- 1910: New York State Senate award for drafting legislation prohibiting night work by women
- 1932: Democratic Party nomination for President of the United States
- 1932, 1936, 1940, 1944: Elected President of the United States
- 1952: Congressional Gold Medal
Honors:
- 1941: Time magazine's "Man of the Year"
- 1945: Nobel Peace Prize nomination
- 1945: Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) from the United Kingdom
- 1945: Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Southern Cross from Brazil
- 1947: Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Columbia University
- 1960: Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial dedicated in Washington, D.C.
- 1982: USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVN-71) nuclear-powered aircraft carrier commissioned