Franklin D. Roosevelt Elected President

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, also known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945.^¹ He is the longest-serving US president and the only one to have served more than two terms.^¹ His first two terms were centered on combating the Great Depression, while his third and fourth focused on US involvement in World War II.^¹ A member of the Democratic Party, Roosevelt served in the New York State Senate from 1911 to 1913 and as the 44th governor of New York from 1929 to 1932.^¹