James Roosevelt
James Roosevelt ( born December 23, 1907 in New York City, NY; † August 13, 1991 in Newport Beach, California ) was a Brigadier General of the U.S. Marine Corps and the son of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor.
Life
His school training included James Roosevelt from 1926. He then attended Harvard University and received his doctorate 1930. His military career began on November 13, 1936, when Roosevelt the reserve of the U.S.. Marine Corps joined. He then held the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. On November 7, 1940 James Roosevelt entered the active service. He commanded the 2nd Battalion, 10th Marines of the 2nd U.S. Marine Division. During World War II, he commanded the 2nd Battalion of the Marine Raiders, a special unit of the Marine Corps. The unit participated in the battle for the Gilbert Islands in August 1942. James Roosevelt was awarded after the battle for his bravery, the Navy Cross. The promotion to colonel in April 1944. Later in the Pacific war, he took part in the Battle of Okinawa. In addition to the Navy Cross or Silver Star he was awarded. In October 1945, the Marine Corps staggered him after five years of service to the reserve. 1959 James Roosevelt was promoted to Brigadier General of the reserve.
James Roosevelt married four times in his life. In his first marriage he was married to Betsey Cushing. After the divorce in 1940 he married the following year Romelle Schneider. After another divorce in 1956 he married Irene Owens. In 1969 he married his fourth marriage Mary Winskill. From the four marriages seven children come:
- Sara Wilford ( born Sara Delano Roosevelt, March 13, 1932)
- Kate Roosevelt Whitney ( born February 16, 1936 )
- James Roosevelt III ( born November 9, 1945)
- Michael Anthony Roosevelt ( born December 7, 1946 )
- Anna Eleanor Roosevelt ( born January 10, 1948 )
- Hall Delano Roosevelt ( born June 27, 1959 )
- Rebecca Mary Roosevelt ( born April 12, 1971 ).
James Roosevelt died in 1991 at the age of 83 at the effects of a stroke and his Parkinson 's disease in Newport Beach.
Policy
His political career began with the nomination by the Democratic Party for the office of Governor of California. However, he lost the election of 1950 against the Republican incumbent Earl Warren. After that he took part in the Congressional elections in November 1954 and was elected to the 84th United States Congress as a delegate for the 26th district of the State of California. Continuously He served on the U.S. House of Representatives until his resignation on September 30, 1965; earlier this year he had applied unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for election as mayor of Los Angeles. Subsequently, he served until December 1966 as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Economic and Social Council.