"American President: Franklin Delano Roosevelt: A Life in Brief." 2010. March 25, 2014Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born to James and Sara Roosevelt in 1882. His father was a businessman in New York. Franklin spent his youth near Hyde Park, near New York. He was homeschooled by tutors until he was a teenager. When Franklin was 14, Sara and James sent him to Groton School. Franklin's years in Groton were very difficult. After graduating from Groton, FDR went to Harvard College in 1900. He had only been at school for a few weeks when his father died. After receiving his undergraduate degree in 1903, Franklin then began studying law at Columbia University. He never graduated because he was married to his distant cousin, Anna Eleanor. FDR had six children, named Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr., Elliott Roosevelt, James Roosevelt, Anna Roosevelt Halsted, John Aspinwall Roosevelt, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. This information answers research question number 1. "U.S. President: Theodore Roosevelt - Miller Center." 2010. March 25, 2014Theodore Roosevelt was born on October 27, 1858. He grew up in New York and was the second of four children. His father, Theodore, Sr., was a businessman and his mother was Martha Roosevelt. After graduating from Harvard, Roosevelt married Alice H. Lee and studied law. A double tragedy befell Roosevelt in 1884, when his mother and wife died on the same day and in the same house. He spent two years out West helping her recover. He took care of cows as a breeder. In 1886, he returned to New York and married Edith Kermit Carow. They raised six children, including Rooseve... middle of paper ...... natural resources to the one who had begun to preserve them. This information answers research question number 4. Franklin D. Roosevelt's health was deteriorating in 1944 for his fourth term and the end of World War II. In 1945, FDR returned to Warm Springs, Georgia, a destination that was his favorite retreat. On April 12 in Warm Springs, while sitting for a portrait, he collapsed. April 12 was the day FDR died of a brain hemorrhage. The same day, Vice President Harry Truman was sworn in. Roosevelt's death completely stunned the world. Many Americans and leaders around the world mourned the death of a great president. Tons of people, with tears in their eyes, lined up on the train carrying his body from Georgia to Washington, DC, and then to Hyde Park, to pay their last respects. Roosevelt was buried in Hyde Park, New York, in April 15, 1945.