Everything about Franklin D Roosevelt Jr totally explained
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr. (
August 17,
1914 –
August 17,
1988) was the fifth child of
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt and
Franklin D. Roosevelt (the 32nd
President of the United States).
Personal life
He was born at his parents' summer home at
Campobello Island,
New Brunswick,
Canada -- now a historic site. An elder brother who had possessed the same name had died in infancy in November 1909 having lived only seven months.
As a young man in
1936, he contracted a
streptococcal throat infection and developed life-threatening complications. His successful treatment with
Prontosil, the first commercially available
sulfonamide drug, avoided a risky surgical procedure which the White House medical staff had considered, and the subsequent headlines in the
New York Times and other prominent newspapers heralded the start of the era of antibacterial chemotherapy in the United States.
He had five marriages, including one to
Ethel du Pont of the
du Pont family of industrialists. Their marriage produced two sons,
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, III (b. 1938) and Christopher du Pont Roosevelt (b. 1941). The couple separated and formally divorced in 1949.
In total, he'd 5 children from his several marriages.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr. died in
Poughkeepsie, New York after a battle with
lung cancer, on his 74th birthday, August 17, 1988.
Education, Career and Political affiliations
He was a Naval officer in
World War II and was decorated for bravery in the battle of
Casablanca.
He graduated from
Harvard University in 1937, and the
University of Virginia School of Law on
June 10 1940. During his graduation, his father,
Franklin D. Roosevelt gave what is known as the
"Stab in the Back" Speech
, criticizing
Italy's entry into the war.
Roosevelt, who was often referred to as "FDR Jr.", served as a member of the
United States Congress, representing the Twentieth District of
New York from
1949 to
1955. In 1949 he won a special election running as a candidate of the
Liberal Party of New York, although he later ran on the Democratic ticket as well. Roosevelt unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination for Governor in 1954, but was chosen by the Democratic State Convention (New York State didn't have primaries for statewide office until 1968) as the Democratic candidate for Attorney-General. Roosevelt was defeated in the general election by Republican
Jacob Javits.
He campaigned for
John F. Kennedy in the 1960 West Virginia primary, and Kennedy later named him Under-Secretary of Commerce and chairman of the President's Appalachian Regional Commission.
He unsuccessfully ran for
Governor of New York as the candidate affiliated with the
Liberal Party in
1966.
He served as chairman of the
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission May 26,
1965 -
May 11,
1966.
He was senior partner in the New York law firm of
Roosevelt and Freiden before and after his service in the Congress.
He also ran a small
cattle farm, and imported
Fiat automobiles.
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