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{{Infobox politician|name=Franklin D. Roosevelt|image_size=200|birth_date=January 30, 1882|birth_place=Hyde Park, [[State of New York|New York]], [[United States of America|United States]]|death_date=April 12, 1945|death_place=Warm Springs, [[State of Georgia|Georgia]], United States|political_orientation=[[Social democracy]]|political_party=[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]|image=FDR.png}} | {{Infobox politician|name=Franklin D. Roosevelt|image_size=200|birth_date=January 30, 1882|birth_place=Hyde Park, [[State of New York|New York]], [[United States of America|United States]]|death_date=April 12, 1945|death_place=Warm Springs, [[State of Georgia|Georgia]], United States|political_orientation=[[Social democracy]]|political_party=[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]|image=FDR.png}} | ||
'''Franklin Delano Roosevelt''' (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), commonly known as '''FDR''', was a Statesian politician who served as President of the United States from 1933 to 1945. | '''Franklin Delano Roosevelt''' (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), commonly known as '''FDR''', was a Statesian politician who served as President of the United States from 1933 to 1945. | ||
== Family == | == Family == | ||
Roosevelt's grandfather, Warren Delano, became rich from the opium trade in [[Qing dynasty (1636–1912)|China]].<ref name=": | Roosevelt's grandfather, Warren Delano, became rich from the opium trade in [[Qing dynasty (1636–1912)|China]].<ref name=":0222">{{Citation|author=David Vine|year=2020|title=The United States of War|chapter=Reopening the Frontier|page=222–8|city=Oakland|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=9780520972070|lg=http://library.lol/main/191568BFAC73F009132DB00ECD0F0F05}}</ref> | ||
== Presidency == | == Presidency == | ||
In 1940, Roosevelt made an agreement with [[Winston Churchill]] to give the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|UK]] 50 destroyers from the [[First World War]] in exchange for 99-year leases for U.S. military bases in eight British [[Colonialism|colonies]]: [[Antigua and Barbuda|Antigua]], the [[Commonwealth of The Bahamas|Bahamas]], [[Bermuda]], [[Jamaica]], [[Newfoundland]], [[Saint Lucia]], [[Republic of Trinidad and Tobago|Trinidad]], and [[Co-operative Republic of Guyana|Guyana]]. He compared this action to [[Thomas Jefferson]]'s [[Louisiana Purchase]]. It was the first U.S. expansion into British territory since the [[War of 1812]].<ref name=":0222" | In 1940, Roosevelt made an agreement with [[Winston Churchill]] to give the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland|UK]] 50 destroyers from the [[First World War]] in exchange for 99-year leases for U.S. military bases in eight British [[Colonialism|colonies]]: [[Antigua and Barbuda|Antigua]], the [[Commonwealth of The Bahamas|Bahamas]], [[Bermuda]], [[Jamaica]], [[Newfoundland]], [[Saint Lucia]], [[Republic of Trinidad and Tobago|Trinidad]], and [[Co-operative Republic of Guyana|Guyana]]. He compared this action to [[Thomas Jefferson]]'s [[Louisiana Purchase]]. It was the first U.S. expansion into British territory since the [[War of 1812]].<ref name=":0222" /> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
[[Category:Presidents of the United States]] | [[Category:Presidents of the United States]] | ||
[[Category:Social democrats]] | [[Category:Social democrats]] | ||