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Which president signed the Social Security Act into law in 1935?

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act on August 14, 1935.

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The original law created national old-age benefits and a federal-state unemployment insurance system.

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Sources: ssa.gov