The early life of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. His overprotective mother, school life and his aspiring political career.

A brief introduction to America's longest serving president. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the United States of America, was born in Hyde Park, New York on January 30th 1882. He was born into the family's estate to James Roosevelt and Sara Delano Roosevelt. His father was a semi successful business man, and his mother had sizable trading investments in China. Franklin was born into a sheltered but pleasant and gregarious home. He was taught …

…at Columbia University. He did not graduate because he was offered a job on Wall Street in his third year. While still at Columbia, he fell in love with his distant cousin, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt. They married despite Franklin's mother's disapproval. On March 17, 1905, he married her in Theodore Roosevelt's presence. They had six children, but only five survived. The only problem that this couple faced was that his mother was very possessive of her son.