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A Brief Biography Of Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” This famous quote was said by none other than Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States. FDR was born on January 30th, 1882 in Hyde Park, New York. Roosevelt was born into a very wealthy family and grew up with many privileges that others did not have. He was the only child and was given private tutors and governesses until he was 14 years old. Everything in the Roosevelt household revolved around Franklin. He even attended the Groton School for Boys, which was an Episcopal preparatory school in Massachusettes. FDR was definitely a people pleaser and teacher’s pet. He looked up to, Endicott Peabody, the headmaster of the school who thought that helping the less fortunate

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