James Roosevelt II (December 23, 1907 – August 13, 1991) was an American businessman, Marine, activist, and Democratic Party politician. The eldest son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt, he served as an official Secretary to the President for his father and was later elected to the United States House of Representatives representing California, serving 5 terms from 1955 to 1965. He received the Navy Cross while serving as a Marine Corps officer during World War II. More about James Roosevelt
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Roosevelt was born in New York City at 123 East 36th Street. He was named after his grandfather on his father's side James Roosevelt I. He attended the Potomac School and St. Albans School in Washington, D.C., and the Groton School in Massachusetts. At Groton, he rowed, played football, and was a prefect in his senior year. After graduating in 1926, he attended Harvard, where he rowed with the freshman and junior varsity crews. At Harvard, he followed family traditions in joining the Signet Society and Hasty Pudding Club, of which both his father and his maternal granduncle and paternal fifth cousin once removed, President Theodore Roosevelt, had been members, the Fly Club, which his father had joined, and the Institute of the 1770. He graduated from Harvard in 1930 and was elected permanent treasurer of his class.The most expensive item with a signature of James Roosevelt (Theodore James Roosevelt Original Signature Autograph Picture Note Old Historic) was sold in October 2013 for $800.00 while the cheapest item (signature of james roosevelt) found a new owner for $0.99 in October 2013. The month with the most items sold (4) was May 2008 with an average selling price of $12.47 for an autographed item of James Roosevelt. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in December 2019 with $635.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $3.25 was November 2019. In average, an autographed item from James Roosevelt is worth $12.47.
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James Roosevelt (d.1991) Signed 3x5 Index Card Autographed FDR Son Producer | $29.99 | ||
James Roosevelt - Son of Franklin D. Roosevelt - Signed Note (ANS) | $22.50 | ||
James Roosevelt - WWII, Marines, Son of FDR - Signed 8x10 Photograph | $27.00 | ||
James Roosevelt - WWII, Marines, Son of FDR - Signed Business Card | $15.01 | ||
James Roosevelt - WWII, Marines, Son of FDR - Signed Letter (TLS), 1937 | $21.50 | ||
James Roosevelt - WWII, Marines, Son of FDR - Signed Letter (TLS), 1939 | $23.50 | ||
James Roosevelt - WWII, Marines, Son of FDR - Signed Letter (TLS), 1945 | $20.50 | ||
James Roosevelt - WWII, Marines, Son of FDR - Signed Letter (TLS), 1964 | $16.46 | ||
James Roosevelt, Walter Hickel and Clark Clifford - Signed FDR FDC | $20.50 | ||
James Roosevelt- (Oldest son of FDR) ANS signed | $20.00 |