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Born at the family home, Springwood, in Hyde Park, New York.
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In 1896 at age 14 he entered Groton School, a small boarding school in Massachusettes.
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On St. Patrick's Day, 1905, he married Eleanor Roosevelt.
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He won election to the New York Senate in 1910.
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President WIlson appointed him Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and he was the Democratic nominee for Vice President.
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In the summer of 1921, he was stricken with poliomyelitis (Polio).
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In 1928 Roosevelt became Governor of New Yorl
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He was elected President in November 1932, to the first four terms.
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In 1936 he was re-elected President.
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At the Little White House, in Warm Springs, GA, Roosevelt died of a cerebral hemorrhage.
