ROOSEVELT(SoundexR214)—See alsoCREVELT,DEROOS,LINDROOS,MILOSEVICH,NIEVELT,PROOS,RADOSEVICH,ROOS,ROOSA,ROOSE,ROSEVEAR,ROSEVELT,ROUNSEVELLE,TROOST.
| |  ROOSEVELT:See alsoTheodoreRoosevelt Bassett —TheodoreRoosevelt Britton Jr. —RooseveltCoats —WilliamSheffield Cowles —TheodoreRoosevelt Dalton —RooseveltSt. C. David —OliverRoosevelt Diggs —RooseveltF. Dorn —RooseveltGrier —CharlesRoosevelt Hawkins —RooseveltHope —FranklinD. Roosevelt Keesee —TheodoreRoosevelt Kupferman —AliceRoosevelt Longworth —TheodoreRoosevelt McKeldin —RooseveltParsons —CorinneRoosevelt Robinson —HelenRoosevelt Robinson —RooseveltWard —BernieRoosevelt Webb —SusanRoosevelt Weld —RobertRoosevelt Woods | | Roosevelt,Alice LeeSeeAliceRoosevelt Longworth | | Roosevelt, Ann — of Cambridge,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.Democrat. Member,Platform Committee, Democratic NationalConvention, 2008.Female.Still living as of 2008. | | Roosevelt, AnnaEleanorSeeEleanorRoosevelt | | Roosevelt, Anne B. — of Villanova,DelawareCounty, Pa.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromPennsylvania,1948.Female.Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. | | Roosevelt, Clinton — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1837.Burial location unknown. | | Roosevelt,CorinneSeeCorinneRoosevelt Robinson | | Roosevelt, Cornelius — of Flint,GeneseeCounty, Mich.Whig.Registerof U.S. Land Office at Genesee, Michigan, 1849-53.Burial location unknown. | | Roosevelt, Cornelius C. — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1802-03.Burial location unknown. | | Roosevelt, David B. — of Jericho,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York,1972.Still living as of 1972. | | Roosevelt, Dorothy Kemp(1898-1985) —also known asDorothy K. Roosevelt;Dorothy GrantKemp —of Michigan. Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,October25, 1898.Democrat. Candidate forU.S.Representative from Michigan 17th District, 1942.Female.Died in Birmingham,OaklandCounty, Mich.,July 21,1985 (age86 years, 269days).Interment atWoodlawnCemetery, Detroit, Mich. | | Roosevelt, Edith(1861-1948) —also known asEdith Kermit Carow — of Oyster Bay,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in Norwich,New LondonCounty, Conn.,August6, 1861.Republican. First Lady of New York, 1899-1900;Second Ladyof the United States, 1901;First Ladyof the United States, 1901-09.Female.Episcopalian.Died in Oyster Bay,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,September30, 1948 (age87 years, 55days).Interment atYoungsMemorial Cemetery, Oyster Bay, Long Island, N.Y. | | Roosevelt, Elbert C. — of Pelham,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.Postmaster atPelham,N.Y., 1897.Burial location unknown. | | Roosevelt, Eleanor(1884-1962) —also known asAnna Eleanor Roosevelt — of Hyde Park,DutchessCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October11, 1884.Democrat.First Ladyof the United States, 1933-45; delegate to the United NationsGeneral Assembly, 1945-53; member, United Nations Commission on HumanRights;newspapercolumnist;speaker, Democratic National Convention,1952,1956,1960;member, President's Commission on the Status of Women, 1961-62.Female.Member,League of WomenVoters;NAACP.Inducted,NationalWomen's Hall of Fame, 1973.Died, oftuberculosis,in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,November7, 1962 (age78 years, 27days).Interment atRooseveltHome, Hyde Park, N.Y.| |  Relatives:Daughter of Elliott Bulloch Roosevelt and Anna (Hall) Roosevelt;sister of Gracie Hall Roosevelt (who marriedDorothy Kemp Roosevelt); married,March17, 1905, toFranklin Delano Roosevelt;mother ofJames Roosevelt,Elliott Roosevelt andFranklin Delano Roosevelt Jr.; niece ofTheodore Roosevelt andCorinneRoosevelt Robinson; grandniece ofRobertBarnwell Roosevelt; great-grandniece ofJames I. Roosevelt; second great-grandniece ofWilliamBellinger Bulloch; third great-granddaughter ofArchibaldBulloch; first cousin ofTheodoreDouglas Robinson,AliceRoosevelt Longworth,CorinneAlsop Cole,Theodore Roosevelt Jr. andWilliamSheffield Cowles; first cousin once removed ofCorinneAlsop Chubb andJohndeKoven Alsop; first cousin twice removed ofSusanRoosevelt Weld; second cousin thrice removed ofPhilipDePeyster; second cousin four times removed ofNicholas Roosevelt Jr.. | | | | Political family:Rooseveltfamily of New York City, New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail —NationalWomen's Hall of Fame | | | | Books about Eleanor Roosevelt: HazelRowley,Franklinand Eleanor: An Extraordinary Marriage — Maurine H.Beasley,EleanorRoosevelt: Transformative First Lady |
| | Roosevelt, Elliott(1910-1990) —of Fort Worth,TarrantCounty, Tex.; Buford,Rio BlancoCounty, Colo.; Minneapolis,HennepinCounty, Minn.; Miami Beach, Dade County (nowMiami-DadeCounty), Fla.; Seattle,KingCounty, Wash.; Palm Springs,RiversideCounty, Calif.; Scottsdale,MaricopaCounty, Ariz.Born in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September23, 1910.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Texas,1940;served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;investigatedand called to testify by a U.S. Senate subcommittee in 1947 overlavishentertainment in Hollywood and Manhattan, manypaidescorts, andpaid hotelbills provided to Roosevelt and others, in a successful effort topersuade them to recommend Hughes reconnaissance aircraft forpurchase by the U.S.military;owned aradiostation in Texas; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromColorado,1960;mayorof Miami Beach, Fla., 1965-69; member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Florida, 1968; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from Florida,1968.Died, ofcongestiveheart failure, in Scottsdale,MaricopaCounty, Ariz.,October27, 1990 (age80 years, 34days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: SonofFranklin Delano Roosevelt andEleanor Roosevelt; brother ofJames Roosevelt andFranklin Delano Roosevelt Jr.; married,January16, 1932, to Elizabeth Browning Donner; married,July 22,1933, to Ruth Josephine Googins; married,December3, 1944, to Faye Margaret Emerson; married,March15, 1951, to Minnewa (Bell) Gray Burnside Ross; married,November3, 1960, to Patricia (Peabody) Whithead; grandnephew ofTheodore Roosevelt andCorinneRoosevelt Robinson; great-grandnephew ofRobert Barnwell Roosevelt; secondgreat-grandnephew ofJames I. Roosevelt;third great-grandson ofEdwardHutchinson Robbins; third great-grandnephew ofWilliamBellinger Bulloch; fourth great-grandson ofArchibaldBulloch; fourth great-grandnephew ofJabezHuntington; first cousin ofHelenRoosevelt Robinson; first cousin once removed ofTheodoreDouglas Robinson,AliceRoosevelt Longworth,WarrenDelano Robbins,CorinneAlsop Cole,Theodore Roosevelt Jr. andWilliamSheffield Cowles; first cousin thrice removed ofElizabethMonroe; first cousin five times removed ofJedediahHuntington andEbenezerHuntington; first cousin seven times removed ofBenjaminHuntington; second cousin ofCorinneAlsop Chubb andJohndeKoven Alsop; second cousin once removed ofSusanRoosevelt Weld; second cousin twice removed ofSamuelLaurence Gouverneur; second cousin four times removed ofNicholas Roosevelt Jr.,PhilipDePeyster andJabezWilliams Huntington; third cousin ofFrancisHolden Aspinwall. | | | | Political family:Rooseveltfamily of New York City, New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle |
| | Roosevelt, Ferdinand C. — of Mankato,Blue EarthCounty, Minn.Democrat. Postmaster atMankato,Minn., 1860-61.Burial location unknown.  | Roosevelt, Franklin Delano(1882-1945) —also known asFranklin D. Roosevelt;"F.D.R." —of Hyde Park,DutchessCounty, N.Y.Born in Hyde Park,DutchessCounty, N.Y.,January30, 1882.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofNew Yorkstate senate 26th District, 1911-13; resigned 1913; U.S.Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1913-20; candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1920; delegate to DemocraticNational Convention from New York,1920,1924,1928;speaker,1944;contracted polio in the early 1920s; as a result, hislegs wereparalyzed for the rest of his life;Governor ofNew York, 1929-33;Presidentof the United States, 1933-45; died in office 1945; on February15, 1933, in Miami, Fla., he and Chicago mayorAntonJ. Cermak wereshotat by Guiseppe Zangara; Cermak was hit and mortally wounded.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons;AlphaDelta Phi;PhiBeta Kappa;Elks;Grange;Knightsof Pythias.Led the nation through the Depression and World War II. Died of acerebralhemorrhage, in Warm Springs,MeriwetherCounty, Ga.,April12, 1945 (age63 years, 72days).Interment atRooseveltHome, Hyde Park, N.Y.; memorial monument atFederal Triangle, Washington, D.C.; memorial monument atWestPotomac Park, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives: Sonof James Roosevelt (1828-1900) and Sara (Delano) Roosevelt; married,March17, 1905, toAnna Eleanor Roosevelt(niece ofTheodore Roosevelt (1858-1919);first cousin ofCorinneDouglas Robinson); father ofJames Roosevelt(1907-1991),Elliott Roosevelt andFranklin Delano Roosevelt Jr.; half-uncle ofHelenRoosevelt Robinson; second great-grandson ofEdwardHutchinson Robbins; third great-grandnephew ofJabezHuntington; first cousin ofWarrenDelano Robbins andKatharinePrice Collier St. George; first cousin once removed of HelenLloyd Aspinwall (who marriedFrancisEmanuel Shober); first cousin twice removed ofElizabethKortright; first cousin four times removed ofJedediahHuntington andEbenezerHuntington; first cousin six times removed ofBenjaminHuntington; second cousin of Caroline Astor Drayton (who marriedWilliamPhillips); second cousin once removed ofSamuelLaurence Gouverneur andFrancisHolden Aspinwall; second cousin thrice removed ofNicholas Roosevelt Jr. andJabezWilliams Huntington; second cousin five times removed ofSamuelHuntington,GeorgeWashington,JoshuaCoit,HenryHuntington,GurdonHuntington andSamuelGager; third cousin twice removed ofPhilipDePeyster andJames I. Roosevelt; thirdcousin thrice removed ofSulifandSutherland Ross; fourth cousin once removed ofUlyssesSimpson Grant,Robert BarnwellRoosevelt,RogerWolcott andTheodore Roosevelt(1858-1919). | | | | Political families:Rooseveltfamily of New York City, New York;Aspinwall-Shober-Roosevelt-Wheatfamily of Salisbury, North Carolina (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:RossT. McIntire —MiltonLipson —W.W. Howes —BruceBarton —HamiltonFish, Jr. —JosephW. Martin, Jr. —SamuelI. Rosenman —RexfordG. Tugwell —RaymondMoley —AdolfA. Berle —GeorgeE. Allen —LorenceE. Asman —GrenvilleT. Emmet —EliotJaneway —JonathanDaniels —RalphBellamy —WytheLeigh Kinsolving | | | | The Franklin Delano RooseveltBridge(opened 1962), over Lubec Narrows, betweenLubec,Maine andCampobelloIsland, New Brunswick, Canada, isnamed forhim. — TheboroughofRoosevelt,New Jersey (originally Jersey Homesteads; renamed 1945), isnamed forhim. — F. D. RooseveltAirport,on the Caribbean island ofSintEustatius, isnamed forhim. — The F. D. RooseveltTeachingHospital, inBanskáBystrica, Slovakia, isnamed forhim. | | | | Other politicians named for him:FrankGarrison—FranklinD. Roosevelt Keesee | | | | Coins and currency: Hisportraitappears on the U.S. dime (ten cent coin). | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail | | | | Books about Franklin D. Roosevelt:James MacGregor Burns & Susan Dunn,TheThree Roosevelts: Patrician Leaders Who TransformedAmerica — Doris Kearns Goodwin,NoOrdinary Time : Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front inWorld War II — Joseph Alsop & Roland Gelatt,FDR: 1882-1945 — Bernard Bellush,FranklinRoosevelt as Governor of New York — Robert H. Jackson,ThatMan : An Insider's Portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt —Jonas Klein,BelovedIsland : Franklin & Eleanor and the Legacy ofCampobello — Conrad Black,FranklinDelano Roosevelt : Champion of Freedom — CharlesPeters,FiveDays in Philadelphia: The Amazing "We Want Willkie!" Convention of1940 and How It Freed FDR to Save the Western World —Steven Neal,HappyDays Are Here Again : The 1932 Democratic Convention, the Emergenceof FDR--and How America Was Changed Forever — H. W.Brands,Traitorto His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of FranklinDelano Roosevelt — Hazel Rowley,Franklinand Eleanor: An Extraordinary Marriage — AlanBrinkley,FranklinDelano Roosevelt — Stanley Weintraub,YoungMr. Roosevelt: FDR's Introduction to War, Politics, andLife — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] — Karen Bornemann Spies,FranklinD. Roosevelt (for young readers) | | | | Critical books about Franklin D.Roosevelt: Jim Powell,FDR'sFolly: How Roosevelt and His New Deal Prolonged the GreatDepression — John T. Flynn,TheRoosevelt Myth — Burton W. Folsom,NewDeal or Raw Deal?: How FDR's Economic Legacy Has DamagedAmerica | | | | Fiction about Franklin D. Roosevelt:Philip Roth,ThePlot Against America: A Novel — Philip K. Dick,TheMan in the High Castle | | | | Image source: New York Red Book1936 |
| | Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, Jr.(1914-1988) —also known asFranklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Campobello Island,NewBrunswick,August17, 1914.Democrat.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;U.S.Representative from New York 20th District, 1949-55; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from New York,1952,1956,1960,1964;candidate forNew Yorkstate attorney general, 1954; Liberal candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1966.Member,Americansfor Democratic Action.Died, oflungcancer, in Poughkeepsie,DutchessCounty, N.Y.,August17, 1988 (age74 years, 0days).Interment atSt.James Episcopal Churchyard, Hyde Park, N.Y.| | Relatives: SonofFranklin Delano Roosevelt andEleanor Roosevelt; brother ofJames Roosevelt andElliott Roosevelt; married,June 30,1937, to Ethel du Pont (first cousin twice removed ofHenryAlgernon du Pont); married,August31, 1949, to Suzanne Perrin; married,July 1,1970, to Felicia Schiff (Warburg) Sarnoff (granddaughter ofFelixMoritz Warburg; great-granddaughter of Jacob Schiff); married,May 6,1977, to Patricia Louise Oakes; married1984 to LindaMcKay Stevenson Weicker; grandnephew ofTheodoreRoosevelt andCorinneRoosevelt Robinson; great-grandnephew ofRobert Barnwell Roosevelt; secondgreat-grandnephew ofJames I. Roosevelt;third great-grandson ofEdwardHutchinson Robbins; third great-grandnephew ofWilliamBellinger Bulloch; fourth great-grandson ofArchibaldBulloch; fourth great-grandnephew ofJabezHuntington; half-first cousin ofHelenRoosevelt Robinson; first cousin once removed ofTheodoreDouglas Robinson,AliceRoosevelt Longworth,WarrenDelano Robbins,CorinneAlsop Cole,Theodore Roosevelt Jr. andWilliamSheffield Cowles; first cousin thrice removed ofElizabethMonroe; first cousin five times removed ofJedediahHuntington andEbenezerHuntington; first cousin seven times removed ofBenjaminHuntington; second cousin ofCorinneAlsop Chubb andJohndeKoven Alsop; second cousin once removed ofSusanRoosevelt Weld; second cousin twice removed ofSamuelLaurence Gouverneur; second cousin four times removed ofNicholas Roosevelt Jr.,PhilipDePeyster andJabezWilliams Huntington; third cousin ofFrancisHolden Aspinwall. | | | | Political family:Rooseveltfamily of New York City, New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —OurCampaignscandidate detail |
| | Roosevelt, George Washington(1844-1907) —also known asGeorge W. Roosevelt — of Pennsylvania. Born in Chester,DelawareCounty, Pa.,February14, 1844.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S. Consular Agent inSydney, as of 1877; U.S. Consul inAuckland, 1877-79;St. Helena, 1879-80;Matanzas, 1880-81;Bordeaux, 1881-89;Brussels, 1889-1905; while attending a balloon ascension at thePlace Guincane, Bordeaux, July 16, 1884, he wasshot andwounded by a French soldier; U.S. Consul General inBrussels, as of 1906.Received theMedalof Honor in 1887 for action at Bull Run, Va., August 30, 1862,and at Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863; severely wounded andlost aleg.Died in Brussels,Belgium,April14, 1907 (age63 years, 59days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | Roosevelt,Helen RebeccaSeeHelenRoosevelt Robinson | | Roosevelt, Isaac — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Member ofNew Yorkstate senate Southern District, 1777-86, 1788-92; member ofNew Yorkcouncil of appointment, 1785, 1791;delegateto New York convention to ratify U.S. constitution from New YorkCounty, 1788.Burial location unknown. | | Roosevelt, Jacob — Member ofNew Yorkcouncil of appointment, 1778.Burial location unknown. | | Roosevelt, James — ofNewYork County, N.Y.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1796-97.Burial location unknown. | | Roosevelt, James(1907-1991) —also known asJimmy Roosevelt — of Brookline,NorfolkCounty, Mass.; Beverly Hills,LosAngeles County, Calif.; Los Angeles,LosAngeles County, Calif.Born in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December23, 1907.Democrat.Insurancebusiness; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMassachusetts,1936;served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from California,1948,1952(alternate),1956,1960,1964;member ofDemocraticNational Committee from California, 1948-52; candidate forGovernor ofCalifornia, 1950;U.S.Representative from California 26th District, 1955-65; candidateformayorof Los Angeles, Calif., 1965.Episcopalian.Member,AmericanLegion;Veterans ofForeign Wars;Americansfor Democratic Action.Died, from complications of astrokeandParkinson'sdisease, in Newport Beach,OrangeCounty, Calif.,August13, 1991 (age83 years, 233days).Interment atPacificView Memorial Park, Newport Beach, Calif.| | Relatives: SonofFranklin Delano Roosevelt andEleanor Roosevelt; brother ofElliott Roosevelt andFranklin Delano Roosevelt Jr.; married,June 4,1930, to Betsey Maria Cushing (who later marriedJohnHay Whitney); married,April14, 1941, to Romelle Theresa Schneider; married,July 2,1956, to Gladys Irene Owens; married,October3, 1969, to Mary Lena Winskill; grandnephew ofTheodore Roosevelt andCorinneRoosevelt Robinson; great-grandnephew ofRobert Barnwell Roosevelt; secondgreat-grandnephew ofJames I. Roosevelt;third great-grandson ofEdwardHutchinson Robbins; third great-grandnephew ofWilliamBellinger Bulloch; fourth great-grandson ofArchibaldBulloch; fourth great-grandnephew ofJabezHuntington; first cousin ofHelenRoosevelt Robinson; first cousin once removed ofTheodoreDouglas Robinson,AliceRoosevelt Longworth,WarrenDelano Robbins,CorinneAlsop Cole,Theodore Roosevelt Jr. andWilliamSheffield Cowles; first cousin thrice removed ofElizabethMonroe; first cousin five times removed ofJedediahHuntington andEbenezerHuntington; first cousin seven times removed ofBenjaminHuntington; second cousin ofCorinneAlsop Chubb andJohndeKoven Alsop; second cousin once removed ofSusanRoosevelt Weld; second cousin twice removed ofSamuelLaurence Gouverneur; second cousin four times removed ofNicholas Roosevelt Jr.,PhilipDePeyster andJabezWilliams Huntington; third cousin ofFrancisHolden Aspinwall. | | | | Political families:Rooseveltfamily of New York City, New York;Wadsworth-Whitney-Symingtonfamily of New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —OurCampaignscandidate detail |
| | Roosevelt, James, Jr. — of Cambridge,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.; Watertown,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention fromMassachusetts,1980,1996,2000,2004,2008(member,CredentialsCommittee); member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Massachusetts, 2004-08.Still living as of 2008. | | Roosevelt, James I.(1795-1875) —of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,December14, 1795.Democrat. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County, 1835, 1840;U.S.Representative from New York 3rd District, 1841-43;U.S.Attorney for the Southern District of New York, 1859-61.Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April 5,1875 (age79 years, 112days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | Roosevelt,JimmySeeJamesRoosevelt | | Roosevelt,JoeSeeJoseph C.Roosevelt | | Roosevelt, Joseph C.(1900-1987) —also known asJoe Roosevelt — of Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.Born in Detroit,WayneCounty, Mich.,October8, 1900.Democrat.Realestate andinsurancebusiness; member ofMichiganstate house of representatives from Wayne County 1st District,1933-36; member ofMichiganstate senate 21st District, 1937-38; defeated in primary, 1938,1940, 1942;implicatedin the Michigan legislativebriberyscandalin 1944 as a go-betweenprovidingbribes to legislators; grantedimmunityfrom prosecution, and testified against others.Died in1987(ageabout86 years).Burial location unknown. | | Roosevelt, Nicholas, Jr.(1758-1838) —ofWarrenCounty, N.Y.Born in Lake George,WarrenCounty, N.Y.,October6, 1758.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Warren County, 1833.Died in Johnsburg,WarrenCounty, N.Y.,June 4,1838 (age79 years, 241days).Burial location unknown.| | Relatives: Sonof Nicholas J. Roosevelt and Elizabeth (Thurman) Roosevelt; marriedto Betsey English; married1793 toMargaret Cramer; great-grandfather ofGeorgeWashington Roosevelt; second cousin once removed ofPhilipDePeyster andJames I. Roosevelt; secondcousin twice removed ofRobert BarnwellRoosevelt; second cousin thrice removed ofTheodore Roosevelt,CorinneRoosevelt Robinson andFranklin DelanoRoosevelt; second cousin four times removed ofHelenRoosevelt Robinson,TheodoreDouglas Robinson,AliceRoosevelt Longworth,Eleanor Roosevelt,CorinneAlsop Cole,Theodore Roosevelt Jr.,WilliamSheffield Cowles,James Roosevelt,Elliott Roosevelt andFranklin Delano Roosevelt Jr.; second cousinfive times removed ofCorinneAlsop Chubb andJohndeKoven Alsop. | | | | Political family:Rooseveltfamily of New York City, New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). |
| | Roosevelt, Nicholas(1893-1982) —Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 12,1893.Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Minister toHungary, 1930-33.Member,Council onForeign Relations.Died in1982(ageabout89 years).Burial location unknown. | | Roosevelt, Robert Barnwell(1829-1906) —also known asRobert B. Roosevelt — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,August7, 1829.Democrat.U.S.Representative from New York 4th District, 1871-73; U.S. MinistertoNetherlands, 1888-89; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from New York,1892.Died in Sayville,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,June 14,1906 (age76 years, 311days).Interment atGreen-WoodCemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | Roosevelt,SusanSeeSusanRoosevelt Weld  | Roosevelt, Theodore(1858-1919) —also known as"T.R.";"Teddy";"The Colonel";"The Hero of San JuanHill";"The Rough Rider";"Trust-Buster";"The HappyWarrior";"The Bull Moose" —of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Oyster Bay,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October27, 1858.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 21st District, 1882-84;delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1884,1900;Republican candidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1886; colonel in the U.S. Army during theSpanish-American War;Governor ofNew York, 1899-1901;VicePresident of the United States, 1901;Presidentof the United States, 1901-09; defeated (Progressive), 1912;candidate for Republican nomination for President,1916.ChristianReformed; laterEpiscopalian.Dutchancestry. Member,Freemasons;Moose;PhiBeta Kappa;DeltaKappa Epsilon;AlphaDelta Phi;UnionLeague.Received theMedalof Honor for leading a charge up San Juan Hill during battlethere, July 1, 1898. While campaigning for president in Milwaukee,Wis., on October 14, 1912, wasshotin the chest by John F. Schrank; despite the injury, he continued hisspeech for another hour and a half before seeking medical attention.AwardedNobelPeace Prize in 1906; elected to theHallof Fame for Great Americans in 1950.Died in Oyster Bay,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,January6, 1919 (age60 years, 71days).Interment atYoungsMemorial Cemetery, Oyster Bay, Long Island, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. and Martha (Bulloch) Roosevelt; brother ofAnna L. Roosevelt (who marriedWilliamSheffield Cowles (1846-1923)) andCorinneRoosevelt Robinson; married,October27, 1880, to Alice Hathaway Lee; married,December2, 1886, toEdith Kermit Carow (firstcousin once removed ofDanielPutnam Tyler); father ofAliceLee Roosevelt (who marriedNicholasLongworth) andTheodore Roosevelt Jr.;nephew ofRobert Barnwell Roosevelt; uncleofTheodoreDouglas Robinson,Eleanor Roosevelt (whomarriedFranklin Delano Roosevelt(1882-1945)),CorinneAlsop Cole andWilliamSheffield Cowles (1898-1986); grandnephew ofJames I. Roosevelt; granduncle ofJames Roosevelt,ElliottRoosevelt,CorinneAlsop Chubb,Franklin Delano RooseveltJr. andJohndeKoven Alsop; great-grandfather ofSusanRoosevelt (who marriedWilliamFloyd Weld); great-grandnephew ofWilliamBellinger Bulloch; second great-grandson ofArchibaldBulloch; second cousin twice removed ofPhilipDePeyster; second cousin thrice removed ofNicholas Roosevelt Jr.; third cousin twiceremoved ofMartinVan Buren; fourth cousin once removed ofFranklin Delano Roosevelt(1882-1945). | | | | Political family:Rooseveltfamily of New York City, New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Cross-reference:GiffordPinchot —DavidJ. Leahy —WilliamBarnes, Jr. —OliverD. Burden —WilliamJ. Youngs —GeorgeB. Cortelyou —MasonMitchell —FredericMacMaster —JohnGoodnow —WilliamLoeb, Jr. —AsaBird Gardiner | | | | Roosevelt counties inMont. andN.M. arenamed for him. | | | | Theminorplanet (asteroid)188693 Roosevelt (discovered 2005), isnamedfor him. | | | | Other politicians named for him:TheodoreBassett—TheodoreR. McKeldin—TedDalton—TheodoreR. Kupferman—TheodoreRoosevelt Britton, Jr. | | | | Personal motto: "Speak softly and carrya big stick." | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —NationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —Find-A-Gravememorial —OurCampaignscandidate detail —NobelLaureates | | | | Books about Theodore Roosevelt: JamesMacGregor Burns & Susan Dunn,TheThree Roosevelts: Patrician Leaders Who TransformedAmerica — H. W. Brands,T.R: The Last Romantic — Edmund Morris,TheodoreRex — Edmund Morris,TheRise of Theodore Roosevelt — John Morton Blum,TheRepublican Roosevelt — Richard D. White, Jr.,Rooseveltthe Reformer : Theodore Roosevelt as Civil Service Commissioner,1889-1895 — Frederick W. Marks III,Velveton Iron : The Diplomacy of Theodore Roosevelt — JamesChace,1912: Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft and Debs : The Election that Changed theCountry — Patricia O'Toole,WhenTrumpets Call : Theodore Roosevelt After the WhiteHouse — Candice Millard,TheRiver of Doubt : Theodore Roosevelt's DarkestJourney — Lewis Einstein,Roosevelt: His Mind in Action — Rick Marshall,Bully!:The Life and Times of Theodore Roosevelt: Illustrated with More Than250 Vintage Political Cartoons — Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Image source: American Monthly Reviewof Reviews, October 1901 |
| | Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr.(1887-1944) —of Oyster Bay,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in Oyster Bay,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,September13, 1887.Republican.Farmer;colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Nassau County 2nd District, 1920-21; delegateto Republican National Convention from New York,1924,1928,1940;candidate forGovernor ofNew York, 1924;Governor ofPuerto Rico, 1929-32;Governor-Generalof the Philippine Islands, 1932-33; general in the U.S. Armyduring World War II.Member,AmericanLegion.Principal founder of the American Legion in 1919. Participated in the invasion of Nazi-occupied France, on D-Day, June6, 1944, and received a posthumousMedalof Honor for his actions that day;dieda month later, of exhaustion andheartfailure, in Normandy,France,July12, 1944 (age56 years, 303days).Interment atNormandyAmerican Cemetery, Collevelle-sur-Mer, France; cenotaph atYoungsMemorial Cemetery, Oyster Bay, Long Island, N.Y. | | Roosevelt, Theodore IV — of Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,2008.Still living as of 2008.
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