By William D Pederson
Born in 1882 in Hyde Park, long island, Franklin Delano Rooseveltentered public carrier during the encouragement of the DemocraticParty and received the election to the hot York Senate in 1910. He thenbecame the assistant secretary of the army, in addition to the Democraticnominee for vice chairman in 1920. It wasn't till 1932 that he waselected President of the us and took at the job of restoringfaith within the American public after the commercial devastation of WorldWar I.
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