Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Franklin D. Roosevelt Short Biography


Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born January 30, 1882 as an only child in Hyde Park, New York as an only child, to the parents of James and Sara Roosevelt. FDR frequently went on abroad trips with his parents. His mother home schooled Franklin till he was 14 years. He then left home to attend Groton; there he received a classical, and a little bit of Gospel Wealth by Dr. Endicott Peabody. After Groton; Franklin studied at Harvard and majored in history and political science. Roosevelt tried out but did not make the football team, but successfully became a cheerleader, and was part in the school news paper; the Crimson. Even though his grades were not stupendous he managed to graduate in three years.
During his collage career he meets a distant cousin Eleanor Roosevelt. Franklin and Eleanor were married March 17, 1905; the wedding ceremony became famous when Theodore Roosevelt attended and gave away the bride. Together they had six children only five of the six made it to adulthood. Not long after Franklin and his wife got married he went back to school at Columbia University and studied law for just over two years. Roosevelt then passed the New York bar then started working at an appreciated law firm
1910 Franklin Roosevelt was elected as senator in the district that he was representing had not had a democrat in his possession in more then 50 years. Roosevelt help campaign for democratic candidate for President Wilson after winning seat as president, President Wilson assigned Roosevelt to Assistant Secretary of Navy. When vacationing on a small island off the coast of Main in August of 1921, Franklin was struck down with polo. Roosevelt then became paralyzed from the waist down and never made a complete recovery. Most the time FDR would be in a wheelchair, but out in the public eye he would use the aid of leg braces, cane or crutches. No matter the pain he kept a positive attitude. While giving speech nominating Alfred E. Smith for democratic presidential candidate, he walked slowly down and painfully to the podium. While gaining recovery of his legs he stayed out of politics. FDR had made enough recovery that he ran for governor of New York and won in 1928.

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