IntroductionRoy Jenkins, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, provides a brief overview of Roosevelt's life. As an outsider, Jenkins is able to see Franklin's successes and failures from a rational point of view. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, also known as FDR, was the thirty-second president of the United States and the only one to be elected more than twice. Although he entered the presidency during an economic crisis, Roosevelt was enormously successful in the United States. BodyJenkins begins the biography with some aspects of the history of the Roosevelt family. The family split into two different branches: Oyster Bay Roosevelt and Hyde Park Roosevelt. Both branches had different political views. The Oyster Bay Roosevelts were Republicans while the Hyde Park Roosevelts were Democrats. Franklin Delano Roosevelt also informs the reader of FDR's marriage to Eleanor Roosevelt, his fifth cousin. Franklin and Eleanor initially had a strong friendship before Franklin showed romantic interest in her. They kept their engagement a secret for a year because they didn't want her mother, Sara Roosevelt, to find out. Sara was jealous of having to share Franklin and when her husband died, she became an obsessive mother. Despite their differences, FDR was definitely taken with Eleanor. Eleanor left for long summers in Campobello or Hyde Park. She was there when the first polio epidemic broke out, and FDR dissuaded her from carrying any probable infection. It is assumed that this is probably the summer that Franklin began his infatuation with Lucy Mercer, his wife's part-time social secretary. Even though FDR was young, his health was not very good. During multiple illnesses, such as typhoid fever, sinus problems, and the flu, Eleanor returned from Campobe... mid-paper... lkie and carried thirty-eight states to give it an Electoral College vote of 449 to 82. He had become the most popular and most maligned of the thirty-two presidents to date. End of Franklin's death. Even though I had already studied FDR in a previous history course, it is always good to review and possibly learn more. I was able to relearn small details of Franklin Roosevelt's life, such as the difficulties with his marriage and his obsessive mother. Franklin Delano Roosevelt is a book I would recommend to anyone interested in learning more about a president of the United States. It is important to know the accomplishments and struggles of Franklin Roosevelt, as well as any other president. Studying the history of what our government has and has failed to manage is extremely important so that crises such as the Great Depression do not repeat themselves..