URI(s)
Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Identifies RWO
Birth Date
- 1907-12-23
Death Date
- 1991-08-13
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1940-11
- Affiliation End: 1945-08
- Organization: United States. Marine Corps
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 19550103
- Affiliation End: 19650930
- Organization: United States. Congress. House
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1965
- Affiliation End: 1966-12
- Organization: United Nations. Economic and Social Council
Birth Place
- New York (N.Y.)
Associated Language
- English
Field of Activity
(lcsh) 1938-11
(lcsh) 1940-11
Occupation
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Sources
- found: His Affectionately, F. D. R., 1959.
- found: NUCMC data from Franklin Roosevelt Libr. for His Papers, 1935-1967(James Roosevelt, 1907-1991)
- found: SSDI, Mar. 14, 2006(Roosevelt, James; b. Dec. 23, 1907; d. Aug. 13, 1991)
- found: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, via WWW, November 13, 2013(Roosevelt, James (1907 - 1991); son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and brother of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr.; a Representative from California; born in New York City December 23, 1907; attended schools in New York and St. Albans School of Washington, D.C.; was graduated from Groton School in 1926 and from Harvard University in 1930; in 1930 became an insurance broker in Boston, Mass.; organized Roosevelt & Sargent, Inc., and served as president until January 1937; secretary to father, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in 1937 and 1938; motion picture industry November 1938-November 1940; went on active duty as a captain in the United States Marine Corps in November 1940; promoted to colonel April 13, 1944, and served in the Pacific Theater; released from active duty in August 1945; brigadier general United States Marine Corps Reserve, retired; rejoined Roosevelt & Sargent, Inc., as executive vice president and established an office in Los Angeles, Calif., in June 1946; served as chairman of the board, Roosevelt & Haines, Inc.; was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Governor of California in 1950; delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1948, 1952, 1956, and 1960; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-fourth and to the five succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1955, to September 30, 1965; unsuccessful candidate for Democratic nomination for mayor of Los Angeles, Calif., in April 1965; resigned from Congress effective September 30, 1965, to become United States representative to United Nations Economic and Social Council, resigning in December 1966; public relations consultant; was a resident of Newport Beach, Calif., until his death there on August 13, 1991)
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Change Notes
- 1980-04-02: new
- 2023-09-19: revised
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