Franklin D. Roosevelt

FDRs Life

Period: Jan 1, 1880 to Dec 31, 1950

Franklin D Roosevelt is born

Jan 30, 1882

Franklin D. Roosevelt is born in Hyde Park, NY

Roosevelt tutored

Apr 26, 1890

FDR is educated bye tutors until age 14

Roosevelt leaves home

Apr 26, 1896

Franklin Roosevelt leaves home to attend Groton School in Groton, Massachusetts.

Roosevelt attends Harvard

Apr 26, 1900

Franklin Roosevelt moves to Cambridge, Massachusetts to attend Harvard College.

Roosevelt graduates Groton

Apr 27, 1900

Roosevelt marries Eleanor Roosevelt

Mar 18, 1905

Roosevelt moves to New york in 1905 and marries Eleanor Roosevelt. Theodore Roosevelt's nephew.

Roosevelt enters Columbia Law School.

Apr 26, 1905

Roosevelt enters Columbia Law School.

Roosevelt attends Columbia University

Apr 26, 1907

Franklin studied law at Columbia University Law School and passed the bar exam in 1907

Roosevelt runs for New York Senate

Apr 26, 1910

In 1910, Roosevelt was invited to run for the New York state senate.

Rossevelt's elected to the New York Senate

Nov 8, 1910

Franklin Roosevelt is elected to the New York State Senate.

Roosevelt reelected

Apr 27, 1912

Roosevelt was reelected in 1912 and served as chair of the agricultural committee

Roosevelt appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy

Apr 27, 1913

Franklin Roosevelt is appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy under President Woodrow Wilson.

roosevelt runs for US Senate

Apr 27, 1914

1914, Franklin Roosevelt, decided to run for the U.S. Senate seat for New York

Roosevelt haves an Affair

Apr 27, 1918

1918, Eleanor discovers an affair and gives Franklin an ultimatum to stop seeing Lucy or she would file for divorce

Roosevelt runs for Vice-President

Apr 27, 1920

Franklin Roosevelt runs as the Democratic candidate for Vice-President, alongside James M. Cox. The ticket is defeated by Republicans Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge.

Roosevelt contracts Polio

Apr 27, 1921

Franklin Roosevelt contracts a paralytic disease while swimming in Maine.

Roosevelt establishes polio treatment center

Apr 27, 1926

Franklin Roosevelt establishes a polio treatment center in Warm Springs, Georgia.

Franklin Roosevelt is elected governor of New York.

Nov 6, 1928

Franklin Roosevelt is elected governor of New York.

New York Stock Exchange crashes

Oct 29, 1929

The New York Stock Exchange crashes, one of a series of events leading to the Great Depression in the United States.

Roosevelt elected to President

Nov 27, 1932

New Deal Created

Apr 27, 1933

In the "First 100 Days," FDR pushes fifteen legislative proposals through Congress

Roosevelt Reelected to President

Nov 27, 1936

Roosevelt Reelected to President

Apr 27, 1940

Roosevelt Reelected to President

Apr 27, 1944

Roosevelt Dead

Apr 12, 1945

Franklin Roosevelt dies of a cerebral hemorrhage in Warm Springs, Georgia.