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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Rooseveltr in the United States Marine Corps, aide to his father, official Secretary to the President, Democratic Party activist, and businessman.st 36th Street. He attended the Potomac School and the National Cathedral School in Washington, D.C., and the Groton School in Massachusetts. At Groton, he rowed and played football, as well as serving as a prefect in his senior year. After graduation in 1926, he attended Harvard University, where he rowed with the freshman and junior varsity crews. At Harvard, he followed some family traditions, joining the Signet Society and Hasty Pudding Club, which both his father President Franklin D. Roosevelt and uncle President Theodore Roosevelt had been members of, as well as the Fly Club, which his father had joined, and Institute of the 1770. He graduated from Harvard University in 1930 and was elected permanent treasurer of his class.rsity School of Law. He also took a sales job with Boston insurance agent Victor De Gerard. Roosevelt was so successful that within a year, he abandoned his law studies. In 1932 he started his own insurance agency, Roosevelt and Sargent, in partnership with John A. Sargent. As president of Roosevelt & Sargent, he made a substantial fortune (about $500,000). He resigned from the firm in 1937, when he officially went to work in the White House, but retained his half ownership. is words, as his father's "page and prop". In 1928, he and some Harvard classmates campaigned for Democratic Presidential nominee Al Smith. In 1932, he headed FDR's Massachusetts campaign; he made about two hundred campaign speeches that year. Though FDR lost the Massachusetts Democratic primary to Al Smith, FDR easily carried Massachusetts in the November election. James Roosevelt was viewed as his father's political deputy in Massachusetts, allocating patronage in alliance with Boston mayor James Curley. He was also a delegate from Massachusetts to the Constitutional Convention for the repeal of Prohibition in 1933.tion James Roosevelt was commissioned as Lieutenant colonel in the Marine Corps. He then accompanied FDR to the Inter-American Conference at Buenos Aires in December as a military aide. On January 6, 1937, he was officially appointed "administrative assistant to the President", on July 1, 1937, he was appointed Secretary to the President. He became White House coordinator for eighteen federal agencies in October, 1937.July 1938, there were allegations that James Roosevelt had used his political position to steer lucrative business to his insurance firm. James had to publish his income tax returns and denied these allegations in an NBC broadcast and an interview in Collier's Magazine. He resigned from his White House position in November 1938.lywood, California, where he accepted a job with motion picture producer Samuel Goldwyn. He was on Goldwyn's payroll until November 1940. In 1939 he set up "Globe Productions", a company to produce short films for penny arcades, but the company was liquidated in 1944 while James was on active duty with the Marine Corps. Roosevelt also produced the film Pot o' Gold and distributed the British film Pastor Hall.Captain in the Marine Corps Reserves. In November 1940, he went on active duty. In early 1941, the President sent him to the Middle East as a military attaché with the British forces. He travelled extensively in the area, and observed several important campaigns. information with other agencies.econd-in-command of the 2nd Raider Battalion under Evans Carlson who Roosevelt knew when Carlson commanded the Marine Detachment at the Warm Springs, Georgia residence of Franklin Roosevelt. His influence helped win Presidential backing for the Raiders, who were opposed by Marine traditionalists.Navy Cross. He was given command of the new 4th Raiders, but was invalided in February 1943. He served in various staff positions during the rest of the war. In November 1943, he accompanied Army troops in the invasion of Makin, and was awarded the Silver Star by the Army. He retired from active duty in October 1945, with rank of Colonel.n 1959 at the rank of Brigadier General.r, Roosevelt returned to live in California. He rejoined Roosevelt and Sargent as an executive vice president, and established the company's office in Los Angeles. In 1946 he became chairman of the board of Roosevelt and Haines, successor to Roosevelt and Sargent. He later became president of Roosevelt and Company, Inc.tic Central Committee. He also began making daily radio broadcasts of political commentary. Roosevelt was prominent in the movement to draft Dwight Eisenhower as the Democratic candidate for President in 1948. When President Truman was renominated instead, Roosevelt stepped down as state chairman on August 8. He remained a Democratic National Committeeman until 1952.Democratic candidate for Governor of California, but lost to incumbent Earl Warren by almost 30%. "safe" Democratic district. He was re-elected to five additional terms, serving from 1955 to 1965. Roosevelt was one of the first politicians to denounce the tactics of Senator Joseph McCarthy. He was also the only Representative to vote against appropriating funds for the House Un-American Activities Committee.orty, but lost in the primary. Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Roosevelt resigned from UNESCO in December 1966, and retired to private life and became an executive of the Investors Overseas Services Service.pite having been a liberal Democrat all of his life, James Roosevelt supported President Nixon's re-election in 1972 and Ronald Reagan in 1980 and 1984.th Sidney Shalett, 1959) and My Parents, a Differing View (with Bill Libby, 1976). He authored the novel "A Family Matter" (with Sam Toperoff, 1979), and edited "The Liberal Papers," published 1962.children.velt (born December 7, 1946)h, California in 1991 of complications arising from a stroke and Parkinson's disease. He was 83 and was the last surviving child of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt.oosevelt-james-al/

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  1. Geni World Family Tree, via https://www.myheritage.com/research/reco..., September 16, 2020
    James RooseveltGender: MaleAlias name: AlBirth: Dec 23 1907 - Hyde Park, Dutchess County, NY, United StatesOccupation: businessmanMarriage: Spouse: Gladys Irene Owens Schultz Roosevelt (born Kitchner) - July 1 1956 - Los Angeles County, CA, United StatesDivorce: Spouse: Gladys Irene Owens Schultz Roosevelt (born Kitchner) - Sep 1969Death: Aug 13 1991 - Newport Beach, California, United StatesBurial: Pacific View Memerial ParkFather: Franklin Delano RooseveltMother: Anna Eleanor RooseveltSpouse: Roosevelt (born Winskill)Ex-wives: Betsey Maria Whitney (born Cushing), Romelle Theresa Schneider, Gladys Irene Owens Schultz Roosevelt (born Kitchner)Children: Sara Delano Wilford (born Roosevelt), Haddad (born Roosevelt), Roosevelt, III, , Johnston (born Roosevelt), Roosevelt, RooseveltSiblings: Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Elliott Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr./USN, John Aspinwall Roosevelt, USN
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    General James Roosevelt<br>Gender: Male<br>Birth: Dec 23 1907 - Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States<br>Marriage: Spouse: Betsey Maria Cushing - June 4 1930 - Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States<br>Marriage: Spouse: Betsey Cushing - June 4 1930 - Brookline, MA<br>Marriage: Spouse: Romelle Theresa Schneider - 1941<br>Marriage: Spouse: Gladys Irene Kitchenmaster - July 2 1956 - Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States<br>Divorce: Spouse: Betsey Maria Cushing - Mar 7 1940<br>Divorce: Spouse: Gladys Irene Kitchenmaster - 1969<br>Residence: 1910 - Manhattan Ward 19, New York, New York, United States<br>Residence: 1920 - Washington, Washington, District of Columbia, United States<br>Residence: 1930 - Albany, Albany, New York<br>Residence: 1935 - Boston, Massachusetts<br>Residence: 1940 - Councilmanic District 3, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Township, Los Angeles, California, United States<br>Death: Aug 13 1991 - Newport Beach, Orange, California, United States&lt;br>Death: Aug 13 1991 - San Diego, California, United States<br>Death: Aug 14 1991 - Santa Ana, California, United States<br>Death: Aug 14 1991 - North Carolina, United States<br>Death: Aug 14 1991 - Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States<br>Death: Aug 14 1991 - Washington, United States<br>Death: Aug 14 1991 - Albany, New York, United States<br>Death: Aug 14 1991 - Pennsylvania, United States<br>Death: Aug 14 1991 - California, United States<br>Death: Aug 14 1991 - Oklahoma, United States<br>Death: Aug 14 1991 - New York, United States<br>Death: Aug 14 1991 - Illinois, United States<br>Death: Aug 14 1991 - Kentucky, United States<br>Death: Aug 14 1991 - Raleigh, North Carolina, United States<br>Death: Aug 14 1991 - Texas, United States<br>Death: Aug 14 1991 - Missouri, United States<br>Death: Aug 14 1991 - San Diego, California, United States<br>Death: Aug 14 1991 - Colorado, United States<br>Death: Aug 18 1991 - Illinois, United States<br>Death: Aug 18 1991 - Colorado, United States<br>Death: Aug 18 1991 - Washington, United States<br>Burial: Aug 1991 - Pacific View Memorial Park, Corona del Mar, Orange, California, United States<br>There seems to be an issue with this person's relatives. View this person on FamilySearch to see this information.<br>&nbsp; Additional information: LifeSketch:James "Jimmy" Roosevelt II (December 23, 1907 – August 13, 1991) was an American businessman, Marine, activist, and Democratic Party politician. The oldest son of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt, he received the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism while serving as a Marine Corps officer during World War II. He served as an official Secretary to the President and in the United States House of Representatives. the National Cathedral School in Washington, D.C., and the Groton School in Massachusetts. At Groton, he rowed and played football, and was a prefect in his senior year. After graduation in 1926, he attended Harvard College, where he rowed with the freshman and junior varsity crews. At Harvard he followed family traditions, joining the Signet Society and Hasty Pudding Club, of which both his father and his maternal granduncle and paternal fifth cousin once removed, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, had been members, as well as the Fly Club, which his father had joined, and Institute of the 1770. He graduated from Harvard in 1930 and was elected permanent treasurer of his class. firm of Victor De Gerard of Boston in 1930, remaining with that firm when it amalgamated with the John Paulding Meade Company which, in turn, amalgamated with O'Brion, Russell and Company in 1932. Roosevelt was so successful, that within one year, he had abandoned his law studies. In 1932 he started his own insurance agency, Roosevelt & Sargent, in partnership with John A. Sargent. As president of Roosevelt & Sargent, he made a substantial fortune (about $500,000, or more than $9 million in 2018 dollars). He resigned from the firm in 1937, when he officially went to work in the White House, but retained his half ownership. He was also elected a director of Boston Metropolitan Buildings, Inc. in 1933. Roosevelt also served briefly as president of the National Grain Yeast Corporation from May to November 1935.. In 1928, he and some Harvard classmates campaigned for Democratic Presidential nominee Al Smith. In 1932, he headed FDR's Massachusetts campaign; he made about two hundred campaign speeches that year. Though FDR lost the Massachusetts Democratic primary (to Smith), he easily carried Massachusetts in the November election. James Roosevelt was viewed as his father's political deputy in Massachusetts, allocating patronage in alliance with Boston mayor James Michael Curley. He was also a delegate from Massachusetts to the Constitutional Convention for the repeal of Prohibition in 1933. ventures were aided by Kennedy, including his maritime insurance interests, and the National Grain Yeast Corp. affair (1933–35). Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau, Jr. threatened to resign unless FDR forced James to leave the latter company, suspected of being a front for bootlegging. James Roosevelt was instrumental in securing Kennedy's appointment as ambassador to the United Kingdom.s a lieutenant colonel in the Marine Corps, which caused public controversy for its obvious political implications. He accompanied his father to the Inter-American Conference at Buenos Aires in December as a military aide. On January 6, 1937, he was officially appointed "administrative assistant to the President"; on July 1, 1937, he was appointed Secretary to the President. He became White House coordinator for eighteen federal agencies in October 1937.quot;Assistant President of the United States".d to publish his income tax returns and denied these allegations in an NBC broadcast and an interview in Collier's magazine. This became known as the Jimmy's Got It affair after Alva Johnston's reportage in the Saturday Evening Post. Roosevelt resigned from his White House position in November 1938.ood, California, where he first accepted a job as a $750/week administrative assistant for motion picture producer Samuel Goldwyn. He was on Goldwyn's payroll until November 1940. In 1939 he set up "Globe Productions", a company to produce short films for penny arcades, but the company was liquidated in 1944 while James was on active duty with the Marine Corps. Roosevelt also produced the film Pot o' Gold and distributed the British film Pastor Hall. in a payoff scheme that was intended to buy peace with movie industry labor unions. In 1942, Schenck pleaded guilty to one count of perjury and spent four months in prison before being paroled. In October 1945, Harry S. Truman granted Schenck a presidential pardon, a fact which did not become known to the public until 1947.War IIas a captain in the Marine Corps Reserve. He went on active duty in November 1940.erous governments that the United States would soon be in the war. The leaders contacted included Chiang Kai-shek in China, King Farouk in Egypt, and King George of Greece. During this trip, Roosevelt came under German air attack in both Crete and Iraq. In the African/Middle Eastern portion of the mission, he traveled with Britain's Lord Mountbatten as far as Bathurst in the Gambia. They reported on trans-African air ferry conditions, an important concern of FDR and Winston Churchill at the time. In August, Roosevelt joined the staff of William J. Donovan, Coordinator of Information, with the job of working out the exchange of information with other agencies.was transferred to the Marine Raiders in January 1942, a new Marine Corps commando force, and became second-in-command of the 2nd Raider Battalion under Evans Carlson (Carlson's Raiders) whom Roosevelt knew when Carlson commanded the Marine Detachment at the Warm Springs, Georgia residence of Franklin Roosevelt. Roosevelt's influence helped win presidential backing for the Raiders—influenced by the British Commandos—which were opposed by Marine Corps traditionalists.early June 1942 and in the Makin Island raid on August 17–18, 1942, where he and 22 others were awarded the Navy Cross. In October, he was given command of the new 4th Raiders, but during training for an upcoming combat operation he became ill enough to be hospitalized in February 1943. Beginning in August 1943, he served in various staff positions during the rest of the war. He was attached to and landed with the U.S. Army's 165th Regimental Combat Team, 27th infantry Division during the invasion of Makin on November 20–23, and was awarded the Silver Star by the Army. He was promoted to colonel on April 13, 1944. He was released from active duty in August 1945 and was placed on the inactive list in October 1945. That same month he became a Compatriot of the Empire State Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.and while other Marines were required to wear boots, he was allowed to wear sneakers.on Harvey Williams Cushing and Katharine Stone Crowell. James and Betsey had two daughters, Sara (b. 1932) and Kate (b. 1936), before divorcing in 1940.der (1915–2002) the next year. They had three children, James (b. 1945), Michael Anthony (b. 1947), and Anna Eleanor "Anne" (b. 1948). They were divorced in 1956.ys Irene Kitchenmaster Owens (1916–1987),[26] his receptionist, and they adopted a son together named Hall Delano (called "Del") in 1959.They were divorced in 1969.wife, Mary Winskill (b. 1939), teacher to his youngest son "Del", in 1969. They had one daughter, Rebecca Mary, in 1971.ations arising from a stroke and Parkinson's disease. He was 83 and was the last surviving child of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt.
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    James RooseveltGender: MaleBirth: Dec 23 1907 - Hyde Park, NY, New York, United StatesDeath: Aug 13 1991 - Newport Beach, Orange, California, United StatesFather: President Franklin Delano RooseveltMother: Anna Eleanor RooseveltSiblings: Anna Eleanor Halsted (born Roosevelt)James RooseveltElliott RooseveltFranklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr.John Aspinwall RooseveltFranklin RooseveltElliott RooseveltJohn Aspinwall RooseveltJames RooseveltFranklin Delano Roosevelt, IElliott RooseveltJohn Aspinwall Roosevelt
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    James RooseveltGender: MaleAliases: James Roosevelt II, Congressman James Roosevelt, Major RooseveltBirth: Dec 23 1907 - New York CityDeath: Cause of death: Stroke - Aug 13 1991 - Newport BeachNationality: United States of AmericaEthnicity: Dutch-AmericanOccupations: Soldier, Politician, Businessperson, Film ProducerMarriage: Spouse: Betsey Cushing Roosevelt Whitney - June 4 1930Marriage: Spouse: Romelle Schneider Roosevelt - Apr 14 1941Marriage: Spouse: Gladys Irene Owens Roosevelt - July 2 1956Marriage: Spouse: Mary Lena Winskill Roosevelt - Oct 3 1969Residence: New York CityEducation: Harvard UniversityEducation: Boston University School of LawEducation: Groton SchoolEducation: Potomac School  Relatives:
    Relation Name Birth
    Mother Eleanor Roosevelt Oct 11 1884
    Father Franklin D. Roosevelt Jan 30 1882
    Daughter Sara Wilford Mar 13 1932
    Daughter Kate Roosevelt Haddad Feb 16 1936
    Son Michael Anthony Roosevelt Nov 7 1946
    Son James Roosevelt, Jr. Nov 9 1945
    Daughter Anne Roosevelt Jan 10 1948
    Son Hall Delano Roosevelt June 27 1959
    ;Daughter Rebecca Mary Roosevelt Apr 12 1971
    Sister Anna Roosevelt Halsted May 3 1906
    Brother Elliott Roosevelt Sep 23 1910<br>Brother Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr. Aug 17 1914
    Brother John Aspinwall Roosevelt Mar 13 1916
    Brother Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. Mar 18 1909
    Wife Betsey Cushing Roosevelt Whitney May 18 1908
    Wife Romelle Schneider Roosevelt Sep 29 1915
    Wife Gladys Irene Owens Roosevelt 1917
    Wife Mary Lena Winskill Roosevelt June 5 1939
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Birthday December 23, 1907

  • The temperature on December 23, 1907 was between 5.3 °C and 6.9 °C and averaged 6.3 °C. There was 9.7 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 17, 1905 to February 11, 1908 the cabinet De Meester, with Mr. Th. de Meester (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1907: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.6 million citizens.
    • February 5 » Belgian chemist Leo Baekeland announces the creation of Bakelite, the world's first synthetic plastic.
    • February 9 » The Mud March is the first large procession organised by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS).
    • June 14 » The National Association for Women's Suffrage succeeds in getting Norwegian women the right to vote in parliamentary elections.
    • August 9 » The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England.
    • September 7 » Cunard Line's RMSLusitania sets sail on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England, to New York City.
    • September 29 » The cornerstone is laid at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (better known as Washington National Cathedral) in Washington, D.C.

Day of death August 18, 1991

  • The temperature on August 18, 1991 was between 11.7 °C and 19.3 °C and averaged 15.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 7.8 hours of sunshine (54%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1991: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 15.0 million citizens.
    • January 2 » Sharon Pratt Kelly becomes the first African American woman mayor of a major city and first woman Mayor of the District of Columbia.
    • January 15 » The United Nations deadline for the withdrawal of Iraqi forces from occupied Kuwait expires, preparing the way for the start of Operation Desert Storm.
    • February 7 » Haiti's first democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, is sworn in.
    • May 26 » Zviad Gamsakhurdia becomes the first elected President of the Republic of Georgia in the post-Soviet era.
    • August 25 » Belarus gains its independence from the Soviet Union.
    • August 29 » Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union suspends all activities of the Soviet Communist Party.


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