http://www.history.com/photos/franklin-d-roosevelt See pictures from the life and presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt. en Copyright 2013, History.com Sat, 25 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT History.com 2013-05-25T04:00:00Z en Copyright 2013, History.com http://www.history.com/photos/franklin-d-roosevelt/photo1 Franklin D. Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882 in Hyde Park, New York. He grew up the only child in an upper middle-class family. He graduated from Harvard and Columbia Law School. http://www.history.com/photos/franklin-d-roosevelt/photo1 http://www.history.com/photos/franklin-d-roosevelt/photo2 In 1905, Roosevelt married his influential future first lady, Eleanor, a niece of Theodore Roosevelt and a distant cousin. http://www.history.com/photos/franklin-d-roosevelt/photo2 http://www.history.com/photos/franklin-d-roosevelt/photo3 Roosevelt's early involvement in politics included a seat in the New York State Senate and the role of Woodrow Wilson's assistant secretary of the Navy during World War I. http://www.history.com/photos/franklin-d-roosevelt/photo3 http://www.history.com/photos/franklin-d-roosevelt/photo4 He served as governor of New York from 1929 to 1932, during which time he tested out various programs to help during the Great Depression. http://www.history.com/photos/franklin-d-roosevelt/photo4 http://www.history.com/photos/franklin-d-roosevelt/photo5 Roosevelt's appeal for a strong federal role in boosting industry and the public welfare led to his election as the 32nd president of the United States in 1933. http://www.history.com/photos/franklin-d-roosevelt/photo5 http://www.history.com/photos/franklin-d-roosevelt/photo6 Roosevelt defeated incumbent Herbert Hoover. http://www.history.com/photos/franklin-d-roosevelt/photo6 http://www.history.com/photos/franklin-d-roosevelt/photo7 In 1933, Roosevelt embarked on an ambitious effort to jump-start the economy through federal work and welfare policies called "The New Deal". http://www.history.com/photos/franklin-d-roosevelt/photo7 http://www.history.com/photos/franklin-d-roosevelt/photo8 Roosevelt began radio speeches called "fireside chats" that were used to keep the public optimistic during the Great Depression http://www.history.com/photos/franklin-d-roosevelt/photo8 http://www.history.com/photos/franklin-d-roosevelt/photo9 In 1921 at the age of 39, Roosevelt contracted a rare incidence of adult polio and lost the use of his legs. http://www.history.com/photos/franklin-d-roosevelt/photo9 http://www.history.com/photos/franklin-d-roosevelt/photo10 When it looked as if Hitler might invade Britain after the saturation bombing of London, Roosevelt boldly launched the "lend-lease" program early in 1941, which promised massive weapons and war-material exports to Britain. http://www.history.com/photos/franklin-d-roosevelt/photo10 http://www.history.com/photos/franklin-d-roosevelt/photo11 Japan bombed American fleets at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. http://www.history.com/photos/franklin-d-roosevelt/photo11 http://www.history.com/photos/franklin-d-roosevelt/photo12 Roosevelt asked Congress to declare war and American industry then underwent a massive conversion to defense production. http://www.history.com/photos/franklin-d-roosevelt/photo12 http://www.history.com/photos/franklin-d-roosevelt/photo13 Roosevelt controversially supported the internment of Japanese in America during the war. http://www.history.com/photos/franklin-d-roosevelt/photo13 http://www.history.com/photos/franklin-d-roosevelt/photo14 He worked closely with Allied leaders to plan the liberation of Europe, which was led by American troops. http://www.history.com/photos/franklin-d-roosevelt/photo14 http://www.history.com/photos/franklin-d-roosevelt/photo15 In delicate war-time negotiations with Stalin, Roosevelt recognized the strategic importance of relying on the Soviet Union to divert Hitler's attention away from an Allied liberation of Europe. http://www.history.com/photos/franklin-d-roosevelt/photo15 http://www.history.com/photos/franklin-d-roosevelt/photo16 Roosevelt's health deteriorated rapidly toward the end of the war. http://www.history.com/photos/franklin-d-roosevelt/photo16 http://www.history.com/photos/franklin-d-roosevelt/photo17 FDR died on April 12, 1945, of a stroke at his home in Warm Springs, Georgia, leaving Vice President Harry Truman to see the U.S. to victory http://www.history.com/photos/franklin-d-roosevelt/photo17 http://www.history.com/photos/franklin-d-roosevelt/photo18 In 1938, Roosevelt founded the March of Dimes to raise funds for polio research and rehabilitation. http://www.history.com/photos/franklin-d-roosevelt/photo18 http://www.history.com/photos/franklin-d-roosevelt/photo19 In all, Roosevelt served four terms--his election to a third and fourth term were unprecedented--and his presidency spanned two of the nation's greatest crises, the Great Depression and the Second World War. http://www.history.com/photos/franklin-d-roosevelt/photo19 http://www.history.com/photos/franklin-d-roosevelt/photo20 Eleanor Roosevelt survived FDR and became a spokesperson for the United Nations. She died in 1962. http://www.history.com/photos/franklin-d-roosevelt/photo20