Which US Presidents Were In A Wheelchair?

Which US Presidents Were In A Wheelchair? The paralytic illness of Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945) began in 1921 when the future president of the United States was 39 years old. How many disabled presidents have there been? President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (32nd) had polio. Presidents George Washington (1st), Thomas Jefferson (3rd) , Woodrow Wilson (28th),