On This Day March 17

The 22 year old Franklin D Roosevelt married the gauche, garrulous charming but plain 20 year old Eleanor Roosevelt in New York on St. Patrick's Day, March 17, 1905. In total, the couple had six children in eleven years; however, the third, Franklin Jr., died in infancy. Franklin took several mistresses including a personal secretary, named Lucy Mercy. When Roosevelt became president they remained in a marriage of convenience with separate bedrooms in the White House.

Eleanor and Franklin with their first two children, 1908

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