James Roosevelt Roosevelt

James Roosevelt Roosevelt
James Roosevelt Roosevelt
Born	April 27, 1854
Died	May 7, 1927 (aged 73); Hyde Park, New York, U.S.
Other names	Rosy
Alma mater	Columbia University (1877)
Occupation	Diplomat
Spouses	; Helen Schermerhorn Astor (m. 1878; died 1893) ; Elizabeth Riley (m. 1914)
Children	2, including Tadd
Father	James Roosevelt I
Relatives	Roosevelt family

James Roosevelt "Rosy" Roosevelt (April 27, 1854 – May 7, 1927) was an American diplomat, heir, and the older half-brother of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 32nd president of the United States.^[1]

Early life

James Roosevelt "Rosy" Roosevelt was born on April 27, 1854.^[2] He was the son of James Roosevelt I (1828–1900) and his first wife, Rebecca Brien Howland (1831–1876), who were second cousins.^[3] When his father died in 1900, the family's estate was split between Rosy and his half-brother, Franklin.^[1] Throughout his life he was considered "an aimless if charming member of New York society's sporting set."^[4]

Career

Roosevelt graduated with honors from Columbia College in 1877.^[5] President Grover Cleveland, who counted Rosy's father as a friend and supporter, appointed him first secretary of the United States legation in Vienna, Austria, and as first secretary of the embassy in London, England.^[1]^[6]

Roosevelt was a trustee of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine and a close friend of Cardinal Patrick Joseph Hayes. He donated more than $250,000 to St. Francis Hospital in New York and also gave substantial funds to the parish of St. James Episcopal Church in Hyde Park, New York.^[1]

During World War I, he sold Liberty bonds and war savings stamps from an office he maintained in New York's Post Office Building.^[5]

Personal life

On November 18, 1878, Roosevelt married Helen Schermerhorn Astor (1855–1893), the second daughter of businessman William Backhouse Astor Jr. (1829–1892) and socialite Caroline Webster Schermerhorn (1830–1908).^[7]^[8] Together, Roosevelt and Helen had two children:

James Roosevelt "Tadd" Roosevelt Jr. (1879–1958), who married Sadie Messinger (c. 1880–1940)
Helen Rebecca Roosevelt (1881–1962), who in 1904 married Theodore Douglas Robinson (1883–1934), the eldest nephew of President Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919)^[9]

After his first wife's death in 1893, Roosevelt married Elizabeth Riley on August 7, 1914.^[1] On May 7, 1927, Roosevelt died at his Hyde Park home as a result of complications related to bronchitis and asthma, according to news reports at the time. His second wife died in 1948.^[1]

References

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "J. R. Roosevelt, 73, Dies at Hyde Park; Philanthropist and Trustee of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. Victim of Bronchitis – Brother-in-Law of Late Col. J. J. Astor and Half Brother of Franklin D. Roosevelt". The New York Times. 8 May 1927. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
^ "Roosevelt – Claes Martensen of New Amsterdam–New York City".
^ Whittelsey, Charles Barney (1902). The Roosevelt Genealogy, 1649-1902. Press of J.B. Burr & Company. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
^ Ware, Susan. "Hyde Park Bucolic" The New York Times. (July 14, 1985). Review of Ward, Geoffrey C. Feore the Trumpet Young Franklin Roosevelt: 1882–1905 (New York: Harper & Row, 1985)
^ ^a ^b "J. R. ROOSEVELT, 73, DIES AT HYDE PARK; Philanthropist and Trustee of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. VICTIM OF BRONCHITIS Brother-in-Law of Late Col. J, J, Astor and Half Brother of Franklin D. Roosevelt". The New York Times. May 8, 1927.
^ "LIFE". 9 September 1940.
^ "A Notable Social Event; The Wedding of Miss Astor and Mr. Roosevelt; An English Morning Ceremony in Grace Church the Reception in the Astor Mansion; The Bride's Presents and Some of the Costumes". The New York Times. 19 November 1878. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
^ "Court Disposes of an Astor Fund.; Provisions as to It in Mrs. Roosevelt's Will Held to be Inoperative". The New York Times. 25 May 1894. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
^ "Mrs. Theodore Robinson Dies | Navy Official's Widow Was 80". The New York Times. July 10, 1962. Retrieved 4 October 2016.

Sources

Black, Conrad Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Champion of Freedom (2005)
Miller, Nathan Theodore Roosevelt: A Life (1992)
Moffat, R. Burnham The Barclays of New york: who they are and who they are not, – and some other Barclays (1904)

External links

"Roosevelt family papers" on the FDR Library website
"FDR Genealogy" on the FDR Library website
James Roosevelt Roosevelt at Find a Grave
"Helen Rebecca Roosevelt" on Ancestry.com

[JRRObit1927-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "J. R. Roosevelt, 73, Dies at Hyde Park; Philanthropist and Trustee of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. Victim of Bronchitis – Brother-in-Law of Late Col. J. J. Astor and Half Brother of Franklin D. Roosevelt". The New York Times. 8 May 1927. Retrieved 21 June 2017.

[2] "Roosevelt – Claes Martensen of New Amsterdam–New York City".

[Whittelsey1902-3] Whittelsey, Charles Barney (1902). The Roosevelt Genealogy, 1649-1902. Press of J.B. Burr & Company. Retrieved 21 June 2017.

[4] Ware, Susan. "Hyde Park Bucolic" The New York Times. (July 14, 1985). Review of Ward, Geoffrey C. Feore the Trumpet Young Franklin Roosevelt: 1882–1905 (New York: Harper & Row, 1985)

[auto-5] "J. R. ROOSEVELT, 73, DIES AT HYDE PARK; Philanthropist and Trustee of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. VICTIM OF BRONCHITIS Brother-in-Law of Late Col. J, J, Astor and Half Brother of Franklin D. Roosevelt". The New York Times. May 8, 1927.

[6] "LIFE". 9 September 1940.

[1878Wedding-7] "A Notable Social Event; The Wedding of Miss Astor and Mr. Roosevelt; An English Morning Ceremony in Grace Church the Reception in the Astor Mansion; The Bride's Presents and Some of the Costumes". The New York Times. 19 November 1878. Retrieved 21 June 2017.

[AstorEstate1894-8] "Court Disposes of an Astor Fund.; Provisions as to It in Mrs. Roosevelt's Will Held to be Inoperative". The New York Times. 25 May 1894. Retrieved 21 June 2017.

[HelenRobinsonNYTObit-9] "Mrs. Theodore Robinson Dies | Navy Official's Widow Was 80". The New York Times. July 10, 1962. Retrieved 4 October 2016.

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