* DEMOCRAT who beat Hoover in the presidential election of 1932 (his cousin Theodore had been a Republican Theodore president); he was paralyzed by polio & campaigned from a car and in a wheelchair* President during most of the Great Depression and most of World War II* pledged "new deal", repeal of Prohibition, aid for unemployed and cuts in government spending* Expanded the size of the government & increased presidential powers* known to be a good speaker and for his Fireside chats* In power for 12 years and 2 months he was one of the most influential world leaders in the 20th century.

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