Franklin Delano Roosevelt ~ January 30, 1882 - April 12, 1945
32nd President 1933-1945 FDR has lots of 'firsts' and I'm going to list just a few. He was the first president whose mother was eligible to vote for him and he was the first president to be inaugurated on January 20. FDR was the first to appoint a woman to a cabinet post (Frances Perkins), the first to appear on TV, the first to fly in an airplane while in office, and he was the first (and last) president to serve more than two terms. His plane can be found in the National Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio. On a White House tour, we found part of his State Service, made in Corning, New York. This house in New York City was given to Franklin and Eleanor as a wedding present from Franklin's mother, Sara. Sara lived there from 1908 until her death in 1941, after which it was put up for sale. Franklin and Eleanor lived there intermittently before Sara's death (47-49 East 65th St). Four Freedoms Park is a four acre memorial to FDR and is located on Roosevelt Island in New