Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was of Dutch, English ancestry and was born on January 30, 1882. Franklin grew up in a very wealthy family in Hyde Park, New York to James Roosevelt and his second wife, Sara Delano Roosevelt. He had a sheltered youth, and was taught mainly by governesses. His life mainly revolved around the family estate in rural Dutchess County. He also took many trips to Europe and participated in a lot of athletics (mainly swimming and boating) and hobbies such as stamp and bird collecting. Although he valued fun, he rarely ever shared his inner most thoughts with anyone. Some believe that this might have been a way to avoid his mother’s attempts at domination. Franklin went to the exclusive Groton School. He was filled with a sense of social responsibility. He was an average student at Harvard University and edited the Harvard Crimson in his senior year. After graduation (1903) he attended the Columbia Law School. But, he dropped out of law school when he was admitted to the New York bar and worked from 1907-1910 for a Wall Street law firm. A tall, handsome, and outgoing Franklin married a shy; distant cousin named Anna Eleanor Roosevelt on March 17, 1905. Her uncle, President Theodore Roosevelt gav
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