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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New YorkFranklin Delano ROOSEVELT, Jr.
(1914-1988)
ROOSEVELT, Franklin Delano,
Jr., (son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and brother of
James Roosevelt), a Representative from New York; born in
Campobello, New Brunswick, Canada, August 17, 1914; graduated from
Groton School, Groton, Mass., 1933; graduated from Harvard
University, 1937; graduated from the University of Virginia Law
School at Charlottesville, 1940; was admitted to the bar in 1942;
was called from the Naval Reserve on March 13, 1941, to active duty
as an ensign in the United States Navy and served in North Africa,
Europe, and the Pacific; discharged from active duty in January
1946; awarded the Purple Heart Medal and the Silver Star; lawyer,
private practice; vice president of President Truman’s
Committee on Civil Rights in 1947 and 1948; chairman of
mayor’s committee on unity in New York City in 1948 and 1949;
delegate to Democratic National Conventions in 1952 and 1956;
elected as a Liberal Party candidate to the Eighty-first Congress,
by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
United States Representative Sol Bloom (May 17, 1949-January 3,
1951); changed from a Liberal to a Democrat on January 3, 1951;
elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-second Congress and to the
succeeding Congress (January 3, 1951-January 3, 1955); was not a
candidate for renomination in 1954, but was unsuccessful for the
Democratic gubernatorial nomination; unsuccessful candidate for
election for attorney general of New York in 1954; engaged in the
automobile import business in 1958; appointed by President Kennedy
as chairman of Appalachian Regional Commission, 1963; appointed by
President Kennedy as Undersecretary of Commerce, 1963; appointed by
President Johnson as first Chairman of the Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission, 1965; unsuccessful candidate for Governor
of New York State for Liberal Party in 1966; businessman and
farmer; died on August 17, 1988, in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.; interment
in St. James Episcopal Church, Hyde Park, N.Y.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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