On Jan. 20, 1937, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was sworn into office at the U.S. Capitol for a second presidential term. Roosevelt became the first U.S. president to be sworn in on January 20.

Last week he was ordered to join a reconnaissance squadron at Muroc, Calif. Rangy Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr., an ensign in the U.S. Naval Reserve, is on duty with the North Atlantic patrol.

WASHINGTON -- Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd president of the United States, took office for a second term today in a winter rain storm with a challenge to the nation for further reform.