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Franklin Roosevelt administration  

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  • Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882–1945), the 32nd president of the United States, was the only president elected to four terms (1933–45), dying during his fourth term on April 12, 1945. Roosevelt is considered by many to be one of the founders of modern liberalism, along with Dewey and Keynes, supporting a wider social and economic role for government in conjunction with stronger promises of civil liberties. [Source: Encyclopedia of Drug Policy; Roosevelt Administration, Franklin D.]

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