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  2. Franklin D. Roosevelt - Wikipedia

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    Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882, in Hyde Park, New York, to businessman James Roosevelt I and his second wife, Sara Ann Delano. His parents, who were sixth cousins, [ 3 ] came from wealthy, established New York families—the Roosevelts , the Aspinwalls and the Delanos , respectively—and resided at Springwood , a large ...

  3. Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. - Wikipedia

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    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. [1]

  4. Paralytic illness of Franklin D. Roosevelt - Wikipedia

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    Franklin D. Roosevelt, later the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 to 1945, began experiencing symptoms of a paralytic illness in 1921 when he was 39 years old. His main symptoms were fevers; symmetric, ascending paralysis; facial paralysis; bowel and bladder dysfunction; numbness and hyperesthesia ; and a descending pattern of ...

  5. List of nicknames of presidents of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Comeback Kid, coined by press after strong second place showing in 1992 New Hampshire primary, following polling slump. [ 171 ] Slick Willie , [ 172 ] a term originally coined when he was Governor of Arkansas and popularized by newspaper Pine Bluff Commercial , whose staff disagreed with his political views.

  6. Roosevelt family - Wikipedia

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    The only known photo of Theodore Roosevelt (left) with Franklin D. Roosevelt (right), taken in 1915. Claes Maartenszen van Rosenvelt (c. 1626–1659), the immigrant ancestor of the Roosevelt family, arrived in New Amsterdam (present-day New York City) sometime between 1638 and 1649.

  7. List of children of presidents of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Father of Livingston Delano Roosevelt (born March 16, 1962; died March 21, 1962). Adopted four stepchildren from Patricia Peabody Roosevelt's first marriage. Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. (II) August 17, 1914 – August 17, 1988 Ethel du Pont: Father of: Franklin Delano Roosevelt III (b. 1938) [54] Christopher du Pont Roosevelt (b. 1941) [54 ...

  8. John Aspinwall Roosevelt - Wikipedia

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    John Aspinwall Roosevelt II was the youngest child of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt.His surviving siblings were Anna E. Roosevelt, James Roosevelt II, Elliott Roosevelt, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. Roosevelt grew up on the Roosevelt estate in Hyde Park, New York and attended preparatory schools The Buckley School and Groton School.

  9. Delano family - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, members of the Delano family include U.S. presidents Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Ulysses S. Grant and Calvin Coolidge, astronaut Alan B. Shepard, and writer Laura Ingalls Wilder. Its progenitor is Philippe de Lannoy (1602–1681), a Pilgrim of Walloon descent, who arrived at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in the early 1620s.