Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the 32nd president of the United States. He also belonged to one of the most famous favorite American families (Edmund, 22). Roosevelt was the only child of a mother who bore him to be immortal (Aronson, 1). He was born in 1882 in Hyde Park (Cheney, 1). If there was ever anybody born with a silver spoon in his mouth, it was Roosevelt (Fremon, 41). By the time he was sixteen years old, he had visited Europe eight times. During his childhood, though, he was taught at home by tutors and governesses (Edmund, 24). His parents doted on him and denied him the freedom to plan his own activities, to make mistakes, and to play with other children in the neighborhood whose families were not socially important. When Roosevelt was fourteen, his parents sent him to the fashionable Groton school and he traveled to the campus in Massachusetts on his family's private railway car (Edmund, 5). For Roosevelt, Groton was different because he was earning above average, but not outstanding, grades. After graduating from Groton, he entered into Harvard College where he was only a fair student. He appeared strong and athletic and had a deep commanding voice. In one sport, he was the best in his class and kicked the pan at a height of 7 feet 3 ½ inches, over a foot higher than he was (Edmund, 24). One quote that shows he was not terribly comfortable at Harvard was, "All that is within me cries out to go back to my home on the Hudson River- (Rova, 2). .
At Harvard, though, he fell in love with the woman who became his wife (Freedmon, 42). He was strongly impressed by her intelligence and enjoyed conversing with her on serious topics. He did not think of her as being beautiful, but felt she was attractive. Franklin D. Roosevelt was married on St. Patrick's Day in 1905 to a lady named Eleanor (Cheney, 1). His nickname for his wife was "Babs-. After they were married, they had one daughter, Anne, and four sons: James, Elliot, Franklin Jr.
