The 32nd president of the United States. In The Man in the High Castle, the real-life attempt on Roosevelt’s life by assassin Giuseppe Zangara was successful (in actuality, Zangara missed his target). Without Roosevelt, the U.S. is unable to successfully fend off the Nazi threat—and to many people living in the PSA, Roosevelt remains a nostalgic symbol of bygone American strength. In The Grasshopper Lies Heavy, Roosevelt lives, but he does not run for a third term (and is instead succeeded by Rex Tugwell).