James Roosevelt II

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James Roosevelt II was an American politician, businessman, and U.S. Marine officer, best known as the eldest son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and for serving as a U.S. Congressman from California.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Marine Corps officer
businessperson
human
politician
awardReceived Bronze Star Medal
Navy Cross
Presidential Unit Citation
Purple Heart
Silver Star
causeOfDeath stroke
conflict World War II
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1907-12-23
dateOfDeath 1991-08-13
educatedAt Boston University School of Law
Groton School
Harvard University
familyName Roosevelt
father Franklin D. Roosevelt
givenName James
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party
militaryBranch United States Marine Corps
militaryRank brigadier general
mother Eleanor Roosevelt
notableRelative Theodore Roosevelt
notableWork As He Saw It
occupation businessman
military officer
politician
placeOfBirth New York
New York City
United States of America
placeOfDeath California
Newport Beach
United States of America
positionHeld United States representative from California's 26th congressional district
United States representative from California's 29th congressional district
member of the United States House of Representatives
religion Episcopal Church
residence California
Los Angeles
sexOrGender male
sibling Anna Roosevelt Halsted
Elliott Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr.
John Aspinwall Roosevelt
spouse Betsey Cushing Roosevelt
Gladys Irene Owens
Mary Lena Winskill
Romelle Theresa Schneider


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