Lucy Mercer Rutherfurd
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Lucy Mercer Rutherfurd was an American woman who sustained a long affair with US president Franklin D. Roosevelt. Born to formerly rich parents, Mercer became secretary to Eleanor Roosevelt in 1914 an
Lucy Page Mercer, circa 1915
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt portrait 1933
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt, also known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945. He is the longest-serving US president and the only one to have se
Lucy Mercer Rutherfurd
…Lucy Mercer Rutherfurd (née Lucy Page Mercer; April 26, 1891 – July 31, 1948) was an American woman who sustained a long affair with US president Franklin D. Roosevelt. Born to formerly rich parents, Mercer became secretary to Eleanor Roosevelt in 1914 and began an extensive affair with Franklin shortly thereafter…
Campaign portrait, 1944
A young, unbreeched Roosevelt in 1884, aged 2
Eleanor and Franklin with their first two children, 1908
Roosevelt in 1912