James Roosevelt I
(1828–1900)
BIRTH
July 16, 1828
PLACE
Hyde Park, New York
DEATH
December 8, 1900
PLACE
New York City
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James Roosevelt was a lawyer, businessman, and Hudson Valley landowner, and the father of Franklin D. Roosevelt. FDR was his only child with his second wife, Sara Delano.
EARLY LIFE
James was born at Hyde Park to Isaac Daniel Roosevelt and Mary Rebecca Aspinwall. He studied at Union College and Harvard Law School.
He worked in law, railroads, finance, and local civic affairs while maintaining the Springwood estate as a working farm.
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DEATH
James Roosevelt died in New York City on December 8, 1900. The National Park Service lists his burial at St. James Episcopal Church in Hyde Park; its account does not state a cause of death.
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