Franklin D. Roosevelt and his wife, Eleanor Roosevelt, pose during their vacation in Warm Springs, Ga., in this Oct. 4, 1929
 

The only child of doting parents, Roosevelt was heir to family wealth. Educated at a New England prep school and Ivy Leagueuniversities, FDR worked briefly in law and business before turning to politics. Roosevelt and his wife, Eleanor, owned homes in Maineand Georgia , but the famous Roosevelt estate in Hyde Park , NY, was owned by Roosevelt's mother until 1941.