Why was Franklin D. Roosevelt chosen to be portayed on the dime in 1945?

scubaron49

he also had polio Apr 03 07, 11:34 AM

Smokeylicious

designed in honor of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who died in April 1945. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dime_(United_States_coin) Apr 03 07, 11:58 AM

star_gazer

Soon after the death of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in April 1945, legislation was introduced by Virginia Congressman Ralph H. Daughton that called for the replacement of the Mercury dime with one bearing Roosevelt's image.[20] The dime was chosen to honor Roosevelt, partly, due to his efforts in the founding of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis (later renamed the March of Dimes), which originally served to raise money for polio research and to aid victims of the disease and their families. Apr 04 07, 5:50 AM