18 Facts About Roosevelt

1. In 1914, Roosevelt decided to run for the US Senate seat for New York.

2. In 1896, Roosevelt attended Groton School for boys, a prestigious Episcopal preparatory school in Massachusetts.

3. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the 32nd American president.

4. In 1914, Franklin Roosevelt, decided to run for the US Senate seat for New York.

5. In 1910, at age 28, Roosevelt was invited to run for the New York state senate.

6. In 1896, Franklin D Roosevelt attended Groton School for boys, a prestigious Episcopal preparatory school in Massachusetts.

7. Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the 32nd American president who led the United States through the Great Depression and World War II, greatly expanding the powers of the federal government through a series of programs and reforms known as the New Deal.

8. Eleanor Roosevelt began courting her father's fifth cousin, 20-year-old Harvard student Franklin Delano Roosevelt, in 1903.

9. Theodore Roosevelt was one of most dynamic Presidents in White House history, and on the occasion of his birthday, here are 10 fascinating facts about the 26th President.

10. Eleanor Roosevelt was a smart and well-educated woman for her time.

11. In January 1944, Roosevelt established the War Refugee Board to aid Jews and other victims of Axis atrocities.

12. On February 19, 1942, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which relocated hundreds of thousands of the Japanese-American citizens and immigrants.

13. At the conference, Roosevelt announced that he would only accept the unconditional surrender of Germany, Japan, and Italy.

14. In 1942, Roosevelt formed a new body, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, which made the final decisions on American military strategy.

15. In late December 1941 Churchill and Roosevelt met at the Arcadia Conference, which established a joint strategy between the US and Britain.

16. In 1938, Roosevelt founded the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, leading to the development of polio vaccines.

17. In 1914, Roosevelt made an ill-conceived decision to run for the seat of retiring Republican Senator Elihu Root of New York.

18. On March 17, 1905, Roosevelt married Eleanor in New York City, despite the fierce resistance of his mother.