JAMES ROOSEVELT - AUTOGRAPH - HFSID 299851
Price: $80.00
JAMES ROOSEVELT
Pencil signature on an album leaf with newspaper photo and clipped
caption attached
Signature: "James Roosevelt", in pencil,4¾x4 album
leaf, B/w newspaper photo and printed caption (in clipped strips) attached below
signature (3 surfaces). James Roosevelt (1907-1991), the eldest
son of President Franklin Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt,
organized an insurance firm in Boston, became a secretary to his father
and then served in the U.S. Marine Corps through WWII (1940-1945). He later
represented California in the U.S. Congress from 1955-1965. After a year
as U.S. representative with the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization, Roosevelt returned to the private sector as a public relations
consultant. Roosevelt broke with the Democratic Party to support Richard Nixon
and Ronald Reagan for President. His National Committee to Preserve Social
Security and Medicare was controversial, accused by critics of scamming seniors.
Lightly worn at edges. Otherwise, fine condition.
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