Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the 32nd president of the United States, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945. A member of the Democratic Party, he is the only person elected to the presidency four times and led the country through the Great Depression and World War II. He is best known for the New Deal, a series of federal programs and reforms that expanded the role of the federal government in economic and social life, and for his role as a wartime commander-in-chief. He died in office on April 12, 1945, and was succeeded by Harry S. Truman.