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FDR Biography
The Early Years
Franklin D. Roosevelt was born in Hyde Park, New York on January 30, 1882. He was the son of James Roosevelt and Sara Delano Roosevelt. His parents and private tutors provided him with almost all his formative education. He attended Groton (1896-1900), a prestigious preparatory school in Massachusetts, and received a BA degree in history from Harvard in only three years (1900-03). Roosevelt next studied law at New York's Columbia University. When he passed the bar examination in 1907, he left school without taking a degree. For the next three years he practiced law with a prominent New York City law firm. He entered politics in 1910 and was elected to the New York State Senate as a Democrat from his traditionally Republican home district.
In the meantime, in 1905, he had married a distant cousin, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, who was the niece of President Theodore Roosevelt. The couple had six children, five of whom survived infancy: Anna (1906), James (1907), Elliott (1910), Franklin, Jr. (1914) and John (1916).
Roosevelt was reelected to the State Senate in 1912, and supported Woodrow Wilson's candidacy at the Democratic National Convention. As a reward for his support, Wilson appointed him Assistant Secretary of the Navy in 1913, a position he h
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
President of the United States from 1933 to 1945
"FDR" redirects here. For other uses, see FDR (disambiguation) and Franklin D. Roosevelt (disambiguation).
Franklin D. Roosevelt | |
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Official campaign portrait, 1944 | |
| In office March 4, 1933 – April 12, 1945 | |
| Vice President | |
| Preceded by | Herbert Hoover |
| Succeeded by | Harry S. Truman |
| In office January 1, 1929 – December 31, 1932 | |
| Lieutenant | Herbert H. Lehman |
| Preceded by | Al Smith |
| Succeeded by | Herbert H. Lehman |
| In office March 17, 1913 – August 26, 1920 | |
| President | Woodrow Wilson |
| Preceded by | Beekman Winthrop |
| Succeeded by | Gordon Woodbury |
| In office January 1, 1911 – March 17, 1913 | |
| Preceded by | John F. Schlosser |
| Succeeded by | James E. Towner |
| Born | Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-01-30)January 30, 1882 Hyde Park, New York, U.S. |
| Died | April 12, 1945(1945-04-12) (aged 63) Warm Springs, Georgia, U.S. |
| Resting place | Springwood Estate |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 6, including Anna, James, Elliott, Franklin Jr., John |
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt[a] (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), also known
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