Franklin Delino Roosevelt Franklin Delino Roosevelt died over fifty years ago yet his legacy of federal programs and ideas continue to influence almost every aspect of federal government today. President Roosevelt rose in political stature during one of Americas most troubling periods of time. With the constant threat of Russia in the back of many people’s minds and the result of the ongoing economical recession now known as the great depression. During his first campaign for president most of the public didn’t understand what most of his platform was. It was just simply known as the new deal. What the public did know was t