Henry Latrobe Roosevelt (October 5, 1879 – February 22, 1936) was an
Assistant Secretary of the United States Navy and a member of the
Roosevelt family
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.
Early life
Roosevelt was born on October 5, 1879 in
, to Lieutenant Nicholas Latrobe Roosevelt (1847–1892), USN, who had a naval career of distinction, and Eleanor (
née
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Dean) Roosevelt (1852–1933).
He was a grandson of
Nicholas Roosevelt (1767–1854), an inventor and land-owner.
He was a hereditary companion of the California Commandery of the
Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States
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in succession to his father. In 1896, he entered the
United States Naval Academy
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graduated 1900.
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Career
On December 8, 1899, Roosevelt was commissioned a second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps
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and he rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel
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before retiring. During his career with the Marine Corps he was stationed in, among other places, Philadelphia
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, Panama
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, Cuba
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and Haiti
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.
In 1920, he retired from the Marine Corps, and then served as the European manager for the Radio Corporation of America
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from 1923 to 1928, overseeing the building of large radio stations in Ankara
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, Turkey
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, and Warsaw
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, Poland
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.
In 1933, he returned to the United States
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to head the Radio Real Estate Corporation, but was soon selected by Naval Secretary Claude A. Swanson
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for the post of Assistant Secretary of the Navy in the administration of his distant cousin, President Franklin Roosevelt
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. He served in the position from March 17, 1933 until his death on February 22, 1936. He became the fourth Roosevelt and fifth member of the Roosevelt family to occupy that office, after Theodore Roosevelt
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, Franklin D. Roosevelt
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(the current president at the time), Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
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and Theodore Douglas Robinson
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. Due to Swanson's poor health, Roosevelt was at times Acting Secretary. He made many tours of inspection and speeches, calling for the strengthening of the navy as a deterrent to war.
Personal life
In 1902, he married Eleanor Morrow (1879–1958), daughter of William W. Morrow
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(1843–1929), a California Circuit Judge and member of the U.S. House of Representatives
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from California's 4th congressional district.
* William Morrow Roosevelt (1906–1983), who married Louise Gilpin Morris (1910–1977), daughter of Israel Wister Morris, in 1932.
* Henry Latrobe Roosevelt Jr. (1910–1985), who married Vera Felicity Story, daughter of Julian Russell Story
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Early life
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, a noted painter, and granddaughter of William Wetmore Story
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Life and career
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, a noted sculptor, in 1937.
* Eleanor Katherine Roosevelt (1915–1995), who married Reverdy Wadsworth (1914–1970), son of U.S. Senator
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and Representative
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James W. Wadsworth Jr.
Roosevelt died on February 22, 1936 at Bethesda Naval Hospital
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of a heart attack following intestinal influenza. He was buried at Arlington National Cemetery
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Henry Latrobe Roosevelt
Henry Latrobe Roosevelt (October 5, 1879 – February 22, 1936) was an Assistant Secretary of the United States Navy and a member of the Roosevelt family.
Early life
Roosevelt was born on October 5, 1879 in Morristown, New Jersey, to Lieutenan ...