U.S. President Roosevelt As A Baby In The Arms Of His Mother. The late Mrs Sara Delano Roosevelt holds her three-months old son, Franklin D. in her arms in March, 1882. The President's mother died on September 7, 1941; President Roosevelt, at the age of three, went abroad for the first time. As a boy he learned to ride, shoot swim; play polo and tennis and sail boats. President Roosevelt has been re-nominated by the Democratic Party to oppose Governor Thomas E. Dewey, Republican nominee, of the eastern state of New York in the November, 1944, Presidential election; 304291. April 14, 1945. (Photo by U.S. Officer Of War Information Picture).