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Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr.
Politician
Male
Born
Aug 17, 1914
Hometown
New Brunswick
Died
Aug 17, 1988
Death Place
Poughkeepsie (cit...
Political Party
Liberal Party of ...
Alma Mater
University of Vir...
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr. was an American politician. He was the fifth child of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Sr. and his wife Eleanor.
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Linda McKay Stevenson WeickerMarried 1984
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Patricia Luisa OakesMarried 1977
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Felicia Schiff Warburg SarnoffMarried 1970
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Suzanne PerrinMarried 1949
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr.
d.1988
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Christopher du Pont RooseveltSon, Age 72
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Paid Notice: Deaths Roosevelt, Oliver Jr.NYTimes - Jan 12, 2007
Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1914
Birth
Born on August 17, 1914.
TEENAGE
1934
19 Years Old
While not nearly as scandal-prone as his elder brothers, Franklin Jr. was in frequent and highly publicized legal trouble, mostly for traffic violations, and once in 1934 the president had to pay a $4,500 judgment for him after an injury-accident.
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TWENTIES
1937
22 Years Old
The couple married on June 30, 1937, and the 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. Ethel du Pont later committed suicide at the age of 49, on May 25, 1965.
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1941
26 Years Old
Franklin Roosevelt, Jr. was a junior naval officer in World War II and was decorated for bravery in the battle of Casablanca. At the request of his father, along with brother Elliott Roosevelt he attended both the Argentia (Atlantic Charter) summit with Prime Minister Winston Churchill in August 1941, and the Casablanca Conference in January 1943.
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THIRTIES
1946
31 Years Old
After the war, Franklin Roosevelt had a career in law but also involved himself early in political affairs. He served on the President's Committee on Civil Rights in 1946 for President Harry Truman.
1948
33 Years Old
Along with his brothers, he declared for Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1948, alienating much of the Democratic party.
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1949
34 Years Old
In 1949, he won a special election running as a candidate of the Liberal Party of New York and later ran on the Democratic ticket as well.
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1954
39 Years Old
Roosevelt sought the Democratic nomination for Governor in 1954, but, after persuasion by powerful Tammany Hall boss Carmine DeSapio, abandoned his bid for Governor and was nominated by the Democratic State Convention to run for New York State Attorney General.
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FORTIES
1960
45 Years Old
At the instigation of Joseph P. Kennedy, he campaigned for John F. Kennedy in the crucial 1960 West Virginia primary, falsely accusing Kennedy's opponent, Hubert Humphrey of having dodged the draft in World War II.
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FIFTIES
1965
50 Years Old
He served as chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from May 26, 1965 to May 11, 1966.
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1973
58 Years Old
When brother Elliott published his tell-all book An Untold Story about his parents in 1973, Franklin led the family's denunciation of him.
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LATE ADULTHOOD
1988
74 Years Old
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr. died in Poughkeepsie, New York after a battle with lung cancer, on his 74th birthday, August 17, 1988.
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