franklin d roosevelt
Franklin .D. Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt has been considered to be one of the most influential presidents in American history. ... Franklin D. Roosevelt was born at the family estate in Hyde Park, NAY, on Jan. ... His father James Roosevelt graduated from union college and Harvard law school he later married and a son while taking over took over his familys extensive holdings in coal and transportation. ... , Franklin D. Roosevelt Chelsea House 1985 pp 24-25). Roosevelt childhood was secure and pleasant. ... Roosevelt’s most lasting educational experience was at Groton School in Massachusetts, which he attended between 1896 and 1900. Although his record there was undistinguished, Roosevelt was able to adapt to different circumstances and became more independent, in spite of his sheltered childhood. ... , Franklin D. Roosevelt Chelsea House 1985 pp 25). ... Roosevelt next went on to law school at, New Yorks Columbia University leaving after passing the bar examination with out obtaining his degree he then practiced law at a prestigious new York city law firm where he developed a interest in politics. (Freidel, Frank, Franklin D. Roosevelt, 4 vols. ... ) During this time he had married his distant cousin Anna Eleanor Roosevelt the niece of the former resident Theodore Roosevelt following. ... The couple had six children, five of whom survived infancy: Anna (1906), James (1907), Elliott (1910), Franklin, Jr. ... Although there marriage appeared happy on the surface, relations between them were strained greatly after Eleanor discovered of Roosevelt affair with her social secretary Lucy Mercer. (Freidel, Frank, Franklin D. Roosevelt, 4 vols. ... ) Roosevelt was elected as a legislator into the New York state assembly in 1910, as a Democrat from his traditionally Republican home district. ... , Franklin D. Roosevelt (Chelsea House 1985 pp 54-56). ... “The American presidency”, Franklin d Roosevelt) His carrier was briefly halted after he contracted polio in August 1921, Roosevelt fought against the disability by Eleanor and Louis Howe. ... His efforts were rewarded and in 1828 Roosevelt was elected governor of New York. ... “The American presidency”, Franklin .D. Roosevelt) By the 1930’s the U. ... The public was dissatisfied with the Hoover administration and Roosevelt secured a landslide victory during the 1932 presidential election. ... Roosevelt faced the greatest crisis in American history since the Civil War. ... Instead, in 1933, Roosevelt declared a bank holiday, only banks that were “healthy” were allowed to reopen.