Roosevelt, James, 1907-1991

LC control no.	n 80017801
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Roosevelt, James, 1907-1991 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Birth date	1907-12-23
Death date	1991-08-13
Place of birth	New York (N.Y.)
Place of death	Newport Beach (Calif.)
Field of activity	Motion picture industry
Affiliation	United States. Marine Corps United States. Congress. House United Nations. Economic and Social Council
Profession or occupation	Independent insurance agents Legislators--United States Public relations consultants
Found in	His Affectionately, F. D. R., 1959. NUCMC data from Franklin Roosevelt Libr. for His Papers, 1935-1967 (James Roosevelt, 1907-1991) SSDI, Mar. 14, 2006 (Roosevelt, James; b. Dec. 23, 1907; d. Aug. 13, 1991) Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, via WWW, November 13, 2013 (Roosevelt, James (1907 - 1991); 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)
Associated language	eng