The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-07
UN|FOR BARREL WAS ROOSEVELT'S FIRST PLATFORM Home Village Receives NOm- inatiOn News Quietly, But With a Great Deal of
 ElatiOn
By Associated Press

Poughkeepsie, N. r., July 6.--The lit- tie village of Hyde Park, birthplace and summer residence of Franklin D. Roese-
 velt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy and democratic candidate for the Vice Presidency, received quietly but with elation the news that it's favorite poll ! tieal son had been named as running mate to Governor James M. Cox this evening. The Associated Press carried ] the first news of his nomination to Mr. Roosevelts residence.
 | Mrs. James Roosevelt. his mother said that she had heard nothing from ] her son, but expected he would return to Washington before coming to the family home in Hyde Park, in order to clean up the business which has ac- cumulated at his desk in the navy de- partment during his absence at the convention.
 Mr. Roosevelt first sprang into politi- cal prominence in 19l0 when he was drafted by the democrats of the twenty eighth New York state senatorial district, consisting of the counties of Duchess, Putnam and Columbia, in an effort to de- feat Senator John F. Schlosser of Beacon, who was a candidate for reelection. 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. Roosevelt's first campaign by local politicians is that he corralled the farmer vote by running on a platform which advocated uniform apple barrels.
 Mir Roosevelt was reelected in 1912, but resigned his seat on March IT, 1913, to dc- cept the appointment as Assistant Sec retary of the Navy. His most famous exploit in the state senate was his leader ship of the insurgents who opposed the election of William r. Sheehan to tho United States Senate.
 After three months deadlock, James A O'Gorman was elected with Mr. Roose- velt's concurrence.
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 Since MT. Roosevelts appointment to the navy department he (has spent most of his time in Washington, returning dur ing the summer months and on holiday trips to visit his mother. He has never relinquished his deep interest in Hyde Park, however, and is still one of it's foremost citizens and one of the leading parshioners of St. James Episcopal church which the Roosevelt family has attended for years. He is a frequent visitor in Poughkeepsie. and active in county democratic councils
 MT Roosevelt was born in Hyde Park January 90. 1882, the son of James and sara DeidnO Roosevelt. lie IS a distant relative Of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt dn his fathers side, and of the Astor family through his mother. He attended the Groton school, and was graduated from Harvard in 1904, and the Columbii Jaw school in 1907, being admitted to the New York bar during. the same year. He practiced at first with Carter. Ledyar6 and Mlburn of New York. and then be- came a member of the firm of Marvin. Hooker and Roosevelt.
 Mir. Roosevelt married Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, niece of the late Colonel Theo- dore Roosevelt and daughter of Elihu Roosevelt. March II. 1905. They have five children. Mir. Roosevelt divides his tirne when at home between his family, his interest in local affairs and tennis. for which he displays his chief sporting en- thusiasm. He is extremely democratic
 in manner and is popular throughout the county.
 In New York Mir Roosevelt is a mem ber of the City. Harvard, knickerbocker and Racquet and Tennis clubs, while he is affiliated with the Army and Navy.
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