Franklin Delano Roosevelt is featured on this dime. The obverse side also has the legend "Liberty" along the rim, the motto "In God We Trust" and the date of issue. The reverse design is a flaming torch and two different branches of leaves, olive leaves to the left and oak leaves to the right. It also includes "United States of America", the stated value of "One Dime" and the motto "E Pluribus Unum". This design was first used in 1946 and is still in use today.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt 42nd President of the United States
32nd under the 1787 Constitution
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FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT was born on
January 30, 1882 on his family’s estate Hyde Park, in Dutchess County, New
York. His father, James was descended from Nicholas Roosevelt, whose father had
emigrated from Holland in the 1640's. One of Nicholas' two sons, Johannes, was
an ancestor of President Theodore Roosevelt. The other son, Jacobus, was James'
great-great-grandfather. James had graduated from Union College and Harvard Law
School, married, had a son, and took over his family's extensive holdings in
coal and transportation. In 1880, four years after the death of his first wife,
James met and married Sara Delano who was a sixth cousin and at 26 years, she
was half her husband’s age. She brought to the marriage a fortune that was a
great deal larger than that of James. The Delano family had prospered in trading
with China and her father was one of James’ business associates.
Young Roosevelt spent his early years in a pleasant and sociable home with
loving parents and congenial rather aristocratic companions at Hyde Park. His
half-brother was an adult when he was born and his childhood was secure and
tranquil. He was often taken on summers in Europe and spent much time at his
father’s vacation home on Campobello Island in New Brunswick, Canada. Young
Roosevelt developed a love for natural history and sailing and was an expert
swimmer. His mother supervised his schooling with governesses and private tutors
until he was 14 and he was a voracious reader. In 1896, his parents sent him to
Groton School in Massachusetts, where most students were of the privileged
classes. His education there instilled him with a belief that children of the
upper classes had a duty to society.
Roosevelt entered Harvard in 1899, where he was an above average student
and devoted a great deal of his time to extracurricular activities. He completed
his course work for his B.A. in only three years and returned for the fourth
year as editor of the Crimson, the college newspaper. He joined a young
Republican club in 1900 in enthusiasm for Theodore Roosevelt, the
vice-presidential candidate and his distant cousin. While at Harvard, he fell in
love with Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, his fifth cousin once removed. She had had a
difficult childhood, being orphaned at the age of ten. She lived with her
maternal grandmother and felt rejected and ill at ease in society, thinking
herself ugly. When Roosevelt, a handsome Harvard man two years her senior, paid
her attention, she was flattered. In 1904, Roosevelt cast his first vote in a
presidential election for his cousin, who was running for reelection after
having become president with the assassination of President McKinley in 1901.
Roosevelt entered Columbia University Law School in New York City in 1904.
He passed the New York bar examination and began clerking for a Wall Street law
firm, Carter, Ledyard and Milburn, foregoing his degree from Columbia. On March
17, 1905, President Roosevelt gave his niece Anna Eleanor away in marriage to
Franklin D. Roosevelt. The marriage was successful on the surface, within the
next eleven years they produced six children (one of which died in infancy):
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (1906 – 1975); James Roosevelt (1907 – 1991); Elliott
Roosevelt (1910 – 1990); Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr. (1914 – 1988) and
John Aspinwall Roosevelt (1916 – 1981).
However, Sara Roosevelt’s possessive and domineering attitude toward her
son caused much strife early in their marriage. In addition, Eleanor’s later
discovery of Franklin’s affair with her social secretary, Lucy Mercer,
staggered her. Despite these problems, Eleanor remained a supportive spouse.
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Roosevelt found work at the law firm tedious, much of the firm’s
practice was in corporate law and he felt irritated by the routine. In 1910, at
the age of 28, he was approached by the Democratic leaders to run for the New
York State Senate. They felt he would succeed because of his name, local
prominence and his wealth. Anxious to escape the law practice, he accepted, and
campaigned hard, stressing his deep personal interest in conservation and his
strong support of honest and efficient government. He showed skill at making
himself agreeable to voters, he was open and adaptable and he listened to the
advice he was given by political veterans. He won impressively and made an
immediate impact in the state legislature. He soon became a dedicated social and
economic reformer and was reelected in 1912, in spite of a case of typhoid fever
that kept him from campaigning. He entered national politics by taking part in
Woodrow Wilson’s campaign for the Democratic nomination for president. After
Wilson was elected, he appointed Roosevelt Assistant Secretary of the United
States Navy. In 1913, he resigned his state senate seat and moved to Washington
to take the position that his cousin, Theodore, had once held. His seven years
of service gave him administrative experience and he made many excellent
contacts in Washington and in the Democratic party. He remained in his post
until August 1920, when he resigned to campaign as the Democratic candidate for
vice president. When Harding and Coolidge decisively beat the Democrats in
November, he returned to private life. He had campaigned vigorously and made
friends among Democratic leaders across the country. He was a widely recognized
public figure, and being under the age of 40, he felt he could afford to wait.
He formed a law firm in New York City and became vice president of
Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland, a surety bonding company. At Fidelity,
he was in charge of the New York office of one of the most important companies
handling bonds for public officials. His wide circle of contacts continued to
expand. However, in August 1921, after an unfortunate delay, he was diagnosed
with poliomyelitis. Completely unable to walk and in great pain, Roosevelt
seemed to have reached the end of his political career. His domineering mother
wanted him to return to Hyde Park for a peaceful and quite life. Under the care
of his wife and his friend and campaign manager, Louis McHenry Howe, Roosevelt
fought back. Although never able to walk again without leg braces and canes, he
became president of the American Construction Council in 1924, while Howe
remained close, planning for his return to public life.
Roosevelt made an inspiring nominating speech for Alfred E. Smith at the
1924 Democratic National Convention in Madison Square Garden. In 1928 at
Smith’s urging and against the advice of Eleanor and Howe, Roosevelt agreed to
run for governor of New York. Roosevelt won by a narrow margin in an otherwise
Republican election year. During his two terms, he battled a Republican
legislature, naming skilled people to important positions. He was a leading
contender for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1932 and he took the
nomination on the fourth ballot. In November, Roosevelt captured 22,821,857
votes to incumbent President Hoover’s 15,761,841 and 472 Electoral College
votes to 59.
Inaugurated at the height of the Depression, Roosevelt inspired Americans.
He launched the “New Deal” instituting social security and unemployment
benefits, giving hope to the have-nots and restoring confidence in the
government. His public works projects included the Tennessee Valley Authority,
the Civilian Conservation Corps, and the Works Progress Administration.
Congress, following his lead, sponsored reform measures such as The Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation, which insured deposits and The Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC), which began regulation of the stock exchanges. His
mobility hampered by polio, he reached millions by radio in his “fireside
chats” while Eleanor tirelessly toured the country.
He was reelected in 1936, an unprecedented third term in 1940 and once
again in 1944. In 1940 he responded to Hitler’s aggression in Europe by
sending the British 50 destroyers in exchange for military bases, followed by
massive “Lend-Lease” aid. On December 7, 1941, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor
and America entered World War II. With Stalin and Churchill, Roosevelt laid the
groundwork for the post-war world, and the creation of the United Nations.
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During Roosevelt’s campaign for his fourth term in 1944, he was pale,
thin and old. His doctors knew that he was suffering from heart disease,
hypertension and cardiac failure. His advisers persuaded him to accept the U.S.
Senator from Missouri, Harry Truman for the vice presidency, feeling him suited
for the presidency. His campaign and election were a strain on Roosevelt and in
the early spring of 1945, he went to Warm Springs, Georgia in an effort to
recapture his flagging health. He died there on April 12, 1945 of a massive
cerebral hemorrhage. Harry Truman took the oath of office to become president
that same day.
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