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'''Franklin Delano Roosevelt''' was the only [[President of the United States of America]] who refused to give up power and who exceeded the two-term-limit precedent established by [[George Washington]].  A [[Democrat]], Roosevelt was first elected due to the crisis of the [[Great Depression]], a severe economic depression that continued throughout his 12 years in office, from 1933-1945.  A [[Republican]] Congress subsequently passed the [[22nd Amendment]] to prevent anyone from serving three full terms as Roosevelt had.
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'''Franklin Delano Roosevelt''' was the 32nd [[President of the United States of America]], and is most often recalled in association with his [[New Deal]] economic policies and his leadership during most of the [[Second World War.  He was the first and only President to refuse to give up power and exceed the traditional two-term-limit precedent established by [[George Washington]].  A [[Democrat]], Roosevelt was first elected due to the crisis of the [[Great Depression]], a severe economic depression that continued throughout his 12 years in office, from 1933-1945.  A [[Republican]] Congress subsequently passed the [[22nd Amendment]] to prevent anyone from serving more than two full terms, as Roosevelt had.
    
On April 12, 1945, Franklin D. Roosevelt died of a cerebral hemorrhage, due partly to the crippling [[disease]], [[polio]]myelitis, which physically disabled him during his presidency.<ref>http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/fr32.html</ref>
 
On April 12, 1945, Franklin D. Roosevelt died of a cerebral hemorrhage, due partly to the crippling [[disease]], [[polio]]myelitis, which physically disabled him during his presidency.<ref>http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/fr32.html</ref>
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