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"Roosevelt won't go just after Japan—we'll be at war with Hitler and Mussolini soon enough."
Steve Rogers to Bucky Barnes[src]

Franklin Delano Roosevelt[1] was a former Governor of New York who later became the 32nd President of the United States of America and founded the Strategic Scientific Reserve. He was succeeded by Harry S. Truman.

Biography[]

Presidency[]

Election[]

"He campaigns on overturning Prohibition and helps end it in December of '33."
Phil Coulson[src]

Roosevelt was elected President in 1932, and he became famous for creating the "New Deal" as well as campaigning on overturning Prohibition in the United States, helping to end it in December 1933.[1]

World War II[]

Creating the SSR[]

"A few years later, he forms the SSR."
"Which becomes S.H.I.E.L.D."
Phil Coulson and Alphonso Mackenzie[src]

As President of the United States, Franklin Roosevelt had to lead his country through turbulent times of World War II. When Germany invaded Poland in 1939, Roosevelt realized that Adolf Hitler and his Third Reich represented the greatest threat to liberty and justice the free world had ever seen. To counter that threat, in 1940 Roosevelt ordered the formation of the Strategic Scientific Reserve to fight the Nazi Party, even though the United States was still at peace with Germany. To ensure that only the greatest scientists work for the SSR, Roosevelt ordered Chester Phillips to recruit Howard Stark into the agency.[2]

Lend-Lease[]

"FDR signed the Lend-Lease bill with these in 1941. Provided support to the Allies when they needed it most."
"Some would say it brought our country closer to war."
Tony Stark and Steve Rogers[src]

On March 11, 1941, Roosevelt signed the Lend-Lease bill in order to provide aid for the Allied troops in dire times, with a set of fountain pens, which he would later give to Howard Stark. However, some individuals like Steve Rogers would later consider that signing the bill only exacerbated the crisis.[3]

Creating the FEPC[]

"He created the FEPC, for one, taking on discrimination in the workplace."
Alphonso Mackenzie[src]

Roosevelt took on discrimination in the workplace by creating the Fair Employment Practice Committee, which would earn the admiration of Alphonso Mackenzie.[1]

Attack on Pearl Harbor[]

On December 7, 1941, 360 Japanese aircraft attacked the major U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, taking the Americans completely by surprise and claiming the lives of more than 2,300 troops.[2] The attack on Pearl Harbor served to unify American public opinion in favor of entering World War II, and, on December 8, Congress declared war on Japan with only one dissenting vote. Germany and the other Axis powers promptly declared war on the United States. Roosevelt declared that the United States would build fifty thousand planes to fight the armies of Hirohito and Adolf Hitler.[4]

Meeting Howard Stark[]

Sometime later, Roosevelt personally met Howard Stark, who supported the American war effort by building one hundred thousand planes for the United States Armed Forces.[5]

Fighting HYDRA[]

"I spoke to the President this morning. As of today, the SSR is being retasked."
"Colonel?"
"We are taking the fight to HYDRA."
Chester Phillips and Peggy Carter[src]

After the assassination of Abraham Erskine and the loss of the Super Soldier Serum in 1943, Roosevelt ordered the SSR to concentrate its efforts on battling HYDRA, the Nazi special weapons division led by the infamous Johann Schmidt.[6]

Yalta Conference[]

Big three

Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin at the Yalta Conference

In February 1945, Roosevelt attended the Yalta Conference with the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin.[7]

Personality[]

"He was way ahead of his time."
Alphonso Mackenzie[src]

Roosevelt was considered to be ahead of his time by Alphonso Mackenzie, who respected his policies against discrimination. Phil Coulson was also a fan of him, as pointed out by Daisy Johnson.

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Family[]

Allies[]

Enemies[]

Trivia[]

References[]

External Links[]

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