"I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made"
• 07/03/25 at 04:02AM •Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 - 1945) also known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945. At the age of 39 in 1921, Roosevelt contracted a paralytic illness that permanently paralyzed his legs. It was diagnosed as Polio although there has been some controversy that he actually had Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS ). He was left paralyzed from the waist down.
Eight years after his diagnosis, he returned to public office as governor of New York from 1929 to 1933, during which he promoted programs to combat the Great Depression. In the 1932 presidential election, Roosevelt defeated president Herbert Hoover in a landslide victory. He is the longest-serving U.S. president, and the only one to have served more than two terms. His initial two terms were centered on combating the Great Depression, while his third and fourth saw him shift his focus to America's involvement in World War II. During his first 100 days as president, Roosevelt spearheaded unprecedented federal legislation directing the federal government to implement the New Deal to combat the Great Depression. More