President Franklin Roosevelt

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2699
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President Franklin Roosevelt
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Roosevelt, President Franklin
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?: 
No
Biography: 

Franklin Roosevelt was the 32nd President of the United States, re-elected to four terms in between 1932 and his death in 1945. He is mentioned in three later texts. In "Two Soldiers" he appears only in Res Grier's reference to "Our President in Washington, D.C." (85). He is included in a list of contemporary political figures in the "Delta Autumn" chapter of Go Down, Moses - but curiously isn't on the similar list in the earlier magazine version of "Delta Autumn" (322). He is mentioned seven times in The Mansion, including once by his famous initials, "F.D.R." (214).