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Franklin Delano Roosevelt: 32-President Of The United States
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
He was the 32-President of the United States. He was born on January 30, 1882 and died April 12, 1945. He was 63 when he died. He got Polio while vacationing at Campobello island, New Brunswick. Polio is the paralysis of the waist down. President Roosevelt thought that his career as president was over, they told him he might have to quit. He didn’t, he nominated Alfred E. Smith as the Democratic National Convention. Smith did well and President Roosevelt was the 44th governor of New York in 1928. He was also the Assistant Secretary for the Us Navy, and the 26th district senator of New York.

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