He contracted polio in August 1921, while the Roosevelts were vacationing at Campobello Island, New Brunswick, Canada. He was 39 years old at the time. This diagnosis has since been questioned by experts reviewing F.D.R.'s medical history.
Franklin D. Roosevelt had polio.
Franklin D. Roosevelt!
Franklin D. Roosevelt
President Franklin D. Roosevelt had polio.
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Franklin Roosevelt had an illness called Polio, which restricted the use of his legs.
Polio
Poliomyelitis, or polio.
infantile paralysis
Franklin Roosevelt contracted polio which left him paralyzed from the waist down. He had to have a wheelchair to get around after that.
Roosevelt suffered from polio and died of a cerebral hemorrhage