In six pages this paper examines the many roles FDR played, that of chief executive, legislator, jurist, politician, diplomat, chief of state, and of course Commander in Chief. Eight sources are cited in an MLA bibliography.
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one is lukewarm toward the 32nd president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945). Many admire his tireless efforts to pull the nation out of the darkness of the Great Depression; others
loathe his manipulation of existing systems and the press to accomplish his goals for the country. Elected in 1932, he took office in March 1933 when the number of
unemployed stood at 13,000,000 and after most of the nations banks had closed (Franklin D. Roosevelt). Famous for his New Deal and for
his response to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, FDR blazed trails that no one had anticipated. He instituted the federal income tax, welfare relief and Social Security, breaking
the unspoken rule of seeking and serving only two consecutive terms of office. That tradition had stood for the entire history of the country, beginning with George Washington.
It was during his term in office that Congress established term limits so that no other would be tempted to break that tradition in the future.
FDR maintained the tradition of the wearing of many presidential hats, however. Following are examples of those of commander in chief, diplomat, chief of state, politician,
jurist, legislator and chief executive. Commander in Chief Two days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, FDR addressed the nation in one of
the many "Fireside Chats" that in part characterized his term as president. Highly logical in his reasoning and eloquent in his delivery, he told the American people on December
9, 1941 that "Powerful and resourceful gangsters have banded together to make war upon the whole human race. Their challenge has now been flung at the United States of America
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