Franklin D. Roosevelt // #32

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Written By Heather Rogers, America's Preeminent Presidential Doodler

  • Conceived in Paris, France.

  • Earned medals in the running high kick while in school.

  • When he was 5, President Cleveland advised him to never become president.

  • Elected to four terms.

  • Longest-serving president.

  • The 18th Amendment (Prohibition) was repealed as part of the New Deal.
    It was supposed to result in lots of taxes and hundreds of thousands of job opportunities).

  • Advised not to say “rendezvous with destiny” because it sounded too much like “rendezvous with dentistry.”

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Heather Rogers, America's Preeminent Presidential Doodler

Heather isn’t a historian, an academic, or an impartial storyteller… but she has read more than one book about every U.S. president. Out of spite. She was dubbed America’s Preeminent Presidential Doodler by one of her favorite authors and she’s been repeating it ever since. When she’s not reading or doodling history books, she’s a freelance graphic designer and illustrator.

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