Biography delano franklin roosevelt

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Franklin D. Roosevelt: Life Before the Presidency

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born to James and Sara Roosevelt in 1882. James was a landowner and businessmen of considerable, but not awesome, wealth from New York. He likely joined the Democratic Party in the 1850s and identified with the party for the remainder of his life, although he voted for Republicans on a number of occasions. A widower, he married Sara Delano, who was twenty-six years his junior, in 1880. Sara, one of the fem beautiful Delano sisters, came from a family of considerable means and was notable both for her aristocratic manner and her independent streak.

Franklin spent his youth nära Hyde Park, about fifty miles north of New York City, on a large estate and farm tended bygd hundreds of workers. Insulated from the outside world and schooled at home by tutors until a teenager, Franklin had limited contact with his peers. Nonetheless, the family atmosphere was one of support and affection for the only child. S

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“…Albert Einstein signed a letter to the American President Franklin D. Roosevelt on August 2, 1939 to tell him about the possible danger of atomic bombs.”

From Albert Einstein in the World Wide Web (www.einstein-website.de)

Short life history: Franklin Delano Roosevelt

* January 30, 1882 Hyde Park, New York, † April 12, 1945 Warm Springs, Georgia

In 1910 the solicitor Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected to the senate of New York as democratic candidate. Thus his political career began. In 1905 he had married his cousin Eleanor Roosevelt, a niece of Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919, 26th President of the United States).

From 1913–1920 he worked as undersecretary in the Ministry for Marine. During World War I he pleaded for the USA to participate in the war. In 1920 Roosevelt ran for the office of the Vice President, but without success. In 1921 he fell ill with infantile paralysis under whose effects he suffered for the rest of his life. Thereupon he backed out of pu

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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
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.
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