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James "Jimmy" Roosevelt II (December 23, 1907-1913, AUGUST 1991) was an American political, marine, activist and Democratic Party politician. The eldest son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt, the Marine Cross rewarded for extraordinary heroism while serving as an officer in the Navy during the Second World War. He was the official secretary of the President and the House of Representatives of the United States. Roosevelt was born in New York at 123 East 36th Street. He attended the Potomac School and the National Cathedral School in Washington, DC, as well as the Groton School in Massachusetts. At Groton, he rowed and played football, and was perfect in the last year. After graduating in 1926, he went to Harvard University, where he became his first year and his junior teams. Harvard followed the family tradition, joining the Society and Signet's Hasty Pudding Club, where his father and grandfather and his paternal maternal cousin, Preside...