Biography Of Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Franklin D. Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882, Hyde Park, NY, he was an American statesman and political leader. His mother Sara Roosevelt she was the second wife of James Roosevelt 1, the mother of president of the United states Franklin Delano Roosevelt her only child, and subsequently the mother-in-law of Eleanor Roosevelt. His Father was the father of Roosevelt and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Franklin D. Roosevelt was educated by tutors and governesses until age 14, unlike the common people who he would later champion. After graduating from Groton in 1900, Franklin Roosevelt entered Harvard University, determined to make something of himself, studied law at Columbia University Law school and passed the bar exam in 1907,

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