Note: This is just one of1,325 family groupings listed onThe Political Graveyard web site.These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption. This specific family group is a subset of themuch largerFour ThousandRelated Politicians group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset. These groupings — even thenames of the groupings,and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,not the choices of any historian or genealogist. | |  Josiah Cowles (1716-1793) — Born in Farmington,HartfordCounty, Conn.,November20, 1716.Member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives, 1780-81.Congregationalist;laterEpiscopalian.Died in Southington,HartfordCounty, Conn.,June 6,1793 (age76 years, 198days).Interment atQuinnipiac Cemetery, Southington, Conn.| |  Relatives: Sonof Thomas Cowles and Martha (Judd) Cowles; married,November11, 1739, to Jemima Dickinson; married,November23, 1748, to Mary Scott; great-grandfather ofCharlesUpson,CalvinJosiah Cowles andGadEly Upson; second great-grandfather ofCharlesHolden Cowles; first cousin once removed ofDanielUpson; first cousin thrice removed ofChristopherColumbus Upson,AndrewSeth Upson andEvelynM. Upson; first cousin seven times removed ofBoydKenneth Benedict; second cousin once removed ofWilliamPitkin,DanielChapin andElaCollins; second cousin twice removed ofGrahamHurd Chapin,WilliamCollins andWilliamSheffield Cowles (1846-1923); second cousin thrice removed ofAddisonBeecher Colvin,HelenHerron Taft andWilliamSheffield Cowles (1898-1986); second cousin four times removed ofFranklinWoodruff,CalebSeymour Pitkin,RobertAlphonso Taft,CharlesPhelps Taft II andFrederickLippitt; second cousin five times removed ofFrankFiske Bostwick,RoyDikeman Chapin,EphraimHenry Cowles,WilliamHoward Taft III,RobertTaft Jr. andSethChase Taft; third cousin ofMosesSeymour andSimeonBaldwin; third cousin once removed ofTimothyPitkin,OrsamusCook Merrill,JamesDoolittle Wooster,HoratioSeymour (1778-1857),HenrySeymour,TimothyMerrill andRogerSherman Baldwin; third cousin twice removed ofElishaHotchkiss Jr.,JohnCharles Birdsall,JohnArnold Rockwell,OrigenStorrs Seymour,FrancisWilliam Kellogg,HoratioSeymour (1810-1886),AusburnBirdsall,FarrandFassett Merrill,GeorgeSeymour,RussellSage,McNeilSeymour,HenryWilliam Seymour andSimeonEben Baldwin; third cousin thrice removed ofWalterBooth,JesseHoyt,TrumanHotchkiss,Asa H.Otis,NormanA. Phelps,GeorgeIsaac Sherwood,JosephPomeroy Root,WilliamChapman Williston,EdwardWoodruff Seymour,DavidB. Sherwood,FrederickWalker Pitkin,JosephBattell,CharlesPage,AustinGeorge Nettleton,ThomasDudley Bradstreet,MorrisWoodruff Seymour,RowlandCase Kellogg,DwightMay Sabin,HoratioSeymour Jr.,AlbertPorter Bradstreet,GeorgeParker Bradstreet,ErwinJ. Baldwin,LutherS. Pitkin,NormanAlexander Seymour,RussellCowles Ostrander,ErnestHarvey Woodford,FrancisEverett Baldwin,BenjaminPixley Birdsall,LaMonte Cowles andHenryde Forest Baldwin; also third cousin thrice removed ofGardnerCowles. | | | | Political families:Rooseveltfamily of New York City, New York;Upsonfamily;Cowlesfamily of Wilkesboro, North Carolina (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Nicholas Roosevelt 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 andJamesI. Roosevelt; second cousin twice removed ofRobertBarnwell Roosevelt; second cousin thrice removed ofTheodoreRoosevelt,CorinneRoosevelt Robinson andFranklinDelano Roosevelt; second cousin four times removed ofHelenRoosevelt Robinson,TheodoreDouglas Robinson,AliceRoosevelt Longworth,EleanorRoosevelt,CorinneAlsop Cole,TheodoreRoosevelt Jr.,WilliamSheffield Cowles,JamesRoosevelt,ElliottRoosevelt andFranklinDelano Roosevelt Jr.; second cousin five times removed ofCorinneAlsop Chubb andJohndeKoven Alsop. | | | | Political family:Rooseveltfamily of New York City, New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). |
| | James I. Roosevelt (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. | | Bellamy Storer (1796-1875) — of Ohio. Born in Portland,CumberlandCounty, Maine,March26, 1796.Whig.U.S.Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1835-37; Whig PresidentialElector for Ohio,1844;state court judge in Ohio, 1854.DiedJune 1,1875 (age79 years, 67days).Interment atSpringGrove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio. | | Daniel Putnam Tyler (1798-1875) — also known asDaniel P. Tyler — of Brooklyn,WindhamCounty, Conn.Born in Brooklyn,WindhamCounty, Conn.,July 17,1798.Lawyer;member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Brooklyn, 1838;secretaryof state of Connecticut, 1844-46; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Connecticut,1856.Died in Brooklyn,WindhamCounty, Conn.,November6, 1875 (age77 years, 112days).Interment atSouth Cemetery, Brooklyn, Conn. | | James Monroe (1799-1870) — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Orange,EssexCounty, N.J.Born inAlbemarleCounty, Va.,September10, 1799.Whig.U.S.Representative from New York 3rd District, 1839-41; defeated,1835 (3rd District), 1836 (3rd District), 1840 (3rd District), 1846(6th District), 1848 (Independent Whig, 6th District); Patriotcandidate formayorof New York City, N.Y., 1842; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 10th District, 1850, 1852.Died in Orange,EssexCounty, N.J.,September7, 1870 (age70 years, 362days).Entombed atTrinityCemetery, Manhattan, N.Y. | | Calvin Josiah Cowles (1821-1907) — also known asC. J. Cowles — of Elkville,WilkesCounty, N.C.; Wilkesboro,WilkesCounty, N.C.; Charlotte,MecklenburgCounty, N.C.Born in Hamptonville,YadkinCounty, N.C.,January6, 1821.Republican.Merchant;delegateto North Carolina state constitutional convention, 1868; delegateto Republican National Convention from North Carolina,1868;candidate forU.S.Representative from North Carolina, 1868.Died in Wilkesboro,WilkesCounty, N.C.,April 1,1907 (age86 years, 85days).Interment atElmwoodCemetery, Charlotte, N.C.| | Relatives: Sonof Josiah Cowles (1791-1873) and Deborah (Sanford) Cowles; married,September19, 1844, to Martha Temperance Duvall; married,July 23,1868, to Ida Augusta Holden (daughter ofWilliamWoods Holden); father ofCharlesHolden Cowles; great-grandson ofJosiahCowles (1716-1793); second cousin ofCharlesUpson andGadEly Upson; second cousin twice removed ofDanielUpson; second cousin four times removed ofWilliamPitkin; third cousin twice removed ofDanielChapin andElaCollins; third cousin thrice removed ofMosesSeymour andSimeonBaldwin; fourth cousin ofChristopherColumbus Upson,AndrewSeth Upson andEvelynM. Upson; fourth cousin once removed ofGrahamHurd Chapin,WilliamCollins andWilliamSheffield Cowles. | | | | Political families:Rooseveltfamily of New York City, New York;Cowlesfamily of Wilkesboro, North Carolina (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). |
| | John Jacob Astor III (1822-1890) — Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,June 10,1822.Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War;Republican Presidential Elector for New York,1880(voted forJamesA. Garfield andChesterA. Arthur).Died in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February22, 1890 (age67 years, 257days).Interment atTrinityCemetery, Manhattan, N.Y.| | Relatives: Sonof William Backhouse Astor and Margaret Alida Rebecca (Armstrong)Astor; married to Charlotte Augusta Gibbes; father ofWilliamWaldorf Astor; grandson ofJohnArmstrong Jr. and John Jacob Astor; grandnephew ofRobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),JamesArmstrong andEdwardLivingston (1764-1836); granduncle ofWilliamAstor Chanler,LewisStuyvesant Chanler andHelenRoosevelt Robinson; great-grandson ofJohnArmstrong andRobertR. Livingston (1718-1775); second great-grandson ofRobertLivingston (1688-1775); second great-grandnephew ofJohnLivingston andGilbertLivingston; third great-grandson ofRobertLivingston the Elder andRobertLivingston the Younger; third great-grandnephew ofJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); fourth great-grandson ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724); first cousin thrice removed ofRobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston,RobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,PhilipLivingston,WilliamLivingston,JeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer andJamesLivingston; first cousin four times removed ofJohannesSchuyler (1697-1746) andPhilipP. Schuyler; first cousin five times removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler andMyndertDavidtse Schuyler; second cousin twice removed ofPeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston,PhilipVan Cortlandt,HenryBrockholst Livingston,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr.,PeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,PhilipJeremiah Schuyler,MaturinLivingston,PeterGoelet Gerry,OgdenLivingston Mills andRobertReginald Livingston; second cousin thrice removed ofStephanusBayard,PierreVan Cortlandt,PhilipJohn Schuyler,StephenJohn Schuyler,PieterSchuyler (1746-1792) andPeterSamuel Schuyler; second cousin four times removed ofMatthewClarkson (1733-1800); third cousin once removed ofStephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,HenryWalter Livingston,PeterAugustus Jay,RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,PhilipSchuyler,JamesAlexander Hamilton,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),WilliamJay,GerritSmith,CharlesLudlow Livingston (1800-1873),HamiltonFish andElizabethCady Stanton; third cousin twice removed ofNicholasBayard andJamesParker; third cousin thrice removed ofMatthewClarkson (1758-1825); fourth cousin ofGilbertLivingston Thompson,EdwardLivingston (1796-1840),WilliamDuer,HenryBell Van Rensselaer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard,JohnJay II,NicholasFish,HamiltonFish Jr. (1849-1936) andCortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer; fourth cousin once removed ofGeorgeWashington Schuyler,JohnCortlandt Parker,PhilipN. Schuyler,KiliaenVan Rensselaer,RobertRay Hamilton,JohnKean,HamiltonFish Kean,JonathanMayhew Wainwright,CharlesLudlow Livingston (born 1870) andHamiltonFish Jr. (1888-1991). | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Rooseveltfamily of New York City, New York;Chanler-Astor-Wardfamily of New York City, New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial |
| | Robert Barnwell Roosevelt (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. | | Joseph Wright Alsop (1838-1891) — also known asJoseph W. Alsop — of Middletown,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,August20, 1838.Democrat.Physician;member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives, 1873; member ofConnecticutstate senate, 1881-86 (18th District 1881, 22nd District1882-86); candidate forLieutenantGovernor of Connecticut, 1890.Died, fromheartdisease, in Fenwick, Old Saybrook,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.,June 24,1891 (age52 years, 308days).Interment atIndianHill Cemetery, Middletown, Conn. | | George Washington Roosevelt (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. | | William Sheffield Cowles (1846-1923) — also known asWilliam S. Cowles — of Farmington,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in Farmington,HartfordCounty, Conn.,August1, 1846.Republican. Member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Farmington, 1917-20.Died inWashington,D.C.,May 1,1923 (age76 years, 273days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Farmington, Conn.| | Relatives: Sonof Thomas Cowles and Elizabeth Eels (Sheffield) Cowles; married,November25, 1895, to Anna L. Roosevelt (sister ofTheodoreRoosevelt); father ofWilliamSheffield Cowles (1898-1986); second cousin once removed ofOrsamusCook Merrill andTimothyMerrill; second cousin twice removed ofJosiahCowles; second cousin thrice removed ofWilliamPitkin; third cousin ofFarrandFassett Merrill; third cousin once removed ofElaCollins; third cousin twice removed ofThomasSeymour andMosesSeymour; fourth cousin ofWilliamCollins; fourth cousin once removed ofTimothyPitkin,MorrisWoodruff,HoratioSeymour,HenrySeymour,CharlesUpson,CalvinJosiah Cowles,GadEly Upson,AddisonBeecher Colvin andHelenHerron Taft. | | | | Political families:Rooseveltfamily of New York City, New York;Cowlesfamily of Wilkesboro, North Carolina (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
 | Bellamy Storer (1847-1922) — of Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio.Born in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,August28, 1847.Republican.U.S.Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1891-95; U.S. Minister toBelgium, 1897-99;Spain, 1899-1902; U.S. Ambassador toAustria-Hungary, 1902-06.DiedNovember12, 1922 (age75 years, 76days).Interment atLeCimetiere Neuf, Marvejols, France. | | William Waldorf Astor (1848-1919) — also known as"Viscount Astor" — of New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.; Taplow, Buckinghamshire,England.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,March31, 1848.Republican. Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from New York County 11th District, 1878; memberofNewYork state senate 10th District, 1880-81; candidate forU.S.Representative from New York, 1880 (7th District), 1881 (11thDistrict); U.S. Minister toItaly, 1882-85; renounced his American citizenship and became aBritish subject in 1899; became a Baron in 1916 and a Viscount in1917; member of the British House of Lords.Heir to Astor family fortune of about $100 million; moved to Englandin 1890 and became a British subject.Died, ofheartdisease, in Brighton,England,October18, 1919 (age71 years, 201days).Cremated.| | Relatives: SonofJohnJacob Astor III and Charlotte Augusta (Gibbes) Astor; married,June 6,1878, to Mary Dahlgren Paul; great-grandson ofJohnArmstrong Jr. and John Jacob Astor; great-grandnephew ofRobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),JamesArmstrong andEdwardLivingston (1764-1836); second great-grandson ofJohnArmstrong andRobertR. Livingston (1718-1775); third great-grandson ofRobertLivingston (1688-1775); third great-grandnephew ofJohnLivingston andGilbertLivingston; fourth great-grandson ofRobertLivingston the Elder andRobertLivingston the Younger; fourth great-grandnephew ofJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); fifth great-grandson ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724); first cousin of Margaret Astor Ward (whomarriedJohnWinthrop Chanler); first cousin once removed ofWilliamAstor Chanler,LewisStuyvesant Chanler,HelenRoosevelt Robinson and William Vincent Astor (who marriedHelenDinsmore Huntington); first cousin four times removed ofRobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston,RobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,PhilipLivingston,WilliamLivingston,JeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer andJamesLivingston; first cousin five times removed ofJohannesSchuyler (1697-1746) andPhilipP. Schuyler; first cousin six times removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler andMyndertDavidtse Schuyler; second cousin thrice removed ofPeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston,PhilipVan Cortlandt,HenryBrockholst Livingston,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr.,PeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,PhilipJeremiah Schuyler andMaturinLivingston; second cousin four times removed ofStephanusBayard,PierreVan Cortlandt,PhilipJohn Schuyler,StephenJohn Schuyler,PieterSchuyler (1746-1792) andPeterSamuel Schuyler; second cousin five times removed ofMatthewClarkson; third cousin once removed ofPeterGoelet Gerry,OgdenLivingston Mills andRobertReginald Livingston; third cousin twice removed ofStephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,HenryWalter Livingston,PeterAugustus Jay,RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,PhilipSchuyler,JamesAlexander Hamilton,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),WilliamJay,GerritSmith,CharlesLudlow Livingston,HamiltonFish andElizabethCady Stanton; third cousin thrice removed ofNicholasBayard andJamesParker; fourth cousin once removed ofGilbertLivingston Thompson,EdwardLivingston (1796-1840),WilliamDuer,HenryBell Van Rensselaer,DenningDuer,HenryBrockholst Ledyard,JohnJay II,NicholasFish,HamiltonFish Jr. andCortlandtSchuyler Van Rensselaer. | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Rooseveltfamily of New York City, New York;Chanler-Astor-Wardfamily of New York City, New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipedia article —U.S.State Dept career summary —NNDBdossier |
 | Theodore Roosevelt (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, toEdithKermit Carow (first cousin once removed ofDanielPutnam Tyler); father ofAliceLee Roosevelt (who marriedNicholasLongworth) andTheodoreRoosevelt Jr.; nephew ofRobertBarnwell Roosevelt; uncle ofTheodoreDouglas Robinson,EleanorRoosevelt (who marriedFranklinDelano Roosevelt (1882-1945)),CorinneAlsop Cole andWilliamSheffield Cowles (1898-1986); grandnephew ofJamesI. Roosevelt; granduncle ofJamesRoosevelt,ElliottRoosevelt,CorinneAlsop Chubb,FranklinDelano Roosevelt Jr. 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 ofNicholasRoosevelt Jr.; third cousin twice removed ofMartinVan Buren; fourth cousin once removed ofFranklinDelano 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 |
| | Francis Emanuel Shober (1860-1919) — also known asFrank E. Shober — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Salisbury,RowanCounty, N.C.,October24, 1860.Democrat.Schoolteacher;minister;newspaperreporter;newspapereditor;U.S.Representative from New York 17th District, 1903-05; defeated,1906.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Died in Danbury,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,October7, 1919 (age58 years, 348days).Interment atWoosterCemetery, Danbury, Conn. | | Corinne Roosevelt Robinson (1861-1933) — also known asCorinne Roosevelt — Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September27, 1861.Republican.Poet;lecturer;speaker, Republican National Convention, 1920.Female.Died, frompleuralpneumonia, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February17, 1933 (age71 years, 143days).Interment atRobinsonCemetery, Warren town, Herkimer County, N.Y. | | Edith Roosevelt (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.  | Nicholas Longworth (1869-1931) — of Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio.Born in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,November5, 1869.Republican.Lawyer;member ofOhiostate house of representatives from Hamilton County, 1900;defeated, 1897; member ofOhiostate senate, 1901;U.S.Representative from Ohio 1st District, 1903-13, 1915-31;defeated, 1912; died in office 1931;Speaker ofthe U.S. House, 1925-31; died in office 1931.Died, ofpneumonia,in Aiken,AikenCounty, S.C.,April 9,1931 (age61 years, 155days).Interment atSpringGrove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio.  | Felix Moritz Warburg (1871-1937) — also known asFelix M. Warburg — of Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.Born in Hamburg,Germany,January14, 1871.Republican. Naturalized U.S. citizen;financier;philanthropist; Republican Presidential Elector for New York,1908.Jewish.Died, from aheartattack, in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October20, 1937 (age66 years, 279days).Interment atSalemFields Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y. | | Hendon Chubb (1874-1960) — of West Orange,EssexCounty, N.J.Born in New Jersey,March19, 1874.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from NewJersey,1936;Republican candidate for Presidential Elector for New Jersey,1940.DiedSeptember3, 1960 (age86 years, 168days).Interment atHoly Innocents Cemetery, Essex County, N.J. | | Joseph Wright Alsop (1876-1953) — also known asJoseph W. Alsop — of Avon,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in Middletown,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.,April 2,1876.Dairyfarmer;tobaccogrower;insurancebusiness; member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Avon, 1907-08; member ofConnecticutstate senate 5th District, 1909-12; member ofConnecticutRepublican State Central Committee, 1909-12; Progressivecandidate forU.S.Representative from Connecticut 1st District, 1912;firstselectman of Avon, Connecticut, 1922-50.Episcopalian.Member,DeltaPsi.Died, following aheartattack, in the St. Francis XavierInfirmary,Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,March17, 1953 (age76 years, 349days).Interment atIndianHill Cemetery, Middletown, Conn. | | Helen Roosevelt Robinson (1881-1962) — also known asHelen Rebecca Roosevelt — of Mohawk,HerkimerCounty, N.Y.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,September26, 1881.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromNew York,1940.Female.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,July 8,1962 (age80 years, 285days).Interment atRobinsonCemetery, Warren town, Herkimer County, N.Y.| | Relatives:Daughter of James Roosevelt Roosevelt and Helen Schermerhorn (Astor)Robinson; married1904 toTheodoreDouglas Robinson; half-niece ofFranklinDelano Roosevelt; grandniece ofJohnJacob Astor III; second great-granddaughter ofJohnArmstrong Jr.; second great-grandniece ofRobertR. Livingston (1746-1813),JamesArmstrong andEdwardLivingston; third great-granddaughter ofJohnArmstrong andRobertR. Livingston (1718-1775); fourth great-granddaughter ofRobertLivingston (1688-1775); fourth great-grandniece ofJohnLivingston,GilbertLivingston andJabezHuntington; fifth great-granddaughter ofRobertLivingston the Elder andRobertLivingston the Younger; fifth great-grandniece ofJohannesSchuyler (1668-1747); sixth great-granddaughter ofPieterSchuyler (1657-1724); half-first cousin ofFranklinDelano Roosevelt Jr.; first cousin ofJamesRoosevelt andElliottRoosevelt; first cousin once removed ofWilliamWaldorf Astor; first cousin thrice removed ofElizabethMonroe; first cousin five times removed ofRobertLivingston (1708-1790),PeterVan Brugh Livingston,RobertGilbert Livingston,HenryGilbert Livingston,PhilipLivingston,WilliamLivingston,JeremiahVan Rensselaer,RobertVan Rensselaer,JedediahHuntington,JamesLivingston andEbenezerHuntington; first cousin six times removed ofJohannesSchuyler (1697-1746) andPhilipP. Schuyler; first cousin seven times removed ofDavidDavidse Schuyler,MyndertDavidtse Schuyler andBenjaminHuntington; second cousin ofWilliamAstor Chanler andLewisStuyvesant Chanler; second cousin twice removed ofSamuelLaurence Gouverneur; second cousin four times removed ofPeterRobert Livingston (1737-1794),WalterLivingston,PhilipPeter Livingston,PhilipVan Cortlandt,HenryBrockholst Livingston,NicholasRoosevelt Jr.,PierreVan Cortlandt Jr.,PeterRobert Livingston (1766-1847),JacobRutsen Van Rensselaer,PhilipJeremiah Schuyler,MaturinLivingston andJabezWilliams Huntington; second cousin five times removed ofStephanusBayard,PierreVan Cortlandt,PhilipJohn Schuyler,StephenJohn Schuyler,PieterSchuyler (1746-1792) andPeterSamuel Schuyler; third cousin ofFrancisHolden Aspinwall; third cousin thrice removed ofStephenVan Rensselaer,PhilipSchuyler Van Rensselaer,HenryWalter Livingston,PhilipDePeyster,PeterAugustus Jay,RensselaerWesterlo,EdwardPhilip Livingston,WilliamAlexander Duer,JohnDuer,PhilipSchuyler,JamesAlexander Hamilton,PeterRobert Livingston (1789-1859),WilliamJay,JamesI. Roosevelt,GerritSmith,CharlesLudlow Livingston,HamiltonFish andElizabethCady Stanton; fourth cousin ofPeterGoelet Gerry,OgdenLivingston Mills andRobertReginald Livingston. | | | | Political families:Livingston-Schuylerfamily of New York;Rooseveltfamily of New York City, New York (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | Epitaph: "To live in the hearts / Ofthose we love / Is not to die." | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
 | Franklin Delano Roosevelt (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, toAnnaEleanor Roosevelt (niece ofTheodoreRoosevelt (1858-1919); first cousin ofCorinneDouglas Robinson); father ofJamesRoosevelt (1907-1991),ElliottRoosevelt andFranklinDelano 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 ofNicholasRoosevelt Jr. andJabezWilliams Huntington; second cousin five times removed ofSamuelHuntington,GeorgeWashington,JoshuaCoit,HenryHuntington,GurdonHuntington andSamuelGager; third cousin twice removed ofPhilipDePeyster andJamesI. Roosevelt; third cousin thrice removed ofSulifandSutherland Ross; fourth cousin once removed ofUlyssesSimpson Grant,RobertBarnwell Roosevelt,RogerWolcott andTheodoreRoosevelt (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 |
 | Theodore Douglas Robinson (1883-1934) — also known asTheodore D. Robinson — of Mohawk,HerkimerCounty, N.Y.Born in Mohawk,HerkimerCounty, N.Y.,April28, 1883.Republican.Real estatebusiness; member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Herkimer County, 1912; member ofNew Yorkstate senate, 1917-18, 1921-24 (32nd District 1917-18, 35thDistrict 1921-24); Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Navy, 1924-29.Died in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April10, 1934 (age50 years, 347days).Interment atRobinsonCemetery, Warren town, Herkimer County, N.Y. | | Francis Watkinson Cole (1883-1966) — also known asFrancis W. Cole — of Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.,June 11,1883.Lawyer;delegateto Connecticut convention to ratify 21st amendment 2nd District,1933; chairman, TravelersInsuranceCompanies, 1945-55; director, Chase NationalBank andUnitedAircraftCorporation.Died in Hartford,HartfordCounty, Conn.,December7, 1966 (age83 years, 179days).Interment atCedarHill Cemetery, Hartford, Conn.| | Relatives: Sonof Charles James Cole and Elisabeth Adams (Huntington) Cole; married1910 toGrace Brockway Kaufman; married,April12, 1956, toCorinneRobinson Alsop; second great-grandson ofHenryChampion; second great-grandnephew ofEpaphroditusChampion; second cousin thrice removed ofTheodoreDwight,AugustusSeymour Porter (1769-1849) andPeterBuell Porter; second cousin five times removed ofBenjaminHuntington; third cousin twice removed ofWilliamAugustus Bird,AugustusSeymour Porter (1798-1872),PeterBuell Porter Jr. andPeterAugustus Porter (1827-1864); third cousin thrice removed ofJabezHuntington,JohnDavenport,JoshuaCoit,JamesDavenport,HenryHuntington,GurdonHuntington,SamuelLathrop,AbelHuntington andAmaziahBrainard; fourth cousin once removed ofUlyssesSimpson Grant,PeterAugustus Porter (1853-1925) andEdwardWilliams Hooker. | | | | Political family:Rooseveltfamily of New York City, New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
 | Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884-1980) — also known asAlice Lee Roosevelt;"PrincessAlice" —ofWashington,D.C.Born in New York,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,February12, 1884.Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Ohio,1936,1940(HonoraryVice-President;speaker);newspapercolumnist.Female.Died, frompneumonia,emphysema,andcardiacarrest, inWashington,D.C.,February20, 1980 (age96 years, 8days).Cremated;ashes interred atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.| | Relatives:Step-daughter ofEdithRoosevelt; daughter ofTheodoreRoosevelt and Alice Hathaway (Lee) Roosevelt; half-sister ofTheodoreRoosevelt Jr.; married,February17, 1906, toNicholasLongworth; niece ofCorinneRoosevelt Robinson; grandniece ofRobertBarnwell Roosevelt; grandaunt ofSusanRoosevelt Weld; great-grandniece ofJamesI. Roosevelt; second great-grandniece ofWilliamBellinger Bulloch; third great-granddaughter ofArchibaldBulloch; first cousin ofTheodoreDouglas Robinson,EleanorRoosevelt,CorinneAlsop Cole andWilliamSheffield Cowles; first cousin once removed ofJamesRoosevelt,ElliottRoosevelt,CorinneAlsop Chubb,FranklinDelano Roosevelt Jr. andJohndeKoven Alsop; second cousin thrice removed ofPhilipDePeyster; second cousin four times removed ofNicholasRoosevelt Jr.. | | | | Political family:Rooseveltfamily of New York City, New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial | | | | Books about Alice Roosevelt Longworth:Carol Felsenthal,PrincessAlice: The Life and Times of Alice RooseveltLongworth | | | | Image source: Time magazine, February7, 1927 |
| | Eleanor Roosevelt (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 marriedDorothyKemp Roosevelt); married,March17, 1905, toFranklinDelano Roosevelt; mother ofJamesRoosevelt,ElliottRoosevelt andFranklinDelano Roosevelt Jr.; niece ofTheodoreRoosevelt andCorinneRoosevelt Robinson; grandniece ofRobertBarnwell Roosevelt; great-grandniece ofJamesI. Roosevelt; second great-grandniece ofWilliamBellinger Bulloch; third great-granddaughter ofArchibaldBulloch; first cousin ofTheodoreDouglas Robinson,AliceRoosevelt Longworth,CorinneAlsop Cole,TheodoreRoosevelt 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 ofNicholasRoosevelt 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 |
| | Warren Delano Robbins (1885-1935) — of Fairhaven,BristolCounty, Mass.Born in Brooklyn,KingsCounty, N.Y.,September3, 1885.U.S. Minister toEl Salvador, 1928;Canada, 1933-35.Died, frompneumonia,in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,April 7,1935 (age49 years, 216days).Interment atRiversideCemetery, Fairhaven, Mass. | | Corinne Alsop Cole (1886-1971) — also known asCorinne Douglas Robinson;Corinne RobinsonAlsop;Corinne R. Alsop —of Avon,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in Orange,EssexCounty, N.J.,July 2,1886.Republican. Member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Avon, 1925-26, 1929-32;delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut,1936(speaker);member ofConnecticutRepublican State Central Committee, 1940.Female.Died in Avon,HartfordCounty, Conn.,June 23,1971 (age84 years, 356days).Interment atIndianHill Cemetery, Middletown, Conn.| | Relatives:Daughter of Douglas Robinson andCorinneRoosevelt Robinson; sister ofTheodoreDouglas Robinson; married,November4, 1909, toJosephWright Alsop (1876-1953) (son ofJosephWright Alsop (1838-1891)); married,April12, 1956, toFrancisWatkinson Cole; mother of Joseph Alsop,CorinneAlsop Chubb, Stewart Alsop andJohndeKoven Alsop; niece ofTheodoreRoosevelt; grandmother of Corinne Roosevelt Robinson Chubb (whomarriedWarrenZimmermann); grandniece ofRobertBarnwell Roosevelt; great-granddaughter ofJamesMonroe (1799-1870); great-grandniece ofThomasBell Monroe andJamesI. Roosevelt; second great-grandniece ofJamesMonroe (1758-1831) andWilliamBellinger Bulloch; third great-granddaughter ofArchibaldBulloch; first cousin ofAliceRoosevelt Longworth,EleanorRoosevelt (who marriedFranklinDelano Roosevelt),TheodoreRoosevelt Jr. andWilliamSheffield Cowles; first cousin once removed ofJamesRoosevelt,ElliottRoosevelt andFranklinDelano Roosevelt Jr.; first cousin twice removed ofVictorMonroe andSusanRoosevelt Weld; first cousin five times removed ofWilliamGrayson; second cousin thrice removed ofPhilipDePeyster; second cousin four times removed ofNicholasRoosevelt Jr.,AlfredWilliam Grayson andBeverlyRobinson Grayson. | | | | Political family:Rooseveltfamily of New York City, New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Theodore Roosevelt 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. | | Katharine Price Collier St. George (1894-1983) — also known asKatharine St. George;Katharine Delano PriceCollier —of Tuxedo Park,OrangeCounty, N.Y.Born in Bridgnorth, Shropshire,England,July12, 1894.Republican. Executive vice-president and treasurer, St. GeorgeCoalCompany; delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1944;speaker,1956;Parliamentarian,1960;U.S.Representative from New York, 1947-65 (29th District 1947-53,28th District 1953-63, 27th District 1963-65); defeated, 1964.Female.Episcopalian.Member,Daughters of theAmerican Revolution.Died in Tuxedo Park,OrangeCounty, N.Y.,May 2,1983 (age88 years, 294days).Interment atSt.Mary's-in-Tuxedo Church Cemetery, Tuxedo Park, N.Y. | | Dorothy Kemp Roosevelt (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. | | William Sheffield Cowles (1898-1986) — also known asW. Sheffield Cowles — of Farmington,HartfordCounty, Conn.Born in Manhattan,New YorkCounty, N.Y.,October18, 1898.Republican. Member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Farmington; elected 1948,1954; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut,1956(member,Committeeon Permanent Organization).Died in Farmington,HartfordCounty, Conn., May,1986(age87years, 0 days).Burial location unknown. | | John Hay Whitney (1904-1982) — also known asJock Whitney — of Manhasset,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.Born in Ellsworth,HancockCounty, Maine,August17, 1904.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II;financier;alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from New York,1956,1968;U.S. Ambassador toGreat Britain, 1957-61; publisher of the New YorkHeraldTribunenewspaper,1961-66.Member,DeltaKappa Epsilon.Died in Manhasset,NassauCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,February8, 1982 (age77 years, 175days).Interment atChristChurch Cemetery, Manhasset, Long Island, N.Y. | | James Roosevelt (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: SonofFranklinDelano Roosevelt andEleanorRoosevelt; brother ofElliottRoosevelt andFranklinDelano 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 ofTheodoreRoosevelt andCorinneRoosevelt Robinson; great-grandnephew ofRobertBarnwell Roosevelt; second great-grandnephew ofJamesI. 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,TheodoreRoosevelt 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 ofNicholasRoosevelt 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 |
| | Elliott Roosevelt (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: SonofFranklinDelano Roosevelt andEleanorRoosevelt; brother ofJamesRoosevelt andFranklinDelano 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 ofTheodoreRoosevelt andCorinneRoosevelt Robinson; great-grandnephew ofRobertBarnwell Roosevelt; second great-grandnephew ofJamesI. 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,TheodoreRoosevelt 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 ofNicholasRoosevelt Jr.,PhilipDePeyster andJabezWilliams Huntington; third cousin ofFrancisHolden Aspinwall. | | | | Political family:Rooseveltfamily of New York City, New York (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | See alsoWikipediaarticle |
| | Corinne Alsop Chubb (1912-1997) — also known asCorinne A. Chubb;Corinne RooseveltAlsop —of Chester,MorrisCounty, N.J.Born in Avon,HartfordCounty, Conn.,March14, 1912.Republican. Philanthropist; alternate delegate to Republican NationalConvention from New Jersey,1956.Female.Died in Chester,MorrisCounty, N.J.,December9, 1997 (age85 years, 270days).Interment atHoly Innocents Cemetery, Essex County, N.J. | | Franklin Delano Roosevelt 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: SonofFranklinDelano Roosevelt andEleanorRoosevelt; brother ofJamesRoosevelt andElliottRoosevelt; 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 ofRobertBarnwell Roosevelt; second great-grandnephew ofJamesI. 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,TheodoreRoosevelt 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 ofNicholasRoosevelt 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 |
| | John deKoven Alsop (1915-2000) — also known asJohn Alsop — of Avon,HartfordCounty, Conn.; Old Lyme,New LondonCounty, Conn.Born in Avon,HartfordCounty, Conn.,August4, 1915.Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;insuranceexecutive; member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from Avon, 1947-50; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Connecticut,1952,1960,1968,1972;Republican candidate forGovernor ofConnecticut, 1958 (primary), 1962;delegateto Connecticut state constitutional convention 6th District,1965; member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Connecticut, 1968.Episcopalian.Died, in ahealthcare center at Old Saybrook,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.,April 6,2000 (age84 years, 246days).Interment atIndianHill Cemetery, Middletown, Conn. | | Warren Zimmermann (1934-2004) — Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,November16, 1934.Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador toYugoslavia, 1988-92; Assistant Secretary of State forPopulation, Refugees, and Migration Affairs, 1992-94.Died in Great Falls,FairfaxCounty, Va.,February3, 2004 (age69 years, 79days).Burial location unknown. | | William Floyd Weld (b. 1945) — also known asWilliam F. Weld;Bill Weld — of Massachusetts. Born in Smithtown,SuffolkCounty, Long Island, N.Y.,July 31,1945.Candidate forMassachusettsstate attorney general, 1978;U.S.Attorney for Massachusetts, 1981-86;Governor ofMassachusetts, 1991-97; resigned 1997; Republican candidate forU.S.Senator from Massachusetts, 1996; Libertarian candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 2016; candidate for Republicannomination for President,2020.Episcopalian.Member,Council onForeign Relations.Still living as of 2020. | | Susan Roosevelt Weld — also known asSusan Roosevelt — First Lady of Massachusetts, 1991-97.Female.Still living as of 2022.
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