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11 Controversial Stories About First Families in the White House

7. President and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Affairs

It’s fairly well-known that President Franklin D. Roosevelt spent the majority of his adult life engaged in an extramarital affair with his wife’s social secretary, Lucy Mercer. Years before Roosevelt became Commander-in-chief, Eleanor discovered her husband’s stash of love letters from Mercer. While she offered to grant her husband a divorce, the couple stayed together. Rumor has it that Eleanor began having her own affairs with people such as Nancy Cook, Marion Dickerman, and Lorena Hickok. When President Roosevelt passed away in 1945, Mercer was at his bedside, while Eleanor was noticeably absent.

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