Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the 32nd president of the United States. He served from 1933 until his death in 1945, making him the only president elected to four terms. FDR joined the Democratic party and was elected to the New York State Senate in 1910. He later served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Elected president in 1932 during the Great Depression, FDR established New Deal programs to provide relief and reform. As World War II began, he led the US to an Allied victory.

1. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
32nd President
January 30,1882- April 12, 1945
By: Robert D. Harlan

2. FDR’s Political Career (New York)
• In 1910 President Roosevelt was invited to run
for the New York State Senate Seat (age 28)
• He broke away from the family tradition and
joined the Democratic party
• In 1912 President Roosevelt was appointed
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
• In 1914, Franklin Roosevelt, decided to run for
the U.S. Senate seat for New York.

3. FDR’s Political Career (Federal)
• Elected President in 1932
• With the country mired in the depths of the Great
Depression, Roosevelt immediately acted to restore
public confidence, proclaiming a bank holiday and
speaking directly to the public in a series of radio
broadcasts or “fireside chats”
• Reelected by comfortable margins in 1936, 1940 and
1944, President Roosevelt led the United States from
isolationism to victory over Nazi Germany and its allies in
World War II
• The only American president in history to be elected four
times

4. President Roosevelt’s “Let Me Warn
You Speech”
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3RHnKY
Nvx8

5. President Roosevelt
Pearl Harbor Address
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VqQAf74
fsE

6. Work Cited
• "FDR "Let Me Warn You" (1936).m4v." YouTube. YouTube,
13 Apr. 2011. Web. 14 May 2013.
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3RHnKYNvx8>.
• "Franklin D. Roosevelt Biography." Bio.com. A&E
Networks Television, n.d. Web. 14 May 2013.
<http://www.biography.com/people/franklin-d-roosevelt-
9463381>.
• "Franklin D. Roosevelt." History.com. A&E Television
Networks, n.d. Web. 14 May 2013.
<http://www.history.com/topics/franklin-d-roosevelt>.
• "Franklin Delano Roosevelt - Pearl Harbor
Address." YouTube. YouTube, 19 Mar. 2008. Web. 14 May
2013. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VqQAf74fsE>.