Born:23-Dec-1907 Birthplace:New York City Died:13-Aug-1991 Location of death:Newport Beach, CA Cause of death:Stroke Remains: Buried,Pacific View Memorial Park, Corona del Mar, CA
Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Politician Party Affiliation: Democratic Nationality: United States Executive summary: Congressman from California, 1955-65 Military service: USMC (1940-45); USMC Reserve (Brig. Gen.) Father:Franklin D. Roosevelt (US President, b. 30-Jan-1882, d. 12-Apr-1945) Mother:Eleanor Roosevelt (First Lady, b. 11-Oct-1884, d. 7-Nov-1962) Sister: Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (b. 3-May-1906, d. 1-Dec-1975) Brother: Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. (1st, d. 1909 in infancy) Brother: Elliott Roosevelt (b. 23-Sept-1910, d. 27-Oct-1990) Brother:Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. (US Congressman, b. 17-Aug-1914, d. 17-Aug-1988) Brother: John Aspinwall Roosevelt (b. 13-Mar-1916, d. 27-Apr-1981) Wife: Betsey Cushing (m. 4-Jun-1930, div. 7-Mar-1940, two daughters) Daughter: Sara Delano Roosevelt (b. 13-Mar-1932) Daughter: Kate Roosevelt Whitney (b. 16-Feb-1936) Wife: Romelle Theresa Schneider (m. 14-Apr-1941, div. 21-Jun-1955, two sons, one daughter) Son: James Roosevelt, Jr. (b. 9-Nov-1945) Son: Michael Anthony Roosevelt (b. 7-Dec-1946) Daughter: Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (b. 10-Jan-1948) Wife: Gladys Irene Owens (m. 2-Jul-1956, div. 1969, one son) Son: Hall Delano Roosevelt (b. 27-Jun-1957) Wife: Mary Lena Winskill (m. 3-Oct-1969, until his death, one daughter) Daughter: Rebecca Mary Roosevelt (b. 12-Apr-1971)
High School:St. Albans School High School:Groton School (1926) University:Harvard University (1930)
US State Department Delegate to UN Economic and Social Council (1965-66) US Congressman, California 26th (3-Jan-1955 to 30-Sep-1965, resigned) California State Democratic Central Committee Chairman (1946-48) Roosevelt & Haines, Inc. White House Staff Secy. to PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt (1937-38) Roosevelt & Sargent, Inc. Navy Cross Silver Star Risk Factors:Parkinson's
The Purple Gang (5-Jan-1960) · Himself
Author of books: Affectionately, FDR (1959, memoir, with Sidney Shalett) My Parents (1976, memoir, with Bill Libby)
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