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The Roosevelt dictatorship was a proposed period of governance in the United States which would have seen President of the United States Franklin Roosevelt assume extraordinary powers either by an explicit grant of Congress or through an autogolpe. Rhetorical and armed support for what was variously called a "mild species of dictatorship" or a "benevolent autocracy" reached a zenith in 1933. Though Roosevelt signaled an early intent to seek extraordinary powers, and would come to exercise broad executive authority throughout his 13 years in office, he ultimately decided to govern within the limit of constitutional restrictions.