FDR

            Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the 32nd President in the United States. He held office during two of the greatest crises ever faced by the United States. He was a great president and had countless high-quality character traits. One of his main character traits was responsibility. He once had a seat in the New York state senate. He campaigned hard, stressing his deep personal interest in conservation and other issues of concern in an agricultural area and also his strong support of honest and efficient government. He was only the second Democrat to represent his district after the emergence of the Republican Party in 1856. He soon became a dedicated social and economic reformer and a political independent. He was reelected in 1912, in spite of a case of typhoid fever that kept him from campaigning. .
             Also, he once had the job of Assistant Secretary of Navy. Roosevelt resigned his state senate seat and moved to Washington, D.C., to take over the position once occupied by his cousin Theodore Roosevelt. Franklin Roosevelt's years as assistant secretary taught him both how to get things accomplished and how to avoid unnecessary trouble. Young Roosevelt, an energetic supporter of a bigger navy and soon a warm friend of most of the leading admirals, inevitably had many disagreements with his chief. American entry into World War I in 1917 found the navy in relatively good shape. Roosevelt, as the second in command, was particularly concerned with the civilian employees of the department. With the help of the energetic Howe, he made excellent contacts with labor leaders in the course of smoothing relations between the navy and its workers. Roosevelt was also involved in the enormous build-up of the naval forces and with the general administration of the department. Frequent public speeches brought him to the attention of the public, and he soon had a reputation as a young man of great promise.