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Polio
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FDR was the only president that was paralyzed
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Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
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FDR married his fifth cousin: Anna Eleanor Roosevelt.
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Theodore Roosevelt
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FDR was Theodore Roosevelt's fifth cousin who was also the 26th president of the US.
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Cabinet
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FDR was the first president to appoint a woman into his Cabinet.
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Four Terms
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FDR was the only president to be elected four terms.
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Women's suffrage
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FDR was the first president whose mother was allowed to vote for him.
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Presidential aircraft
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FDR was the first president to have a presidential aircraft.
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Death
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FDR was one of the eight presidents to die in office.
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Television
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FDR was the first president to speak on television.
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In office death
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Served three full terms, died on the 83rd day of his fourth term.
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President Grover Cleveland
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As a boy, FDR met President Grover Cleveland, who told him, "My little man, I am making a strange wish for you. It is that you may never be president of the United States."
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Death
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Franklin Roosevelt died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Warm Springs, Georgia on Apr 12, 1945
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Lend-Lease Act
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Under President Roosevelt, Congress passes the Lend-Lease Act, allowing the US to aid the Allied Powers without entering into WWII.
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New Deal
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In the "First 100 Days," FDR pushes fifteen legislative proposals through Congress; these form the basis of the New Deal.
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Governor
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Franklin Roosevelt is elected governor of New York on Nov 6, 1928.
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