Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. (1887-1944) Brigadier General, U.S. Army, author and publisher. Born Sept. 13, 1887 in Oyster Bay, N.Y., son of Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States. Graduate of Harvard in 1908. Was member of N.Y. state assembly in 1919-20; assistant secretary of the Navy, 1921-24. In 1922 he was chairman of the commission of naval experts at the Limitation of Armament Conference. Defeated for Governor of N.Y. in 1924. He was leader of the James Simpson-Roosevelt-Field Museum Expedition to Asia in 1925, and of the Kelley-Roosevelt-Field Museum Expedition to Asia in 1928-29. From 1929-32 he was Governor of Puerto Rico, and from 1932-33 was Governor General of the Philippines. Was chairman of the board of the American Express Co, 1934-35, and vice president of Doubleday Doran & Co., publishers, from 1935 until death. Was commissioned major in the 26th Infantry in 1917, and later promoted to lieutenant colonel. In WWI he participated with the 1st Infantry Division in the battles of Cantigny, Soissons, Argonne-Meuse, St. Mihiel, and was twice wounded. In WWII he returned to active duty as a colonel commanding his old regiment—the 26th Infantry of the 1st Division in 1941, and was advanced to brigadier general in Dec. of that year. He died in the early days of the invasion of France and was buried in the American Military Cemetery at St. Laurent, France. He was made a Freemason on July 7, 1920 in his fathers lodge; Matinecock Lodge No. 806 of Oyster Bay, N.Y. Was a member of the Scottish Rite in Washington, D.C., and of the Kismet Shrine Temple, Brooklyn, N.Y. Died July 12, 1944.
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