Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt which most people know as FDR was born on January 30th, 1882. He belonged to one of the oldest families in the New York State. His parents were James Roosevelt and Sara Ann Delano which strangely enough were 6th cousins to one another. One of the many things Franklin learned in his early life was to sail, his father even gave him the nickname "New Moon" because of it. FDR went to a Episcopal boarding school where he was a "B" student, then went on to Harvard, and lastly went to the Columbia Law School.
Franklin married Eleanor, even though his mother didn't want him to, on March 17, 1905. Sadly Eleanor had lost both of her parents by the age of ten, so she had to have her uncle Theodore Roosevelt stand in place of her dad at the wedding. They lived in a home in Springwood, and didn't even own it until Roosevelt's mother died in 1941. Franklin and Eleanor had six children and all, with the exception of Franklin Jr., lived rather long lives.
Franklin was the 32nd president of the United States. His time in office was from March 4, 1933-April 12, 1945. Not only was he the president of the United States, but also 44th governor of New York and Assistant Secretary of the Navy. In August of 1921, FDR contracted an illness called polio. The polio resulted in permanent paralysis from the waist down of Franklin. He lived a full life as a president of the United States, for four terms and died on April 12, 1945, at the age of 63.
Opinion: I think that FDR was an outstanding person, not just as a great president, but as a person who over came the deficits of having polio.
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Good, but again, a bit brief.