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Fdr The Early Years

Franklin Delano Roosevelt is considered one of America's greatest Presidents. He would serve as president for 12 years more then any other president. He would see the nation through the great depression with his New Deal. He would also get the Nation in to and almost out of World War II. He would be responsible for the creation of the United Nations. Roosevelt's early years and first three terms as president would be some of the finest political work in the 20th century.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born in Hyde Park, New York on January 30, 1882. He was the only child to his parents James and Sara Ann Roosevelt. His parents were both wealthy, most of which came for family heritance. Franklin's father was vice president of the Delaware and Hudson Railway. His mother would be the biggest influence on his early childhood with her strict rules and schedules.
Franklin's parents would give him the best education. They would start by taking him on trips to Europe. Private tutors would teach him until he was fourteen. He would learn to speak German and French. At fourteen he would attend the boarding school Groton near Boston. In 1900 he graduated and went on to Harvard University. Wile at Harvard he majored in History and was secretary of the freshmen glee club. He also was editor for the school newspaper in 1903 the Harvard Crimson. He would graduate and go on to Columbia law school. Wile there he would pass the bar exam and end his education there. In 1808 he would work for a Wall Street firm as a clerk for the next three years.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt married Eleanor Roosevelt. The two knew each other from childhood but would start dating at Harvard. They got engaged in 1903 with large resistance from Franklin's mother Sara Roosevelt who won't to be his only women in his life. Despite Franklin's mother the two got married on March 17,2006. The two were give a house by Sara Roosevelt. Sara furnished the house for them also. She would be...