Theodore Roosevelt Jr. - Son of Theodore Roosevelt

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Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.
Brigadier General, U.S. Army
Medal of Honor Recipient
September 13, 1887 - July 12, 1944

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Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
by
H. Paul Jeffers

The Lion's Pride
by
Edward J. Renehan

Theodore Roosevelt Jr., World War I

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Theodore Roosevelt Jr. served in both World War I and World War II, earning the Congressional Medal of Honor for his bravery and valor during
World War II.

Like his illustrious father, Ted Jr. also served as both a New York State Assemblyman and Assistant Secretary of the Navy. He also made a bid for the Governorship of New York in 1924, losing to
Al Smith.
Ted Jr. also served as Governor of Puerto Rico from 1929 to 1932, and was Governor General of the Philippines from 1932 to 1933. A prolific writer like his father, he penned eight books and was appointed Vice President of Doubleday publishing.
Ted Jr. married Eleanor Butler Alexander (picture above) in 1910, with whom he fathered four children: Grace, Theodore III, Cornelius, and Quentin II.
Until his death in 1944, he lived in Old Orchard, a home built on the Sagamore Hill grounds. Ted Jr. died of a heart attack shortly after leading his men onto Utah Beach, Normandy, France, during the D-Day Invasion. He is buried in Normandy, France, alongside his brother Quentin Roosevelt.
Eleanor, Ted's wife, lived in Old Orchard until she passed away at the age of 75 in 1960. Their son Quentin II worked for the C.I.A and died in 1949 under mysterious circumstances while airlifting food and supplies in communist China. His brother Cornelius, an M.I.T. graduate, also pursued a long career with the C.I.A..

Theodore Roosevelt Jr. by H. Paul Jeffers	The Lion's Pride by Edward J. Renehan