Franklin Delano Roosevelt: The Second President Of The United States

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Ever since the United States Constitution was ratified, forty-five presidents have had the honor to represent our country before the entire world. According to our Constitution, the term each president serve is of four years with the option to be reelected and serve two consecutive terms; or a maximum of ten years if he serves less than two years of other president’s term. However, this was not always the case. Originally, the number of terms a president could serve our country was unlimited. This gave the opportunity to our thirty second president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt to serve four consecutive terms. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, also known as FDR, was born in 1882 as an only child. His parents, James and Sara Delano Roosevelt were part