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Franklin's parents took him on trips to Europe with them, and instead of
attending school, He was taught by private tutors. He married his cousin
Eleanor Roosevelt. They had six children. His political career began at the
age of 29 when he became a U.S. Senator from New York. In 1921 a terrible
thing happened to him. He became ill with polio , a disease which attacks and
cripples the body. He became partially paralyzed. He was elected governor of
New York, then in 1932 he was elected President of the United States. He
implemented "The New Deal". He created jobs for people. He started a program
called Social Security to help people in their old age. Roosevelt used the
radio as a means of communicating through his "fireside chats". In 1936
Roosevelt was re-elected. It was a landslide ! He received 523 electoral votes
and Alf (Alfred) Landon only received 8. In 1940 the Democrats again nominated
Roosevelt to run for President. No man up to this time had ever run for a
third presidential term, but there was no law against it at the time. America
had been able to stay out of the war until December 7, 1941. That was the day
the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Since the war was continuing in
1944, Roosevelt was again elected President. This would be his fourth term! He
had already been President for twelve years. He won the election, but he soon
began to have one cold after another. This went on for a year. In April 1945
Roosevelt was in Warm Springs, Georgia. While there he collapsed and died of a
cerebral hemorrhage. Millions of Americans mourned the death of their beloved
President.
