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1 day ago · Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882, in Hyde Park, New York, to businessman James Roosevelt I and his second wife, Sara Ann Delano. His parents, who were sixth cousins, came from wealthy, established New York families—the Roosevelts, the Aspinwalls and the Delanos, respectively.
4 days ago · In this episode, I describe family life at Warren Delano II’s family estate in the 1850s, featuring the young Sara Delano, who would one day become the mother of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
2 days ago · Theodore Roosevelt Jr. [b] (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), often referred to as Teddy or T. R., was an American politician, soldier, conservationist, naturalist, and writer who served as the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909.
1 day ago · Franklin Delano Roosevelt served as president of the United States from 1933-45 during the Great Depression and World War II, two of the greatest crises in American history. He was born on January 30, 1882, in Hyde Park, N.Y. to wealthy parents and educated at Groton, Harvard, and Columbia University Law School.
3 days ago · Theodore Roosevelt, 26th president of the United States (1901–09) and a writer, naturalist, and soldier. He expanded the powers of the presidency and of the federal government to support public interest in conflicts between big business and labor and increased the U.S. role in world politics.
4 days ago · Franklin Delano Roosevelt. 32nd President of the United States. March 4, 1933–April 12, 1945. When he was inaugurated in March 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt offered hope to a population battered by years of economic hardship.
4 days ago · No. 748 was the car that carried President Roosevelt, a bulletproof Packard car, and two Secret Service cars to Warm Springs, Georgia on Roosevelt’s final train trip before he died on April 12 ...
