Franklin Roosevelt's Accomplishments

Born, January 30, 1882 Franklin Roosevelt had a great life ahead of him. However, his disease made it hard for him later in his life. We all know him today for being the 32nd president, who was elected four times and who not only ended the Great Depression, he also created Social Security. His most famous action as President was to declare the bombing at Pearl Harbour “a day that will live in infamy” and it propelled the United States into World War II. Franklin D. Roosevelt was a very accomplished man who lived an interesting life despite his obstacles. Franklin was born in 1882 in the city of Hyde Park, New York. Franklin had an older half brother, James Roosevelt Roosevelt who later in life became a United States Diplomat, but who did …show more content…
Franklin thought being in politics was the best thing for him. Franklin becoming an adult and making his own decisions was hard for Franklin's mother, so she bought a home for him and his wife and moved in right next door. Elenor even exclaimed, “there is no privacy, ever,” which consequently annoyed her. Finally after one hard year, Franklin ran for senator in New York, following in his idol Teddy Roosevelt’s footsteps. Franklin even began wearing the same glasses and talked with the same mannerisms as Teddy when he ran. He was elected to office on November 8, 1910. After being blackballed in Harvard for running for an exclusive club, this was a giant victory for him. For the years he was in office other people loved him while other politicians hated him. A politician even said, “why not drown him as a kid before he grows up,” because they knew he would be a strong leader later in life. Just a few years later, in 1913 Franklin Roosevelt was elected to be the Assistant Secretary of the Navy, by President Woodrow Wilson. Years later, Franklin ran for the Democratic Party for Vice President. He ran as a Democrat because he thought that his kids would also be in politics. He thought that the room for republicans would be less if he ran as his real party. However, the democrats lost in a landslide. …show more content…
Also known as infantile paralysis, Franklin learned that he could not walk for a while or in his case ever again. However, Franklin experienced the normal symptoms but instead of it happening over time, it all happened in one week. During the summer of 1921, while he was sailing he fell overboard then the following day he ached with back pain and complained about being ill fatigued and not hungry, and this began happening more and more as the week went along. Then, one day he said he wasn't hungry and went upstairs to rest, and when he awoken, he was paralyzed from the waist down. This happened so suddenly and no one could understand why. Through the following weeks his wife Eleanor never left his side, but not long after she began her own political career. She knew how much politics meant to Franklin so she began to go out and make sure his name remained out in the world. However, by doing this she gained her own career as well as helping Franklin’s. On the other side of the wall, Franklin learned how hard life became. He could not do much without his wheelchair and he sat in agony sometimes wishing he could work in politics. As days passed he tried exercising, and tried to walk down his driveway, however this helped so little it wasn't noticeable to him or other people. On August 25, 1921, the physician, Dr. Robert Lovett, diagnosed Franklin with infantile paralysis, and this was the official