American lawyer (born 1945)
James Roosevelt III
(born November 9, 1945)
[1]
is an American attorney,
Democratic Party
official, and a grandson of U.S. President
Franklin D. Roosevelt
and
Eleanor Roosevelt
. As of 2021, he is the co-chair of the Rules and Bylaws Committee of the
Democratic National Committee
, a position he has held since 1995.
Early life
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Roosevelt was born on November 9, 1945, to Representative
James Roosevelt II
(1907?1991) and Romelle Theresa Schneider (1915?2002).
[2]
His two full siblings are Michael (born December 7, 1946) and Anna (born January 10, 1948). Through his father, he has two elder half-sisters (
Sara
and Kate), a younger half-brother (Hall), and a younger half-sister (Rebecca). His paternal grandparents were President
Franklin D. Roosevelt
(1882?1945) and First Lady
Eleanor Roosevelt
(1884?1962).
Roosevelt graduated from
La Salle High School
in
Pasadena
in 1963. He earned his A.B. with honors in government from
Harvard College
in 1968, his
J.D.
from
Harvard Law School
in 1971 and later attended the six-week Advanced Management Program at
Harvard Business School
.
Career
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On June 12, 1968, following his graduation from Harvard, he was commissioned in the
Naval Reserve
and rose to the rank of lieutenant on July 1, 1971.
[3]
After obtaining his J.D. from Harvard Law, Roosevelt spent 10 years as partner at
Choate, Hall & Stewart
in
Boston, Massachusetts
. Roosevelt was the associate commissioner for Retirement Policy for the
Social Security Administration
before joining
Tufts Health Plan
in 1999 as senior vice president and general counsel. He held that position until June 2005, when he became President and Chief Executive Officer of Tufts Health Plan.
[4]
In 1986, he ran for Congress in
Massachusetts 8th congressional district
, losing the Democratic primary to
Joseph P. Kennedy, II
.
[5]
He has also served as chief legal counsel for the
Massachusetts Democratic Party
. He is past chairman of the board of trustees for the Massachusetts Hospital Association, past president of the American Health Lawyers Association and past chairman of the board of trustees for Mount Auburn Hospital. Currently, Roosevelt serves as chairman of the board of directors for Massachusetts Association of Health Plans, and as a member of the boards at America's Health Insurance Plans,
Catholic Democrats
,
Emmanuel College
, and the Kenneth B. Schwartz Center.
He was called upon in 2008 to oversee hearings on controversies related to seating delegates from
Florida
and
Michigan
to the
2008 Democratic National Convention
. Roosevelt was described as "detail-oriented," and as having great "institutional knowledge." He had not publicly endorsed either Clinton or Obama before the committee meeting.
[6]
[7]
[8]
Personal life
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On June 15, 1968, Roosevelt married Ann Martha Conlon.
[9]
[10]
Together, they have three daughters:
[11]
- Kathleen Ann Roosevelt (born 1978), a
Barnard College
graduate who married Jeffrey Walker in 2007.
[12]
- Theresa Marie "Tracy" Roosevelt (born 1982), a
Brown University
graduate who married Robert O'Loughlin in 2016.
[13]
- Maura Amy Roosevelt (born 1984), a
Harvard University
graduate who married Joshua Fisher in 2014.
[14]
References
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"Archived copy"
. Archived from
the original
on May 29, 2014
. Retrieved
April 29,
2013
.
{{
cite web
}}
: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (
link
)
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"Social Security Death Index"
.
FamilySearch
. Retrieved
November 18,
2013
.
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Register of Officers of the Naval Reserve. 1971.
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"Tufts Health Plan Senior Management Group"
. Retrieved
May 31,
2008
.
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"Our Campaigns - MA District 8 - D Primary Race - Sep 16, 1986"
.
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NPR: Who's Who on the Rules and Bylaws Committee
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MyDD: Vote Counting the DNC Rules & Bylaws Committee
Archived
June 4, 2008, at the
Wayback Machine
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CNN.com: It's decision day for Democrats
Archived
May 31, 2008, at the
Wayback Machine
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Bachrach, Bradford (November 19, 1967).
"Ann Conlon Is Betrothed To James Roosevelt Jr"
.
The New York Times
. Retrieved
April 18,
2017
.
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Times, Special To The New York (June 16, 1968).
"James Roosevelt It. Weds Ann Conlon; St. Paul's Church in, Cambridge Is the Scene oi Bridal"
.
The New York Times
. Retrieved
April 18,
2017
.
- ^
"Archived copy"
. Archived from
the original
on May 29, 2014
. Retrieved
April 29,
2013
.
{{
cite web
}}
: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (
link
)
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"Kathleen Roosevelt, Jeffrey Walker"
.
The New York Times
. August 19, 2007
. Retrieved
April 18,
2017
.
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"Tracy Roosevelt, Robert O'Loughlin"
.
The New York Times
. August 28, 2016
. Retrieved
April 18,
2017
.
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"Maura Roosevelt and Joshua Fisher"
.
The New York Times
. July 20, 2014
. Retrieved
April 18,
2017
.
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