During World War I he went to France as a captain of artillery. He became Vice President for President Franklin Delano Roovelt ("FDR") in 1944 and succeeded to the Presidency upon the death of FDR in 1945. | During World War I he went to France as a captain of artillery. He became Vice President for President Franklin Delano Roovelt ("FDR") in 1944 and succeeded to the Presidency upon the death of FDR in 1945. |