Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Earle akakurira pane imwe nzvimbo yeMontgomery County somwanakomana waGeorge Howard Earle, Jr. naCatherine H. French, mhuri yakapfuma yakatevera dzinza rayo muAmerica kusvika pakuuya kwe"Mayflower". Ambuya vake Mai Frances ("Fanny") Van Leer vaive nhengo yeimwe yemhuri dzekutanga dzePennsylvania, mhuri yaVan Leer uye sekuru vake Samuel Van Leer vakaita basa rakakosha muAmerican Revolutionary War. Akagamuchira dhigirii paHarvard University uye gare gare akashanda kunze kwenyika mubhizimisi reshuga remhuri. Akapinda muchiuto muna 1916 uye akapiwa basa kumuganhu weMexico panguva yePancho Villa Expedition
. Pashure pokunge United States yapinda muHondo yeNyika I, Earle akatungamirira ngarava yeU-boat chaser iyo yakanga iriwo yacht yake yomunhu oga. Akawana Muchinjikwa weNavy muna 1918 pashure pokudzivisa kuputika kwakauraya. Pashure pehondo, Earle akadzokera kubhizimisi roga, zvikurukuru mubhizimisi reshuga. Kunyange zvazvo akakurira muRepublican, Earle akabatana neDemocratic Party pamusana pokuodzwa mwoyo nemaitiro eRepublican Party pakutambudzika kukuru kwenyika. Mushure mekushandira Franklin Roosevelt musarudzo dza1932, Earle akashanda semumiriri kuAustria kubva muna 1933 kusvika muna 1934. Earle akatarisa nokungwarira Bato reNazi, uye akanyevera Hurumende yeFDR nezvengozi yaigona kuvapo yeGermany yeNazi.