Person
James Roosevelt
- Specialty
- Acting
- Birth
- December 23, 1907 · 83 years
- Death
- August 13, 1991
- Origin
- New York City, New York, USA
Technical Alias
James Roosevelt II
Professional Trajectory
James Roosevelt II (December 23, 1907 – August 13, 1991) was an American businessman, Marine officer, activist, and Democratic Party politician. The eldest son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt, he served as an official Secretary to the President for his father and was later elected to the United States House of Representatives representing California, serving five terms from 1955 to 1965. Roosevelt received the Navy Cross while serving as a Marine Corps officer during World War II. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Roosevelt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
