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Apr 12, 2023 · Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. (b. 1914) Franklin and Eleanor’s third child—Franklin Roosevelt, Jr.—suffered from a heart condition and died in 1909 at the age of seven months.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. was born on August 17, 1914, the fifth of six children born to Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945) and Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962). At the time of his birth, his father was Assistant Secretary of the Navy.
- 1938–1946
- Franklin III, Christopher, Nancy, Laura, and John
Jan 31, 2018 · The Roosevelt boys – Jimmy, Elliott, Franklin, Jr., and John — all joined the U.S. armed forces and served overseas, each one having very different service experiences. Jimmy, FDR, Jr. and John followed the family tradition of naval service.
Oct 16, 2023 · Elliott Roosevelt was known as Franklin Roosevelt's "Black sheep" son – a reputation earned through involvement in various contracting scandals involving aircraft. The first scandal occurred in 1934 and dropped in the press in 1936.
- Mary McLeod Bethune. The 15th child of formerly enslaved parents, Bethune became a close friend of Eleanor Roosevelt and, through her, a trusted advisor to FDR.
- Winston Churchill. FDR’s fellow wartime leader was both an ally in the fight against Hitler and a personal friend who often visited the White House. When Roosevelt died in 1945, Churchill eulogized him as “the greatest American friend we have ever known.”
- Dwight D. Eisenhower. As the U.S. and its allies prepared for the D-Day invasion of Europe, FDR put the West Pointer in charge as supreme commander of allied forces.
- Fala. A Scottish terrier born in 1940, Fala became the president’s constant companion and a national celebrity. In a famous speech, Roosevelt rebuffed critics by saying, “I don't resent attacks, and my family doesn't resent attacks, but Fala does resent them."
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The eldest child and only daughter of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (called "Sis" by the family) was born in New York City on May 3, 1906. Anna was active as a writer and journalist, and she served as editor of the woman's page of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer for several years.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) and his wife, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, (1884-1962) were—arguably—the most important president-first lady partnership in American history. Franklin, or FDR, was president from 1933 to 1945, longer than any other before, or since.
