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ident, and the president's vigorous leadership style and reforming zeal made him Franklin's role model and hero.[9] In 1902, he met his future wife Eleanor Roosevelt, Theodore's niece, at a White House reception (they had previously met as children). Eleanor and Franklin were fifth cousins, once removed.[10] At the time of their engagement Roosevelt was age twenty-two and Eleanor nineteen.[11]

Roosevelt entered Columbia Law School in 1904, but dropped out in 1907 after he passed the New York State Bar exam.[12] In 1908, he took a job with the prestigious Wall Street firm of Carter Ledyard & Milburn,[12] dealing mainly with corporate law. He was first initiated in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and was initiated into Freemasonry on October 11, 1911, at Holland Lodge No. 8 in New York City.[13] Roosevelt was an avid stamp collector, and the media coverage of his collecting activities helped to popularize it as a hobby. During his tenure Roosevelt approved personally all the new US stamp designs, a total of 200 stamps, some of which were designed from his personal sketches.[14]
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