"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." -- FDR, Inaugural Address, January 20, 1937.

As President Franklin D. Roosevelt neared the end of his second term speculation began about his successor. There was no constitutional barrier to a third term at that time. But no president had ever exceeded the two-term precedent established by George Washington.

The anniversary of Franklin’s birth became a great cause for celebration every year, and throughout his life FDR would use the occasion to honor devoted friends as well as to raise money in the fight against polio.

A president's evolving approach to fiscal policy in times of national crisis -- Great Depression and World War.

Roosevelt addressed crowds at National Institute of Health, October 31, 1940. His speech voiced strong support for public health and medical research. The footage is now available on YouTube and via the NLM's blog.

Franklin D. Roosevelt was the only American President elected and inaugurated four times. Here is a gallery of historical inauguration materials housed at the FDR Presidential Library & Museum.

Explore Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt's lifetime of travels around the world through the collections of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Leon A. Perskie and the Story of the President's 1944 Campaign Portrait

Franklin D. Roosevelt was the first U.S. president to serve with a significant physical disability. Many believe that the personal struggle with pain and paralysis from polio helped shape FDR, both as a man and as a president.

FDR was a world-class collector famous for his stamps, ship models, naval art and books. But in the archives of the FDR Presidential Library and Museum there is a remarkable collection that FDR spent a lifetime acquiring. FDR called it his “Naval Manuscript Collection” but that does not do it justice. It is one of the largest private archives of rare documents on U.S. maritime history and the adventures and voyages of its greatest heroes.

"By preventing practices which tend to destroy the independence of labor, it seeks, for every worker with its scope, that freedom of choice and action which is justly his." --Statement Upon Signing the National Labor Relations Act, July 5, 1935.

Detailed genealogical charting of family lineage for both Franklin Delano and Anna Eleanor Roosevelt.

Franklin D. Roosevelt "Day by Day" and the "Presidential Timeline of the Twentieth Century"

Learn more about FDR. Where did he attend school? When did he first run for public office? Who were his Vice Presidents and Cabinet officers, and did he have a favorite tree?

How many times was FDR elected President of the United States? Who were FDR's Vice Presidents and Cabinet officers? Did women play a large role in the Roosevelt Administration?

How were Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt related? When and where did they first meet? How many children did they have and what were their children's names?