FDR

The Groton years also left him with a belief, which became more evident later, that children of the upper classes had a duty to society. Also, these years laid the foundation for a prosperous collegiate career.
             After Groton, Roosevelt attended Harvard University from 1900 to 1904, which became a major backdrop in his political start. Soon, he became and above-average student at Harvard, taking part in many extracurricular activities, including the Republican club, in support of his cousin, Theodore Roosevelt. Who, FDR cast his first presidential vote for, four short years later. Following the lead of this father, Franklin soon changed from a Republican to a Democrat. Roosevelt then moved to New York City, where he entered the Columbia University Law School in 1904. Although he attended classes until 1907, he failed to stay on for his law degree, after passing the state examinations allowing him to practice law. For the next three years he was a clerk in a prominent law firm in New York City, but the evidence is clear that he had little interest in law and little enthusiasm to be a lawyer. Well before he finished his work at Columbia, young Franklin Roosevelt had married his distant cousin Anna Eleanor Roosevelt. They had been in love for some time and were determined to marry in spite of the opposition of Franklin's mother. All of the influences in his early and collegiate life, as well as decisions made during his growing political career, led to the great leader that Roosevelt would one day become. .
             Early Political Career.
             Bored in law school and sick of his job as a law clerk, Franklin could not wait to jump into politics. In 1910 he became a New York state senator and quickly made a name for himself when he opposed the corrupt Tammany Hall, an established political system running New York City at the time. With his reputation as a hard working, charismatic reformer, FDR earned key positions in Woodrow Wilson's administration.