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James Roosevelt was born on July 16, 1828 in Hyde Park, Dutchess County, New York United States, and died at age 72 years old on December 8, 1900 in Hyde Park. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember James Roosevelt.
Rebecca Howland Roosevelt was born on January 15, 1831 in United States, and died at age 45 years old on August 21, 1876 in New York, NY. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Rebecca Howland Roosevelt.
Sara Ann (Delano) Roosevelt was born on September 21, 1854 in Newburgh, New York United States. She was in a relationship with James Roosevelt, and had a child Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Sara Roosevelt died at age 86 years old on September 7, 1941 in Hyde Park. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Sara Ann (Delano) Roosevelt.
James Roosevelt Jr. was born on March 27, 1854 in Hyde Park, Dutchess County, New York United States, and died at age 73 years old on May 7, 1927 in New York, New York County. James Roosevelt was buried at St James Episcop, 4536 Albany Post Rd in Hyde Park.
Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt was born on October 27, 1858. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt.
Helen (Astor) Roosevelt was born on November 27, 1858 in New York, New York United States, and died at age 34 years old on November 12, 1893 in England United Kingdom. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Helen (Astor) Roosevelt.
Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
After President William McKinley was assassinated in September of 1901, 6 months into his second term, Theodore Roosevelt succeeded him to become the 26th President of the United States. A Republican, he is usually ranked as one of the 5 best Presidents. He was awarded the Medal of Honor (he led the Rough Riders in the Spanish American War after resigning as the Asst Secretary of the Navy) and a Nobel Peace Prize in 1906 (for successfully brokering an end to the Russo-Japanese War). A lifelong naturalist, Roosevelt made conservation a top priority for his administration, and established many new national parks, monuments and forests. He championed the Square Deal set of domestic policies which promised citizens fairness, breaking of trusts, regulation of railroads, and pure food and drugs. A champion of progressive policies continuing into his 2nd term, he started construction on the Panama Canal and generally focused on Central America in his foreign policies. After his two first terms, he founded the Bull Moose Party (which called for wide-ranging progressive reforms) and ran again for President in 1912. Splitting the vote, he lost and Democrat Woodrow Wilson won.
Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt
Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt was born on August 6, 1861. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt.
Esther Roosevelt of Chicago, Cook County, Illinois was born on April 20, 1874, and died at age 92 years old in January 1967.
Emma Roosevelt of Albion, Edwards County, Illinois was born on February 26, 1876, and died at age 102 years old in September 1978.
Lorraine Roosevelt of Rye, Westchester County, NY was born on May 22, 1876, and died at age 95 years old in February 1972.
Jay Roosevelt of Michigan was born on March 19, 1878, and died at age 85 years old in March 1963.

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Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
After President William McKinley was assassinated in September of 1901, 6 months into his second term, Theodore Roosevelt succeeded him to become the 26th President of the United States. A Republican, he is usually ranked as one of the 5 best Presidents. He was awarded the Medal of Honor (he led the Rough Riders in the Spanish American War after resigning as the Asst Secretary of the Navy) and a Nobel Peace Prize in 1906 (for successfully brokering an end to the Russo-Japanese War). A lifelong naturalist, Roosevelt made conservation a top priority for his administration, and established many new national parks, monuments and forests. He championed the Square Deal set of domestic policies which promised citizens fairness, breaking of trusts, regulation of railroads, and pure food and drugs. A champion of progressive policies continuing into his 2nd term, he started construction on the Panama Canal and generally focused on Central America in his foreign policies. After his two first terms, he founded the Bull Moose Party (which called for wide-ranging progressive reforms) and ran again for President in 1912. Splitting the vote, he lost and Democrat Woodrow Wilson won.
Helen (Astor) Roosevelt was born on November 27, 1858 in New York, New York United States, and died at age 34 years old on November 12, 1893 in England United Kingdom. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Helen (Astor) Roosevelt.
Corinne (Roosevelt) Robinson
Corinne (Roosevelt) Robinson was born to Theodore Roosevelt Sr and Martha Stewart Bulloch. She had siblings [President] Theodore Roosevelt, Elliott Roosevelt [father of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt] and a sister, Anna Roosevelt. Corinne was the youngest. Corrinne Roosevelt married Douglas Robinson Jr. (1855 - 1918) on April 29, 1882. They had four children: Theodore Douglas Robinson, Corinne Douglas Robinson, Monroe Douglas Robinson, and Stewart Douglas Robinson. Stewart died in college, as a result of falling out of his college dorm window and sustaining a head injury. Interestingly, the Roosevelt family sometimes married other family members. Corinne was the aunt of Eleanor Roosevelt and a cousin of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, making FDR and Eleanor Roosevelt cousins. And one of Corinne's sons, Theodore, married his cousin Helen Rebecca Roosevelt, a half-niece of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Corrinne, who died at the age of 71 of double pneumonia, was active in Republican politics and was also a fairly prolific poet/writer. See Corinne (Roosevelt) Robinson: Professions for the name of some of her works. See Corinne (Roosevelt) Robinson: Obituary.
Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Edith Kermit (Carow) Roosevelt .
Alice Hathaway (Lee) Roosevelt was born on July 29, 1861 at Chestnut Hill in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts United States. She was married to Theodore Roosevelt Jr. on October 27, 1880, and they were together until Alice's death on February 14, 1884. Alice Roosevelt had a child Alice Lee (Roosevelt) Longworth. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Alice Hathaway (Lee) Roosevelt.
Archibald Roosevelt was born on April 9, 1894 in Washington, District Of Columbia United States to Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Edith Kermit (Carow) Roosevelt, and had siblings Theodore Roosevelt III, Kermit Roosevelt, Ethel Roosevelt, and Quentin Roosevelt I. Archibald Roosevelt died at age 85 years old on October 13, 1979 in Stuart, Martin County, FL. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Archibald Roosevelt.
Ethel Roosevelt was born on August 13, 1891 in Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York United States to Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Edith Kermit (Carow) Roosevelt, and had siblings Theodore Roosevelt III, Kermit Roosevelt, Archibald Roosevelt, and Quentin Roosevelt I. Ethel Roosevelt died at age 86 years old on December 10, 1977 in Oyster Bay. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Ethel Roosevelt.
Kermit Roosevelt was born on October 10, 1889 in Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York United States to Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Edith Kermit (Carow) Roosevelt, and had siblings Theodore Roosevelt III, Ethel Roosevelt, Archibald Roosevelt, and Quentin Roosevelt I. Kermit Roosevelt died at age 53 years old on June 4, 1943 at Fort Richardson in Anchorage, Anchorage Municipality County, AK. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Kermit Roosevelt.
Alice Lee (Roosevelt) Longworth
Alice Roosevelt was the only child of President Teddy Roosevelt and his first wife, Alice Hathaway Lee. (Her mother died when she was 2 days old.) A strong woman, not bound by the "rules" of the time, Alice came to public attention at the age of 17 when her father became President. Even the color of the blue dress that she wore this same year became a fashion trend - called "Alice Blue". She did such scandalous things as ride in cars with men, smoke cigarettes in public, keep a snake in the White House, and jump into a pool fully clothed while on a diplomatic trip to Japan. In February 1906, Alice married (later) Speaker of the House Nicholas Longworth III, wearing a blue wedding dress. But she was still independent, campaigning against her own husband and carrying on numerous affairs. Senator William Borah (R-ID) was the father of her only child, daughter Paulina Longworth (born in 1925), but she and Longworth remained married until his death in 1931. Her rambunctious attitude never changed - she buried a voodoo doll of Nellie Taft (the new First Lady) in the front yard of the White House when the Roosevelts had to leave at the end of Teddy's term - and was banned from the White House a few times because of her behavior. And after her daughter died in 1957, she raised her granddaughter. A life-long Republican, she nonetheless was close to the Kennedy family and voted for Lyndon Johnson (because she thought Goldwater was "too mean"). She was a friend to Richard Nixon and encouraged him to run for President - he invited her to a White House dinner and his daughter's wedding. Alice died in 1980 at the age of 96. Along the path of her very long life, she made quite an impression. To Joe McCarthy (he of "commie witch hunt" fame) who had said: "Here's my blind date. I am going to call you Alice", she replied "Senator McCarthy, you are not going to call me Alice. The truckman, the trashman and the policeman on my block may call me Alice, but you may not." And she told President Johnson that she "wore wide-brimmed hats so he couldn't kiss her".
Martha Stewart (Bulloch) Roosevelt was born on July 8, 1835 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut United States. She was married to Theodore Roosevelt Sr on December 22, 1853, and they were together until Theodore's death on February 9, 1878. She had children Anna Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt Jr., Elliott Roosevelt, and Corinne (Roosevelt) Robinson. Martha Roosevelt died at age 48 years old on February 14, 1884 in New York, NY. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Martha Stewart (Bulloch) Roosevelt.
Theodore Roosevelt Sr was born on September 22, 1831 in Albany, Albany County, New York United States, and died at age 46 years old on February 9, 1878 in New York. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Theodore Roosevelt Sr.
Elliott Roosevelt was born on February 28, 1860 in Abingdon, Virginia United States to Martha Stewart (Bulloch) Roosevelt and Theodore Roosevelt Sr, and had siblings Theodore Roosevelt Jr., Anna Roosevelt, and Corinne (Roosevelt) Robinson. Elliott Roosevelt died at age 34 years old on August 14, 1894 in Abingdon. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Elliott Roosevelt.
Anna Roosevelt was born on January 18, 1855 at 28 E 20th St, in New York, New York United States to Martha Stewart (Bulloch) Roosevelt and Theodore Roosevelt Sr, and had siblings Theodore Roosevelt Jr., Elliott Roosevelt, and Corinne (Roosevelt) Robinson. Anna Roosevelt died at age 76 years old on August 25, 1931 in Farmington, CT. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Anna Roosevelt.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt was born on October 11, 1884 at W 37th St in New York, New York USA. She was married to Franklin Delano Roosevelt on March 17, 1945 in United States, and they were together until Franklin's death on April 12, 1945 in United States. She had children Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, Jr., James Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr., Elliot Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr., and John Aspinwall Roosevelt. Eleanor Roosevelt died at age 78 years old on November 7, 1962 in New York, and was buried on November 10, 1962 at Hyde Park, New York - family plot.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882 in Hyde Park, Dutchess County, New York United States to James Roosevelt and Sara Ann (Delano) Roosevelt. He married Eleanor Roosevelt on March 17, 1945, and they were married until Franklin's death on April 12, 1945. He had children Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, Jr., James Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr., Elliot Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr., and John Aspinwall Roosevelt. Franklin Roosevelt was buried on April 15, 1945 at Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site 4097 Albany Post Rd, in Hyde Park, Dutchess County, NY.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt of Warm Springs, Georgia United States was born in January 1882. He was in a relationship with Yohanna Laura (Emmy) Pennekamp, and had a child Carl Vanwaning. Franklin Roosevelt died at age 63 years old in April 1945 in Warm Springs.
James Roosevelt
US Congressman, US Marine Corps Brigadier General, Businessman, and Author. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the US House of Representatives from California's 26th district for six consecutive terms from January 1955 until September 1965. Born James Roosevelt II in New York City, New York he was the oldest son of 32nd US President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt. He attended the Potomac School and the National Cathedral School in Washington DC and the Groton School, a private college preparatory boarding school in Groton, Massachusetts. After graduating in 1926, he attended Harvard University at Cambridge, Massachusetts. Upon graduating from Harvard, he enrolled in the Boston University School of Law at Boston, Massachusetts and took a sales job with Boston insurance agency and became so successful that within a year, he abandoned his law studies. In 1932 he started his own insurance agency and in 1934 he and Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. (father of US President John F. Kennedy) went to England to obtain the market in post-prohibition whisky imports and was instrumental in securing Kennedy's appointment as the US Ambassador to England. In November 1936 he was given a direct commission as a lieutenant colonel in the US Marine Corps and accompanied his father to the Inter-American Conference at Buenos Aires in December as a military aide. In January 1937, he was officially appointed the administrative assistant to the President and later that year he was appointed Secretary to the President. In October 1937 he became White House coordinator for 18 federal agencies. Following allegations that he used his political position to attract lucrative business to his insurance firm, he resigned his White House position in November 1938. He then moved to Hollywood, California where he became an administrative assistant for film producer Samuel Goldwyn. In 1939 he established Globe Productions, a company that produced short films for penny arcades and then resigned his commission in the US Marine Corps and was commissioned a captain in the US Marine Corps Reserve and went on active duty in November 1940. In April 1941 President Roosevelt sent him on a secret diplomatic mission around the world, meeting with the leaders of various governments, including king Farouk of Egypt, King George of Greece, and Chiang Kai-shek of China, that the US would soon become involved in World War II. In August 1941 he joined the staff of William J. Donovan, Coordinator of Information, with the job of working out the exchange of information with other agencies. After the Japanese surprise attack at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7, 1941, he requested and received an assignment to combat duty and served in the Pacific Theater of Operations with the 2nd US Marine Raiders at the Battle of Makin Island. He was then given command of the newly formed 4th US Marine Raiders, but it was invalidated in February 1943, and he served in various staff positions for the remainder of the war. He was released from active duty in October 1945 at the rank of colonel and continued to serve in the Marine Corps Reserve, retiring in October 1959 at the rank of brigadier general. His military awards and decorations include the Navy Cross, the Silver Star, the American Defense Service Medal (with base clasp), the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal (with four service stars), the World War II Victory Medal, the Marine Corps Reserve Ribbon (with 1 bronze star), and the Philippine Liberation Medal (with one bronze star). After the war he returned to live in California and in 1946 he became chairman of the board of Roosevelt and Haines. In 1950 he was the Democratic candidate for Governor of California but lost to Republican incumbent Earl Warren by almost 30 percent of the votes. In 1954 he was elected to the US House of Representative from California's 26th congressional district and was re-elected to five additional terms and served from 1955 to 1965, resigning during his 6th term. He was one of the first politicians to denounce the tactics of Wisconsin US Senator Joseph McCarthy and was the only US Representative to vote against appropriating funds for the House Un-American Activities Committee. In April 1965 he ran as a Democratic candidate for Mayor of Los Angeles but lost to incumbent Sam Yorty in the primary. In October 1965 he resigned from Congress when President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed him a delegate to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The following year he resigned from UNESCO and became an executive of the Investors Overseas Service (IOS) in Geneva, Switzerland and resigned from that position in 1971, amid the fugitive financier Robert Vesco scandal. Despite having been a liberal Democrat all of his life, he joined the Democrats for Nixon and publicly supported President Nixon's re-election in 1972 and also supported Ronald Reagan for President in 1980 and 1984. In the 1980s he established the non-profit organization, the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, and its associated political action committee. He died at the age of 83 from complications following a stroke and Parkinson's disease and was the last surviving child of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. He authored several books, including "Affectionately, FDR" (1959, with Sidney Shalett), "My Parents, a Differing View" (1976, with Bill Libby), written in part as a response to his brother Elliott Roosevelt's book "An Untold Story", which told of Franklin D. Roosevelt's marital issues and was fiercely repudiated by the other siblings, and the novel "A Family Matter" (1979, with Sam Toperoff).
Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt was born on October 27, 1858. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt.
James Tadd Roosevelt
James Tadd Roosevelt Jr was born on August 20, 1879 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio United States, and died at age 78 years old on June 7, 1958. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember James Tadd Roosevelt.
Philip Roosevelt of Brooklyn, Kings County, NY was born on April 28, 1924, and died at age 69 years old on January 29, 1994.

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Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
After President William McKinley was assassinated in September of 1901, 6 months into his second term, Theodore Roosevelt succeeded him to become the 26th President of the United States. A Republican, he is usually ranked as one of the 5 best Presidents. He was awarded the Medal of Honor (he led the Rough Riders in the Spanish American War after resigning as the Asst Secretary of the Navy) and a Nobel Peace Prize in 1906 (for successfully brokering an end to the Russo-Japanese War). A lifelong naturalist, Roosevelt made conservation a top priority for his administration, and established many new national parks, monuments and forests. He championed the Square Deal set of domestic policies which promised citizens fairness, breaking of trusts, regulation of railroads, and pure food and drugs. A champion of progressive policies continuing into his 2nd term, he started construction on the Panama Canal and generally focused on Central America in his foreign policies. After his two first terms, he founded the Bull Moose Party (which called for wide-ranging progressive reforms) and ran again for President in 1912. Splitting the vote, he lost and Democrat Woodrow Wilson won.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882 in Hyde Park, Dutchess County, New York United States to James Roosevelt and Sara Ann (Delano) Roosevelt. He married Eleanor Roosevelt on March 17, 1945, and they were married until Franklin's death on April 12, 1945. He had children Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, Jr., James Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr., Elliot Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr., and John Aspinwall Roosevelt. Franklin Roosevelt was buried on April 15, 1945 at Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site 4097 Albany Post Rd, in Hyde Park, Dutchess County, NY.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt was born on October 11, 1884 at W 37th St in New York, New York USA. She was married to Franklin Delano Roosevelt on March 17, 1945 in United States, and they were together until Franklin's death on April 12, 1945 in United States. She had children Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, Jr., James Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr., Elliot Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr., and John Aspinwall Roosevelt. Eleanor Roosevelt died at age 78 years old on November 7, 1962 in New York, and was buried on November 10, 1962 at Hyde Park, New York - family plot.
Alice Lee (Roosevelt) Longworth
Alice Roosevelt was the only child of President Teddy Roosevelt and his first wife, Alice Hathaway Lee. (Her mother died when she was 2 days old.) A strong woman, not bound by the "rules" of the time, Alice came to public attention at the age of 17 when her father became President. Even the color of the blue dress that she wore this same year became a fashion trend - called "Alice Blue". She did such scandalous things as ride in cars with men, smoke cigarettes in public, keep a snake in the White House, and jump into a pool fully clothed while on a diplomatic trip to Japan. In February 1906, Alice married (later) Speaker of the House Nicholas Longworth III, wearing a blue wedding dress. But she was still independent, campaigning against her own husband and carrying on numerous affairs. Senator William Borah (R-ID) was the father of her only child, daughter Paulina Longworth (born in 1925), but she and Longworth remained married until his death in 1931. Her rambunctious attitude never changed - she buried a voodoo doll of Nellie Taft (the new First Lady) in the front yard of the White House when the Roosevelts had to leave at the end of Teddy's term - and was banned from the White House a few times because of her behavior. And after her daughter died in 1957, she raised her granddaughter. A life-long Republican, she nonetheless was close to the Kennedy family and voted for Lyndon Johnson (because she thought Goldwater was "too mean"). She was a friend to Richard Nixon and encouraged him to run for President - he invited her to a White House dinner and his daughter's wedding. Alice died in 1980 at the age of 96. Along the path of her very long life, she made quite an impression. To Joe McCarthy (he of "commie witch hunt" fame) who had said: "Here's my blind date. I am going to call you Alice", she replied "Senator McCarthy, you are not going to call me Alice. The truckman, the trashman and the policeman on my block may call me Alice, but you may not." And she told President Johnson that she "wore wide-brimmed hats so he couldn't kiss her".
James Roosevelt
US Congressman, US Marine Corps Brigadier General, Businessman, and Author. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the US House of Representatives from California's 26th district for six consecutive terms from January 1955 until September 1965. Born James Roosevelt II in New York City, New York he was the oldest son of 32nd US President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt. He attended the Potomac School and the National Cathedral School in Washington DC and the Groton School, a private college preparatory boarding school in Groton, Massachusetts. After graduating in 1926, he attended Harvard University at Cambridge, Massachusetts. Upon graduating from Harvard, he enrolled in the Boston University School of Law at Boston, Massachusetts and took a sales job with Boston insurance agency and became so successful that within a year, he abandoned his law studies. In 1932 he started his own insurance agency and in 1934 he and Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. (father of US President John F. Kennedy) went to England to obtain the market in post-prohibition whisky imports and was instrumental in securing Kennedy's appointment as the US Ambassador to England. In November 1936 he was given a direct commission as a lieutenant colonel in the US Marine Corps and accompanied his father to the Inter-American Conference at Buenos Aires in December as a military aide. In January 1937, he was officially appointed the administrative assistant to the President and later that year he was appointed Secretary to the President. In October 1937 he became White House coordinator for 18 federal agencies. Following allegations that he used his political position to attract lucrative business to his insurance firm, he resigned his White House position in November 1938. He then moved to Hollywood, California where he became an administrative assistant for film producer Samuel Goldwyn. In 1939 he established Globe Productions, a company that produced short films for penny arcades and then resigned his commission in the US Marine Corps and was commissioned a captain in the US Marine Corps Reserve and went on active duty in November 1940. In April 1941 President Roosevelt sent him on a secret diplomatic mission around the world, meeting with the leaders of various governments, including king Farouk of Egypt, King George of Greece, and Chiang Kai-shek of China, that the US would soon become involved in World War II. In August 1941 he joined the staff of William J. Donovan, Coordinator of Information, with the job of working out the exchange of information with other agencies. After the Japanese surprise attack at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7, 1941, he requested and received an assignment to combat duty and served in the Pacific Theater of Operations with the 2nd US Marine Raiders at the Battle of Makin Island. He was then given command of the newly formed 4th US Marine Raiders, but it was invalidated in February 1943, and he served in various staff positions for the remainder of the war. He was released from active duty in October 1945 at the rank of colonel and continued to serve in the Marine Corps Reserve, retiring in October 1959 at the rank of brigadier general. His military awards and decorations include the Navy Cross, the Silver Star, the American Defense Service Medal (with base clasp), the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal (with four service stars), the World War II Victory Medal, the Marine Corps Reserve Ribbon (with 1 bronze star), and the Philippine Liberation Medal (with one bronze star). After the war he returned to live in California and in 1946 he became chairman of the board of Roosevelt and Haines. In 1950 he was the Democratic candidate for Governor of California but lost to Republican incumbent Earl Warren by almost 30 percent of the votes. In 1954 he was elected to the US House of Representative from California's 26th congressional district and was re-elected to five additional terms and served from 1955 to 1965, resigning during his 6th term. He was one of the first politicians to denounce the tactics of Wisconsin US Senator Joseph McCarthy and was the only US Representative to vote against appropriating funds for the House Un-American Activities Committee. In April 1965 he ran as a Democratic candidate for Mayor of Los Angeles but lost to incumbent Sam Yorty in the primary. In October 1965 he resigned from Congress when President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed him a delegate to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The following year he resigned from UNESCO and became an executive of the Investors Overseas Service (IOS) in Geneva, Switzerland and resigned from that position in 1971, amid the fugitive financier Robert Vesco scandal. Despite having been a liberal Democrat all of his life, he joined the Democrats for Nixon and publicly supported President Nixon's re-election in 1972 and also supported Ronald Reagan for President in 1980 and 1984. In the 1980s he established the non-profit organization, the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, and its associated political action committee. He died at the age of 83 from complications following a stroke and Parkinson's disease and was the last surviving child of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. He authored several books, including "Affectionately, FDR" (1959, with Sidney Shalett), "My Parents, a Differing View" (1976, with Bill Libby), written in part as a response to his brother Elliott Roosevelt's book "An Untold Story", which told of Franklin D. Roosevelt's marital issues and was fiercely repudiated by the other siblings, and the novel "A Family Matter" (1979, with Sam Toperoff).
Quentin Roosevelt I
From Wikipedia: Quentin was the youngest son of President Theodore Roosevelt and First Lady Edith Roosevelt. Inspired by his father and siblings, he joined the United States Army Air Service where he became a pursuit pilot during World War I. He was killed in aerial combat over France on Bastille Day (July 14), 1918. As of 2020, he is the only child of a US President to die in combat.
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, Jr.
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Jr. was born on May 3, 1906 in New York, NY to Eleanor Roosevelt and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and had siblings Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr., John Aspinwall Roosevelt, James Roosevelt, Elliot Roosevelt, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr.. Anna Roosevelt died at age 69 years old on December 1, 1975 at New York City, Ny, and was buried in Hyde Park. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, Jr..
Archibald Roosevelt was born on April 9, 1894 in Washington, District Of Columbia United States to Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Edith Kermit (Carow) Roosevelt, and had siblings Theodore Roosevelt III, Kermit Roosevelt, Ethel Roosevelt, and Quentin Roosevelt I. Archibald Roosevelt died at age 85 years old on October 13, 1979 in Stuart, Martin County, FL. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Archibald Roosevelt.
Theodore Roosevelt Sr was born on September 22, 1831 in Albany, Albany County, New York United States, and died at age 46 years old on February 9, 1878 in New York. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Theodore Roosevelt Sr.
Archibald Bulloch "Archie" Roosevelt
Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt was born in 1894, and died at age 85 years old in 1979. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Archibald Bulloch "Archie" Roosevelt.
Alice Hathaway (Lee) Roosevelt was born on July 29, 1861 at Chestnut Hill in Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts United States. She was married to Theodore Roosevelt Jr. on October 27, 1880, and they were together until Alice's death on February 14, 1884. Alice Roosevelt had a child Alice Lee (Roosevelt) Longworth. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Alice Hathaway (Lee) Roosevelt.
Martha Stewart (Bulloch) Roosevelt was born on July 8, 1835 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut United States. She was married to Theodore Roosevelt Sr on December 22, 1853, and they were together until Theodore's death on February 9, 1878. She had children Anna Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt Jr., Elliott Roosevelt, and Corinne (Roosevelt) Robinson. Martha Roosevelt died at age 48 years old on February 14, 1884 in New York, NY. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Martha Stewart (Bulloch) Roosevelt.
Ethel Roosevelt was born on August 13, 1891 in Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York United States to Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Edith Kermit (Carow) Roosevelt, and had siblings Theodore Roosevelt III, Kermit Roosevelt, Archibald Roosevelt, and Quentin Roosevelt I. Ethel Roosevelt died at age 86 years old on December 10, 1977 in Oyster Bay. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Ethel Roosevelt.
Kermit Roosevelt was born on October 10, 1889 in Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York United States to Theodore Roosevelt Jr. and Edith Kermit (Carow) Roosevelt, and had siblings Theodore Roosevelt III, Ethel Roosevelt, Archibald Roosevelt, and Quentin Roosevelt I. Kermit Roosevelt died at age 53 years old on June 4, 1943 at Fort Richardson in Anchorage, Anchorage Municipality County, AK. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Kermit Roosevelt.
Corinne (Roosevelt) Robinson
Corinne (Roosevelt) Robinson was born to Theodore Roosevelt Sr and Martha Stewart Bulloch. She had siblings [President] Theodore Roosevelt, Elliott Roosevelt [father of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt] and a sister, Anna Roosevelt. Corinne was the youngest. Corrinne Roosevelt married Douglas Robinson Jr. (1855 - 1918) on April 29, 1882. They had four children: Theodore Douglas Robinson, Corinne Douglas Robinson, Monroe Douglas Robinson, and Stewart Douglas Robinson. Stewart died in college, as a result of falling out of his college dorm window and sustaining a head injury. Interestingly, the Roosevelt family sometimes married other family members. Corinne was the aunt of Eleanor Roosevelt and a cousin of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, making FDR and Eleanor Roosevelt cousins. And one of Corinne's sons, Theodore, married his cousin Helen Rebecca Roosevelt, a half-niece of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Corrinne, who died at the age of 71 of double pneumonia, was active in Republican politics and was also a fairly prolific poet/writer. See Corinne (Roosevelt) Robinson: Professions for the name of some of her works. See Corinne (Roosevelt) Robinson: Obituary.
Rebecca Howland Roosevelt was born on January 15, 1831 in United States, and died at age 45 years old on August 21, 1876 in New York, NY. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Rebecca Howland Roosevelt.
Sara Ann (Delano) Roosevelt was born on September 21, 1854 in Newburgh, New York United States. She was in a relationship with James Roosevelt, and had a child Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Sara Roosevelt died at age 86 years old on September 7, 1941 in Hyde Park. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Sara Ann (Delano) Roosevelt.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. was born on March 18, 1909 at Manhattan, New York, NY, USA in New York, New York County, New York United States, and died on November 1, 1909 in New York. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr..
Helen (Astor) Roosevelt was born on November 27, 1858 in New York, New York United States, and died at age 34 years old on November 12, 1893 in England United Kingdom. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Helen (Astor) Roosevelt.
Elliott Roosevelt was born on February 28, 1860 in Abingdon, Virginia United States to Martha Stewart (Bulloch) Roosevelt and Theodore Roosevelt Sr, and had siblings Theodore Roosevelt Jr., Anna Roosevelt, and Corinne (Roosevelt) Robinson. Elliott Roosevelt died at age 34 years old on August 14, 1894 in Abingdon. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Elliott Roosevelt.

Roosevelt Death Records & Life Expectancy

The average age of a Roosevelt family member is 72.8 years old according to our database of 289 people with the last name Roosevelt that have a birth and death date listed.

Life Expectancy

72.8 years

Oldest Roosevelts

These are the longest-lived members of the Roosevelt family on AncientFaces.

Dotsie I Roosevelt of Clarion, Wright County, IA was born on August 17, 1887, and died at age 105 years old on January 11, 1993.
105 years
Edith Roosevelt of Albion, Edwards County, IL was born on January 23, 1902, and died at age 103 years old on November 16, 2005.
103 years
Elvina Roosevelt of Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin was born on December 28, 1883, and died at age 102 years old in November 1986.
102 years
Rena F Roosevelt of Albion, Edwards County, IL was born on November 6, 1905, and died at age 102 years old on November 5, 2008.
102 years
Emma Roosevelt of Albion, Edwards County, Illinois was born on February 26, 1876, and died at age 102 years old in September 1978.
102 years
Gladys M Roosevelt of Pensacola, Escambia County, FL was born on January 13, 1894, and died at age 101 years old on June 8, 1995.
101 years
John E Roosevelt of Albion, Edwards County, IL was born on October 16, 1894, and died at age 98 years old on September 29, 1993.
98 years
Fannie Roosevelt of Albion, Edwards County, IL was born on November 6, 1889, and died at age 98 years old on June 7, 1988.
98 years
Rose Roosevelt of Huntington Beach, Orange County, CA was born on September 12, 1905, and died at age 96 years old on March 1, 2002.
96 years
Alice Lee (Roosevelt) Longworth
Alice Roosevelt was the only child of President Teddy Roosevelt and his first wife, Alice Hathaway Lee. (Her mother died when she was 2 days old.) A strong woman, not bound by the "rules" of the time, Alice came to public attention at the age of 17 when her father became President. Even the color of the blue dress that she wore this same year became a fashion trend - called "Alice Blue". She did such scandalous things as ride in cars with men, smoke cigarettes in public, keep a snake in the White House, and jump into a pool fully clothed while on a diplomatic trip to Japan. In February 1906, Alice married (later) Speaker of the House Nicholas Longworth III, wearing a blue wedding dress. But she was still independent, campaigning against her own husband and carrying on numerous affairs. Senator William Borah (R-ID) was the father of her only child, daughter Paulina Longworth (born in 1925), but she and Longworth remained married until his death in 1931. Her rambunctious attitude never changed - she buried a voodoo doll of Nellie Taft (the new First Lady) in the front yard of the White House when the Roosevelts had to leave at the end of Teddy's term - and was banned from the White House a few times because of her behavior. And after her daughter died in 1957, she raised her granddaughter. A life-long Republican, she nonetheless was close to the Kennedy family and voted for Lyndon Johnson (because she thought Goldwater was "too mean"). She was a friend to Richard Nixon and encouraged him to run for President - he invited her to a White House dinner and his daughter's wedding. Alice died in 1980 at the age of 96. Along the path of her very long life, she made quite an impression. To Joe McCarthy (he of "commie witch hunt" fame) who had said: "Here's my blind date. I am going to call you Alice", she replied "Senator McCarthy, you are not going to call me Alice. The truckman, the trashman and the policeman on my block may call me Alice, but you may not." And she told President Johnson that she "wore wide-brimmed hats so he couldn't kiss her".
96 years
Lorraine Roosevelt of Rye, Westchester County, NY was born on May 22, 1876, and died at age 95 years old in February 1972.
95 years
Gladys Roosevelt of Caldwell, Essex County, NJ was born on June 6, 1884, and died at age 96 years old in July 1980.
96 years
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