program focused on improving public lands. -
Emergency Relief Appropriation Act
Signs the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act authorizing $5 billion toward FDR’s New Deal programs. The Works Progress Administration is a notable federal agency created by this Act. -
Franklin signs the Social Security act
Franklin Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act, which established a Social Security Board to coordinate the payment of old-age -
Fdr's second term begins
Franklin was reelected for a second term in 1937 -
Franklins 2nd vice president
Fdr's second vice president was served as Secretary of Agriculture under Roosevelt from 1933 to 1940. He strongly supported the New Deal and presided over a major shift -
Fdr's third term
Franklin was elected for a third term again in 1941! -
The Attack on Pearl Harbor
Pear Harbor was a Naval Base in Hawaii this attack was run by the Japanese military during Franklin Roosevelts term in office -
Franklin delivers the Infamy Speech
The day after Pear Harbor Fdr delivered his speech to the country declaring that the United States will now enter WWll due to the attack -
Franklin during WW2
Franklin Delano Roosevelt led the nation through the Second World War. Roosevelt built a powerful wartime coalition with Britain and the Soviet Union, and led the nation to victory against Nazi Germany. -
Fdr and Harry S Truman
Fdr and Harry only worked together for a few weeks due to Franklins death but During his few weeks as Vice President, Harry Truman scarcely saw President Franklin Roosevelt, and received no briefing on the development of the atomic bomb -
The last reelection of Franklin D Roosevelt
The fourth inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt as president of the United States was held on Saturday, January 20, 1945. This was the 40th inauguration and marked the commencement of the fourth and final term of Franklin D. -
Franklin leaves Harry Truman to be president
Fdr died on the 12th of April leaving his vice president Harry S Truman to be the 33rd president of the United States -
Franklin's death
Franklin Delano Roosevelt died on April 12 1945 he died during his presidency due to cereal hemorrage