PBS: FDR's Path to the White House (1884-1933) [View all]

Apr 7, 2026 #FDR #History #President

As the longest-serving president in U.S. history and leader through two of the nation's worst crises — the Great Depression and World War II — Franklin Delano Roosevelt set the standard for the modern presidency. Our two-part biography traces America's 32nd president from his early years as the pampered scion of a wealthy family, to his devastating paralysis from polio, to his twelve years in the White House.