JUST FOR KIDS

Art and information provided by fifth-graders from Abingdon Elementary School in Arlington, Virginia.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Presidential Number: 32nd
Years he was president: 1933-1945
State Represented: New York
Party Affiliation: Democrat
Fact(s): Led during Depression and World War II. First president to ride in an airplane while president.

Personal
Birthday: January 30, 1882
Hold old would he be this year? 121
School(s) attended: Harvard University, Colombia Law School
Wife: Eleanor Roosevelt
Occupation(s) before he was President: Lawyer
Other way(s) he served: Governor of New York, Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Height: 6 foot, 2inches
Favorite Foods: Pancakes, fish, cabbage, sweet potatoes with toasted marshmellows
Hobbies or Sports: Sailing, stamp collecting, swimming
Pets: Dog, a Scottish Terrier named Fala

Life in America
How we he have traveled? Airplane, car
How would he have communicated with his friends? Telephone, letters
U.S. Population when term began: 122,775,046
Number of stars on flag when he left office: 48



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