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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 ...
Wedding of Lynda Bird Johnson and Charles Spittal Robb, December 9, 1967. February 17, 1906: Alice Roosevelt (daughter of President Theodore Roosevelt) married Nicholas Longworth in the East Room. November 25, 1913: Jessie Woodrow Wilson (daughter of President Woodrow Wilson) married Francis Bowes Sayre in the East Room.
The wedding date was set to accommodate President Theodore Roosevelt, who was scheduled to be in New York City for the St. Patrick's Day parade, and who agreed to give the bride away. [ 36 ] The couple were married on March 17, 1905, in a wedding officiated by Endicott Peabody , the groom's headmaster at Groton School .
A crowd gathers outside the south portico of the White House to attend Franklin D. Roosevelt's 4th Inaugural speech on January 20, 1945 in Washington D.C. Franklin D. Roosevelt - 1941
Franklin Roosevelt never had a home of his own that was separate from his mother's prior to her death. [1] In 1906, Sara Roosevelt commissioned a pair of houses to be built at E 65 Street, New York City, as a wedding present for Franklin and his wife, Eleanor, on the strict condition that she could move in next to them. She oversaw a series of ...
The first lady of the United States is the hostess of the White House.The position is traditionally filled by the wife of the president of the United States, but, on occasion, the title has been applied to women who were not presidents' wives, such as when the president was a bachelor or widower, or when the wife of the president was unable to fulfill the duties of the first lady.
The Roosevelt presence in Fort Worth coincided with a large part of Franklin Roosevelt’s time as president. It ended with Elliott and Ruth’s uncontested divorce granted on April 17, 1944.
Ethel du Pont Roosevelt-Warren (January 30, 1916 – May 25, 1965) was an American heiress and socialite and a member of the prominent du Pont family. She is best known for her widely publicized marriage to Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. , son of the 32nd U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt .