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initials of Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882 - 1945), thirty-second president of the United States from 1933 to 1945. He became president near the beginning of a major economic depression and continued in office through reelection based on promises to relieve the strife the depression had caused. In May 1933 Roosevelt created the Federal Emergency Relief Administration and gave it $500 million in federal funds for the most seriously destitute. This was the beginning of a federal welfare program. He was also responsible for creating another government agency (the Agricultural Adjustment Administration) that raised farm prices by paying farmers to take their land out of production. This resulted in 10 million acres of cotton being plowed under and 6 million pigs being slaughtered while many Americans were starving. —PDC Volume 4 Approved Glossary