Roosevelt Net Worth (Adjusted for Inflation)
Franklin Roosevelt Salary
During his term in office, Franklin Roosevelt received a salary of $30,000 a year. Franklin Roosevelt also received an additional $5,000, which pays for the president’s personal expenses, such as food and dry cleaning. Franklin Roosevelt also received $10,000 as a traveling allowance. Franklin Roosevelt and his family has received $120,000 as a renovation expense for the White House.
Franklin Roosevelt Assets & Investments
Franklin Roosevelt was in politics for over three decades long. Such a long stint will apparently don’t come without significant wealth behind him. Franklin Roosevelt’s assets include 12 Real Estate Properties, 10 Cars, 3 luxury yachts. Franklin Roosevelt also has over $15 Million in cash reserves secured in banks through Deposits and Government Bonds.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Bio
Franklin Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882, in the Hudson Valley town of Hyde Park, New York, to businessman James Roosevelt and his second wife, Sara Ann Delano. In 1900 Roosevelt entered Harvard University, where he spent most of his time on extracurricular activities and a strenuous social life. At the 1920 Democratic convention Roosevelt won the nomination for vice president on a ticket with presidential nominee James M. Cox. In 1921, while Roosevelt was on vacation at Campobello Island, Canada, when he was stricken with poliomyelitis. He suffered intensely, and for some time he was almost completely paralyzed. During his first term as Governor of New York, Roosevelt concentrated on tax relief for farmers and cheaper public utilities for consumers.
Highlights of Roosevelt’s Political Career
Roosevelt was reelected to the State Senate in 1912, and supported Woodrow Wilson’s candidacy at the Democratic National Convention.In Chicago in 1932, Roosevelt won the nomination as the Democratic Party candidate for president. Roosevelt easily defeated Alfred M. Landon in 1936 and went on to defeat by lesser margins, Wendell Willkie in 1940 and Thomas E. Dewey in 1944. He thus became the only American president to serve more than two terms.By 1939, with the outbreak of war in Europe, Roosevelt was concentrating increasingly on foreign affairs.When Hitler attacked Poland in September 1939, Roosevelt stated that, although the nation was neutral, he did not expect America to remain inactive in the face of Nazi aggression.
