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  Franklin was born at Hyde Park, NY on January 30th, 1882.
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  He attended Harvard University and Columbia Law Schools in 1900.
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  Franklin Roosevelt he married Eleanor Roosevelt on St. Patrick’s Day in 1905.
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  He won the election to the New York Senate as a democrat.
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  He became a democratic nominee for Vice President.
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  He was stricken with polio in the summer at age 39
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  He was elected President of the United States in November, by March there were 13,000,000 unemployed.
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  The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7,1941.
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  He died before World War 2 ended close of a cerebral hemorrhage.