Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States. A central figure of the 20th century, he has consistently been ranked as one of the three greatest U.S. presidents in scholarly surveys.

A fictionalized version of FDR was portrayed by Dana Harris in the film Mercedes Ray. In the movie, the other presidents make fun of Roosevelt for his crippling case of polio.

Contents 1 About FDR 2 Appearances 3 Other U.S. Presidents Portrayed in Local Films 4 Related Links

[edit] About FDR

During the Great Depression of the 1930s, Roosevelt created the New Deal to provide relief for the unemployed, recovery of the economy, and reform of the economic system. His most famous legacies include the Social Security system and the regulation of Wall Street. His aggressive use of an active federal government reenergized the Democratic Party. Roosevelt built the New Deal coalition that dominated politics into the 1960s. He and his wife, Eleanor Roosevelt, remain touchstones for modern American liberalism. The conservatives vehemently fought back, but Roosevelt consistently prevailed until he tried to pack the Supreme Court in 1937. Thereafter, the new Conservative coalition successfully ended New Deal expansion, and closed most programs like the WPA and Civilian Conservation Corps, arguing that unemployment had disappeared.

After 1938, Roosevelt championed re-armament and led the nation away from isolationism as the world headed into World War II. He provided extensive support to Winston Churchill and the British war effort before the attack on Pearl Harbor pulled the U.S. into the fighting. During the war, Roosevelt, working closely with his aide Harry Hopkins, provided decisive leadership against Nazi Germany and made the United States the principal arms supplier and financier of the Allies who defeated Germany, Italy and Japan. Roosevelt led the United States as it became the Arsenal of Democracy and put 16 million American men into uniform.

[edit] Appearances

• Mercedes Ray (2007).... Dana Harris

[edit] Other U.S. Presidents Portrayed in Local Films

• Jimmy Carter
• Calvin Coolidge
• Millard Fillmore
• James Garfield
• Ulysses S. Grant
• Andrew Jackson
• Thomas Jefferson
• Abraham Lincoln
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt
• Herbert Hoover
• Franklin Pierce
• Theodore Roosevelt
• William Howard Taft
• John Tyler
• Martin Van Buren

[edit] Related Links

• Calvin Coolidge at Wikipedia