Elliott roosevelt height

Elliott Roosevelt was born on February 28, 1860. He was the third of the four Roosevelt siblings. As Elliott and Theodore grew up, they were very competitive with each other. Competitions of physical ability were often documented in Theodore’s journals. At a young age, Elliott was more academically successful than Theodore and appeared to be the most promising of the four children. However, he was eventually surpassed by Theodore.

Throughout his lifetime, Elliott maintained a pleasant and charming personality. It was this affable nature that would prove to mask a growing drinking problem that started at a young age.

Elliott was Theodore's best-man on October 27, 1880, on Theodore's first marriage to Alice Roosevelt. In 1883, when Elliott was 23, he met the beautiful Anna Hall, and they wed quickly. Elliott and Anna had three children, Anna Eleanor (1884–1962), Elliott Jr. (1889–1893), and Gracie Hall (1891–1941).

After this point, Elliott developed a "casual drinking" problem, which soon became alcoholism, an affliction to which Gracie later succumbed. Despite this, E

Elliott Roosevelt (general)

American military official and politician (1910–1990)

Elliott Roosevelt (socialite)

Father-in-law of Franklin D. Roosevelt

Elliott Roosevelt Sr.[1] (February 28, 1860 – August 14, 1894) was an American socialite.[2] He was the father of First LadyEleanor Roosevelt and the younger brother of Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919), the 26th president of the United States. Elliott and Theodore were of the Oyster Bay Roosevelts; Eleanor later married her Hyde Park distant cousin Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882–1945), the 32nd President.

Youth

Elliott Roosevelt was the third of the four children of Theodore Roosevelt Sr. (1831–1878) and Martha Stewart "Mittie" Bulloch (1835–1884). In addition to elder brother Theodore Jr., he had a younger sister named Corinne (1861–1933) and an elder sister named Anna (1855–1931), who was known as "Bamie".[3]

As an Oyster Bay Roosevelt, and through his ancestor Cornelius Van Schaack Jr., Elliott was a descendant of the Schuyler family.[4][self-published source][5]

At a young age, Elliott was academically more successful than Theodor

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Elliott Roosevelt

Roosevelt receiving the Distinguished Flying Cross in Algiers, 1942

In office
June 1, 1965 – June 6, 1967
Preceded byMelvin Richard
Succeeded byJay Dermer
Born(1910-09-23)September 23, 1910
New York City, New York, U.S.
DiedOctober 27, 1990(1990-10-27) (aged 80)
Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.
Cause of deathHeart and liver failure
Spouses

Elizabeth Browning Donner

(m. 1932; div. 1933)​

Ruth Josephine Googins

(m. 1933; div. 1944)​

Faye Emerson

(m. 1944; div. 1950)​

Minnewa Bell

(m. 1951; div. 1960)​

Patricia Peabody Whitehead

(m. 1960)​
Children5
Parent(s)Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
RelativesRoosevelt family