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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—CaliforniaJames ROOSEVELT
(1907-1991)
ROOSEVELT, James, (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.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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