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Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, Collier's New Encyclopedia

1921

A 1921 encyclopedia entry summarizing Franklin Roosevelt's early career, including his education, law practice, and political rise before his presidency.

This 1921 encyclopedia entry summarizes Roosevelt's life and career before he became president.

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This is an entry on Franklin Delano Roosevelt from Collier's New Encyclopedia, published in 1921. It summarizes his birth in Hyde Park, New York, his education at Harvard and Columbia Law School, his early legal career, his service as assistant secretary of the navy, and his nomination as the Democratic candidate for vice-president in 1920.

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Written years before Roosevelt became president, this entry shows how he was viewed early in his public career, before the Great Depression and World War II. It is a useful record of how reference works summarized rising political figures of the time.

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