POLIO
President Franklin Roosevelt was diagnosed with Polio in 1921 when he was 39 years of age. The disease left him permanently paralyzed from the waist down.YES! and no he was not born with it
Polio
Franklin Roosevelt contracted polio which left him paralyzed from the waist down. He had to have a wheelchair to get around after that.
Polio
I'm assuming you mean FDR. There was another President Roosevelt, Theodore. There are links to both, below and to left.
In order from left to right, we have President George Washington, President Thomas Jefferson, President Theodore Roosevelt, and president Abraham Lincoln. Washington was the first president. Jefferson was the third president. Roosevelt was the 26rd president. Lincoln was the 16th president.
Teddy Roosevelt
He Was 42 Years old when he Became President in 1901 and 50 when he left office in 1909.
Theodore Roosevelt, age 50, became the youngest ex-president when he left office in 1909.
Theodore Roosevelt sailed to Panama in 1906. This was the first time a US President left the country dueing his Presidency.
Taft and Roosevelt had a close relationship while Theodore was president. After Roosevelt left office upon Taft's inauguration, Taft felt overwhelmed with the office and even asked Roosevelt for advice, which Roosevelt was uncomfortable giving. Roosevelt later decided to run against Taft in 1912, which ended their friendship.
FDR have polio when he was a young man and it left him badly crippled. Arterial disease is what finally killed him