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Franklin Delano

Roosevelt

6th Cousin

2 times removed

Born: Died:
Common Ancestor 30 January 1882 April 12 1945
Hyde Park, New York Warm Springs, Georgia
Father: Isaac Sheldon

Ashwell, Hertfordshire, England Franklin Delano Roosevelt, often referred to by his
1629 - 1708 initials FDR, was an American politician who served as the
32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his
Mother: Mary Woodford death in 1945. A member of the Democratic Party, he won
Hartford, Connecticut, British Colonial a record four presidential elections and became a central
America figure in world events during the first half of the 20th
1636 – 1684 century. Roosevelt directed the federal government during
most of the Great Depression, implementing his New
Deal domestic agenda in response to the worst economic
crisis in U.S. history. As a dominant leader of his party, he
built the New Deal Coalition, which realigned American
politics into the Fifth Party System and defined American
liberalism throughout the middle third of the 20th century.
His third and fourth terms were dominated by World War II,
which ended shortly after he died in office. He is rated by
scholars as one of the three greatest U.S. presidents, along
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with George Washington (6 cousin, 7 times
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removed) and Abraham Lincoln (8 cousin, 4 times
removed), but has also been subject to substantial criticism.
Roosevelt was born in Hyde Park, New York, to a Dutch
American family made well known by the reputation of

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Theodore Roosevelt, (8 cousin, 4 times removed), but has also been subject to substantial criticism.
Roosevelt was born in Hyde Park, New York, to a Dutch American family made well known by the reputation
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of Theodore Roosevelt (8 cousin, 2 times removed), the 26th president of the United States, and William Henry
Aspinwall. FDR graduated from Groton School and Harvard College and attended Columbia Law School but left
after passing the bar exam to practice law in New York City. In 1905, he married his fifth cousin once
removed, Eleanor Roosevelt. They had six children, of whom five survived into adulthood. He won election to
the New York State Senate in 1910, and then served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy under President Woodrow
Wilson during World War I. Roosevelt was James M. Cox's running mate on the Democratic Party's 1920 national
ticket, but Cox was defeated by Republican Warren G. Harding. In 1921, while attempting to recover from his
paralytic condition, Roosevelt founded the treatment center in Warm Springs, Georgia, for people
with poliomyelitis. In spite of being unable to walk unaided, Roosevelt returned to public office by winning
election as Governor of New York in 1928. He was in office from 1929 to 1933 and served as a reform Governor,
promoting programs to combat the economic crisis besetting the United States at the time.

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