Franklin Roosevelt was 32nd president of the US 1933-45, a Democrat. He served as governor of New York 1929-33. Becoming president during the Great Depression, he launched the New Deal economic and social reform program, which made him popular with the people. After the outbreak of World War II he introduced lend-lease for the supply of war materials and services to the Allies and drew up the Atlantic Charter of solidarity. Once the US had entered the war 1941, he spent much time in meetings with Allied leaders.
Born in Hyde Park, New York, of a wealthy family, Roosevelt was educated in Europe and at Harvard and Columbia universities, and became a lawyer. In 1910 he was elected to the New York state senate. He held the assistant secretaryship of the navy in Wilson's administrations 1913-21, and did much to increase the efficiency of the navy during World War I. He suffered from polio f
Secretary of State: Cordell Hull (1933-44); Edward R. Stettinius, Jr. (1944-45). Secretary of the Treasury: William H. Woodin (1933-34); Henry Morgenthau, Jr. (1934-45). Secretary of War: George H. Dern (1933-36); Harry H. Woodring (1937-40); Henry L. Stimson (1940-45). Attorney General: Homer S. Cummings (1933-39); Frank Murphy (1939-40); Robert H. Jackson (1940-41); Francis B. Biddle (1941-45). Postmaster General: James A. Farley (1933-40); Frank C. Walker (1940-45). Secretary of the Navy: Claude A. Swanson (1933-39); Charles Edison (1940); Frank Knox (1940-44); James V. Forrestal (1944-45) Secretary of the Interior: Harold L. Ickes. Secretary of Agriculture: Henry A. Wallace (1933-40); Claude R. Wickard (1940-45). Secretary of Commerce: Daniel C. Roper (1933-38); Harry L. Hopkins (1939-40); Jesse H. Jones (1940-45); Henry A. Wallace (1945).
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