Franklin Roosevelt Franklin Roosevelt served as president for more than 12 years, longer than any other person. He was the only president elected 4 times. Roosevelt led the United States through its worst depression and through its worst war. He died just 83 days after becoming president for the forth time. Roosevelt took office as president at the depth of the great depression. Born into a wealthy family; Roosevelt entered politics because he believed it offered great opportunity …showed first 75 words of 430 total…

…showed last 75 words of 430 total…Wilson appointed him assistant secretary of navy, and he was the democratic nominee for vice president in 1920. He was elected president in November 1932 to the first of fore terms. By march there were 13,000,000 unemployed, and almost every bank was closed, in the fist hundred days he proposed and congress agriculture relief to the unemployed and to these in danger of losing farms and homes, and reform, especially through the establishment of the Tennessee valley authority.