James I. Roosevelt
- For other persons with similar names, see James Roosevelt (disambiguation)
James I. Roosevelt | |
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c. 1855 | |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 3rd district | |
In office March 4, 1841 – March 4, 1843 | |
Preceded by |
Moses H. Grinnell Edward Curtis James Monroe Ogden Hoffman |
Succeeded by | Jonas P. Phoenix |
Member of the New York State Assembly from the New York district | |
In office January 1, 1840 – December 31, 1840 | |
In office January 1, 1835 – December 31, 1835 | |
Personal details | |
Born |
James John Roosevelt December 14, 1795 New York City, New York |
Died |
April 5, 1875 (aged 79) New York City, New York |
Citizenship | United States |
Political party | Democratic Party |
Spouse(s) | Cornelia Van Ness |
Children | 11 |
Parents |
James Jacobus Roosevelt Maria Van Schaak |
Alma mater | Columbia College |
James John Roosevelt, known as James I. (December 14, 1795 – April 5, 1875) was an American politician, jurist, businessman, and member of the Roosevelt family.[1]
Early life
James I, the Roman numeral was used to distinguish him from others of the same name, was born on December 14, 1795 in New York City to James Jacobus Roosevelt (1759–1840) and Maria Van Schaak (1773–1845) and baptized at the Dutch Reformed Church.[2] He was a great-grandson of Johannes Roosevelt, the founder of the Oyster Bay branch of the Roosevelt family. His brother Cornelius Roosevelt was the father of James A. Roosevelt, Robert Roosevelt, and Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. as well as paternal grandfather of President Theodore Roosevelt.
Roosevelt graduated from Columbia College in 1815 and was admitted to the bar in 1818, becoming a partner of Peter Jay (son of John Jay), with a practice in New York City.[2]
Career
An active Democrat, he campaigned for Andrew Jackson for president in 1828. He was elected alderman in 1828 and 1830, was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1835 and 1840, and served in the United States Congress from 1841 to 1843, but declined to seek reelection.[2]
Roosevelt became a justice of the New York Supreme Court in 1851, and during one term was ex officio judge of the State Court of Appeals. From 1860 to 1861, he was the 15th U.S. District Attorney for Southern New York. He studied foreign law in the courts of England, the Netherlands, and France.[1]
In business, Roosevelt followed in the tradition of his father as a hardware merchant. He engaged in farming after retiring. He was the first president of Roosevelt Hospital, which was founded by his cousin James H. Roosevelt.[1]
Personal life
On May 30, 1831 Roosevelt married Cornelia Van Ness (1810–1876) in Paris, the daughter of Cornelius P. Van Ness (1782–1852) and Rhoda Savage (d. 1834), and the niece of William P. Van Ness and John Peter Van Ness.[3] The American Revolution war hero, the Marquis de Lafayette (1757–1834), was among their guests.
James and Cornelia Roosevelt had eleven children, all but three of whom died in childhood or early adulthood. Their children included:[4]
- Mary Roosevelt (1832–1841), died young
- Cornelia Roosevelt (1833–1838), died young
- James Nicholas Roosevelt (1836–1856)
- John Van Ness Roosevelt (1838–1841), died young
- William Ouseley Roosevelt (1839–1841), died young
- Augustus Jay Roosevelt (1841–1842), died young
- Charles Yates Roosevelt (1846–1883), who married Cornelia Livingston, who had previously been married to James S. Talbot.[4]
- Marcia Ouseley Roosevelt (1847–1906), who married Edward Brooks Scovel, an opera singer, in 1877.
- Frederick Roosevelt (1850–1916), who married Mary Loney (1850–1936)
- Matilda Roosevelt (1851–1854), died young
Roosevelt died on April 5, 1875 at his home, 836-838 Broadway in New York City, following complications sustained after he broke his thigh bone in a fall.[2] He was buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.[1][5] Cornelia Roosevelt died in Paris on February 14, 1876.[3]
Roosevelt's estate was worth in excess of US$2,000,000 (equivalent to $43,169,697 in 2015) at the time of his death, and left funds for his family and the family of his wife.[6]
Descendants
His granddaughter, Cornelia Roosevelt, through his son Charles Yates Roosevelt, married Baron Clemens von Zedlitz of Austria in 1889,[7] son of Baron Joseph von Zedlitz, who drowned in a collision with the German emperor's yacht in 1901.[4] His daughter-in-law's nephew, David Bruce-Brown (1887–1912), was in the inauguaral running of the Indianapolis 500 in 1911.[8]
References
- Notes
- 1 2 3 4 "ROOSEVELT, James I. - Biographical Information". bioguide.congress.gov. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 "THE DEATH OF JUDGE ROOSEVELT. | ACTION OF THE CITY AND STATE COURTS TRIBUTES OF RESPECT TO HIS MEMORY.". The New York Times. April 7, 1875. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
- 1 2 "OBITUARY. | MRS. CORNELIA ROOSEVELT.". The New York Times. February 20, 1876. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
- 1 2 3 Whittelsey, Charles Barney (1902). The Roosevelt Genealogy, 1649-1902. Hartford, Connecticut: Press of J.B. Burr & Company. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
- ↑ "FUNERAL OF MRS. ROOSEVELT.". The New York Times. April 24, 1876. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
- ↑ "JUDGE ROOSEVELT'S WILL.". The New York Times. April 17, 1875. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
- ↑ "MARRIED BY BISHOP POTTER | MISS CORNELIA ROOSEVELT BECOMES THE BARONESS VON ZEDLITZ.". The New York Times. February 3, 1889. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
- ↑ Winship, Kihm (27 September 2009). "The Loney Family - Skaneateles". kihm6.wordpress.com. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
- Sources
- Whittelsey, Charles B. (1902). The Roosevelt Genealogy, 1649–1902.
- "The Death of Judge Roosevelt; Action of the City and State Courts Tributes of Respect to his Memory". New York Times. 1875-04-07. p. 2.
- "Roosevelt Hospital Now 50 Years Old". New York Times. 1921-10-30. p. 25.
- United States Congress. "James I. Roosevelt (id: R000427)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress website http://bioguide.congress.gov.
External links
- James I. Roosevelt at Find a Grave
- Isa Carrington Cabell (1900). "Roosevelt, Nicholas I.". Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography.
United States House of Representatives | ||
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Preceded by Moses H. Grinnell Edward Curtis James Monroe Ogden Hoffman |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 3rd congressional district 1841–1843 with Charles G. Ferris, Fernando Wood, and John McKeon |
Succeeded by Jonas P. Phoenix |