Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882 in Hyde Park, New York. He grew up in a wealthy family and had private tutors and attended elite schools such as Groton, Harvard, and the Columbia University Law School. FDR was raised as a christian and later quoted the Sermon on the MOunt when he addressed the nation on Christmas eve on year. After law school, FDR was employed as a clerk in a Wall Street law firm. Later he married Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, who was the niece of his fifth cousin, Teddy Roosevelt.
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was born on October 11, 1885 in New York City, New York. Her mother, Anna Hall, dies in 1892 and her father, Elliott Roosevelt, died in 1894. Later, she went to a distinguished school

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