FDR

American

Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

FDR British

abbreviation

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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FDR felt compelled to dramatically reconfigure our economic norms at the time to pull us out of the Great Depression.

From Barron's

On a population-adjusted basis, by my calculation, only FDR bests him—FDR whose four presidential runs were all blowouts.

From The Wall Street Journal

The ghost of Walter Lippmann leaning into the wireless to hear FDR . . . stole into me.

From The Wall Street Journal

That dispute involved a deceased FTC commissioner, ousted by FDR, whose estate sought back pay.

From The Wall Street Journal

Frustrated by his programs being ruled unconstitutional, FDR threatened to “pack” the Supreme Court by adding justices.

From The Wall Street Journal

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