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Birth
Franklin Delanor Roosevel was born January 30, 1882 in Hyde Park, New York. -
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Birth and Death
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School
Attended Groton school for boys -
Univesity
Attended harvard university in 1900 and graduated in 1903, after only 3 years. -
married
FDR married his fifth cousin, eleanor roosevelt, the niece of his idol theodore roosevelt. -
culs
attended CULS and passed the bar exam. -
NY senate
FDR ran for ny state senate in 1910 and was reelected in 1912 for the agricultural comitte -
Woodrow wilson
FDR supported woodrow wilson when he ran for presidency, and woodrow wilson rewarded FDR with an appointment as the assistant secretary of the United States navy, a position held by his idol, theodore roosevelt. -
US senate
ran for NY seat in the United States state senate in 1914, but was defeated. -
Love affair
Fdr became involved in a love affair with eleanor roosevelts secretarian, lucy mercer in the year 1914, but eleanor roosevelt found out about the affair in 1918 and threatened to file divorce, so FDR ended it immediateley after that. -
vice president
ran as us vice president to james m. cox in 1910, but they were defeated -
Polio
FDR became stricken with polio in 1921 -
The reason i chose FDR.
FDR passed the social security act. This is one of the 2 main reasons i chose to choose FDR as my american dreamer. If it wasn't for this, my family, just like so many other american families, would be in a huge financial hole. My little brother has autism and relies on this to help himself with medical stuff and our whole family. -
governor
Elected as governor of New York in 1928 -
VICTORY!
defeated republican henry hoover in november of 1932 -
presidency
Took office as president of the united states of america -
3rd term
elected for his 3rd term -
Invasions
Invasions on world war began, including the infamous D.Day invasion (1942-1944) -
Sadest moment for FDR (1 of 2)
On march, 1944, FDR was diagnosed with atherosclerosis and coronary artirey disease and congestive heart failure. -
Death
FDR died April 12, 1945 in the sanctuary of Warm Springs, Georgia