Premise: Franklin Delano Roosevelt ( [ ˈroʊzəvəlt ] , his own pronunciation , or [ - en ˈroʊzəvɛlt ] January 30 , 1882 -- April 12 , 1945 ) , commonly known as FDR , was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 32nd President of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945 . He directed the United States government during most of the Great Depression and World War II . He is often rated by scholars as one of the three greatest U.S. Presidents , along with George Washington and Abraham Lincoln . He went on to graduate from Harvard College in 1903 and attended Columbia Law School . He entered politics in 1910 , serving in the New York State Senate , and then as Assistant Secretary of the Navy under President Woodrow Wilson .
Hypothesis: Franklin D. Roosevelt was born.
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