Arizona republican., 1920-07-07
[Republlcan A. p. Leased wirel

POCGHKEEPSIE, N. Y, July G. The little village of Hyde Park. birth place and summer residence of Frank lin D. Roosevelt, assistant secretary of the navy, and Democratic candidate for the vice presidency, received quiet ly but with elation this evening the news that it's favorite political son had been named as running mate to Gov. James NJ. Cox The Associated Press carried the first news of his nomina- tion to MT. Roosevelts residence
 Mrs. James Roosevelt, his mother, said she had heard nothing from her son, but expected that he would return to Washington before coming to the family home at Hyde Park. in order to clean up the business which has accumulated at his desk in the navy department during his absence at the convention.
 MT. Roosevelt first sprang into polit- teal prominence in 1910. when he was drafted by the Democrats of the Twenty eighth New York state sena- torial district in an effort to defeat Senator John F. Schlosser of Beacon, who was a candidate for collection. Roosevelt was successful, rolling up a majority of 356 in the Democratic land slide which carried John A. Dix into the governors chair. One of the stories still told of MT. Roosevelts first campaign by local politicians is that he corralled the farmer vote by rum ming on a platform which advocated uniform apple barrels. MT. Roosevelt was reelected in 1912. but resigned his seat on March IT. 1918, in accept the appointment as assistant secretary of the navy. His most famous exploit in the state senate was his leadership of the insurgents who opposed the election of William F. Sheehan to the United States senate. After three months deadlock James O'Gorman was elected with MT. Roosevelt's concur renee.
 Since MT. Roosevelt's appointment to the navy department he has spent most of his time in Washington, re- turning during the summer months and on holiday trips to visit his mother. He has never relinquished his deep in- terest in Hyde Park, however. and is still one of its foremost citizens and one of the leading parishoners of St James, Episcopal church, which the Roosevelt family has attended for
 years. He Is a frequent visitor in Poughk eepsie and active in county i Democratic councils.
 Mir. Roosevelt was born in Hyde l Park, Jan. 30, 1882, the son of James and Sara Roosevelt. He is a distant relative of Col. Theodore Roosevelt on his fathers side, and of the Astor fam l fly through his mother. He attended 1 the Groton school and was graduated | from Harvard in 1904 and the Colum- i bia law school in 1907, being admitted i to the New York bar in the same year l He practiced at first with Carter. Led i yard and Milburn of New York and ! then became a member of the firm oi l Marvin. Hooker and Roosevelt.
 MT. Roosevelt married Anna Eleanor i Roosevelt niece of the late Col. Theo- l dore Roosevelt and daughter of Eliot Roosevelt March IT, 1905. They have | five children. Mir. Roosevelt divides
 his time when at home between his
 family, his interest in local affairs anC
 tennis for which he displays his chic | sporting enthusiasm. He is extremely
 democratic in manner and is popular ! throughout the county.
 In New York Mr. Roosevelt is {
 member of the City Harvard, Knicker- ! booker. Racquet and Tennis clubs while he is affiliated with the Army
 and Navy, Metropolitan and University 1 clubs at Washington.