ࡱ;   Root EntryF+Z(MatOSTV(+Z(MMMN0@ NDࡱ;  FMicrosoft Works MSWorksWPDocࡱ; N  $     A.d 9 Franklin Delano Roosevelt He was born on January 30, 1882 in Hyde Park. He was the only child of James Roosevelt and Sara Delano Roosevelt. His father was a railway executive. He was a cousin of Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th president of the united states. They led a comfortable and gracious existence. Franklin's life was sheltered, he was educated by governesses and indulged by his father. Franklin was excellent athlete, expert at boating and swimming. He collected stamps, birds and ship models, this was hobbies he pursued all his life. His formal education began at the Groton School in Massachusetts. After graduation from Harvard University in 1904, he attended Columbia University Law School. In 1907 he was admitted to the New York State bar. In 1905 he got married with a distant cousin, Eleanor Roosevelt. The beginning of Roosevelt's political career Franklin's political career began with his election to the New York State Senate as a Democrat in 1910. He quickly gained attention as the leader of an upstate coalition that fought the influence of New York city's democratic machine. His support of Woodrow Wilson's candidacy as the Democratic presidential nominee in 1912 resulted in his appointment to the post of assistant secretary of the navy, which he held during the World War 1. When Roosevelt was 39 years old he was stricken by poliomyelitis. He veiled his deep physical agony with a cheerful demeanour. Encouraged by Eleanor and his political mentor, he resumed his career by nominating Alfred E Smith for the presidency at the democratic convention in 1924 and again in 1928. Smith persuaded Roosevelt to campaign for the governorship, Roosevelt deeply in dept and disabled by polio, won a narrow victory. Governor of New York He was governor between 1929 and 1933. Roosevelt established a reputation as a champion of relief for impoverished upstate farmers. His greatest struggle as a governor was for control of Saint Lawrence River waterpower resource by the state rather than private utilities-aimed at providing cheaper electricity for the rural consumer. In 1932 Roosevelt won the party's presidential nomination. Roosevelt as a president He was president between 1933 and 1945. He came to the white house in a deep depression. His promise of "a new deal for the American people" foreshadowed a revolutionary extension of federal power into the nation's everyday life. His first three months in office were marked by innovative legislation originating in the executive branch. After winning a resounding victory over Alfred M. Landon in the presidential election, Roosevelt tried to neutralize the Court by proposing the appointment of new justices, but Congress rejected this "court-packing" plan in 1937. At the late 1920s the foreign politics became very important for Roosevelt. He didn't want to get involved in a second World War in Europe, but he wanted to support Great Britain economically. In 1941 did Roosevelt introduce the liberal international trade arrangements that helped Great Britain and later the Soviet Union in the war against Germany. It was the Japanese attack on Perl Harbor on December 7, 1941, that brought the United States into the war on the side of Britain and the Soviet Union. Roosevelt died on April 12 in 1945 of cerebral hemorrhage Franklin D Roosevelt by Karin Frantzich The source of my information: Microsoft Encarta -94 Nationalencyklopedin nr 16 >m{ T{uoicicici{]Wi{XX  %'<>m%'y { xohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhqq  ,.02468<>xxxxxqjZZZZZZZZZZq>OQSsuooo____ > !Times New RomanPoloZ62 dCompObjE