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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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FDR: Childhood Born January 30, 1882 in Hyde Park, NY
His father was a wealthy railway executive Died when FDR was 18 FDR was very close to his mother
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FDR: Famous Relatives Fifth Cousin of Theodore Roosevelt
Fifth Cousin of Eleanor Roosevelt Believed to have been related to (through blood or marriage) to 11 other POTUS: John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Ulysses S. Grant, William Henry Harrison, Benjamin Harrison, James Madison, Teddy Roosevelt, William Taft, Zachary Taylor, Martin Van Buren, George Washington
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FDR: Education Went to Groton School (private boarding school)
Graduate of Harvard & Columbia Law
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FDR: Political Career 1910: Elected to New York Senate
1912: Re-elected to New York Senate 1913: Appointed Wilson’s Asst. Secretary of Navy 1920: Unsuccessfully ran for Vice President 1928: Elected Governor of New York 1930: Re-elected Governor of New York 1932: Elected POTUS 1936: Re-elected POTUS 1940: Re-elected POTUS 1944: Re-elected POTUS
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FDR: Polio 1921: Contracted polio, which eventually paralyzed him from the waist down Polio is a viral infectious disease that can affect nerves and can lead to partial or full paralysis FDR refuses to accept paralysis and seeks numerous treatments and therapies while working hard to hide the extent of his medical condition Purchases a resort in Warm Springs, GA Founded the March of Dimes Only two known photos in a wheelchair
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FDR: Marriage to Eleanor
1905: Marries Eleanor FDR’s mother vehemently against the marriage Teddy stood in for Eleanor’s deceased father at wedding Very different personalities FDR outgoing, charismatic, great campaigner, active Eleanor shy, not social, viewed sex as “an ordeal to be endured” Six children together (one died in infancy)
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FDR: Lucy Mercer Had affairs outside of his marriage, most infamously with Eleanor’s secretary Lucy Mercer Eleanor found love letters & offered divorce, but FDR’s mother refused to allow it, FDR didn’t want to hurt his political career, and Lucy (a Catholic) refused to marry a divorced man with five kids; FDR promises not to see Lucy again (but he does) Lucy gets married but still “meets” w/FDR throughout his presidency FDR’s daughter Anna helps arrange meetings Lucy was with FDR when he dies
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FDR: Death March 1945: FDR goes to “Little White House” in Warm Springs to rest before going to United Nations April 12, 1945: Says “I have a terrific pain in the back of my head” and loses consciousness, officially declared dead within a couple hours Suffered massive cerebral hemorrhage Was 63-years-old
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