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Elliott Bulloch Roosevelt (
February 28,
1860-
August 14,
1894) was the father of
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt and the brother of
Theodore Roosevelt. Elliott and Theodore were of the Oyster Bay Roosevelts. Eleanor later married their Hyde Park Roosevelt cousin and future US President,
Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Elliott was the third of the four children of
Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. and
Martha Bulloch. He had one older sister,
Anna, and one younger sister,
Corinne (grandmother of journalists
Joseph and
Stewart Alsop). He was competitive with his older brother,
Theodore. At a young age, Elliott was academically more successful than Teddy and seemed to many to be the most promising of the four Roosevelt children; however, he was eventually surpassed by his older brother. Elliott maintained a charming and winsome personality all his life. That charm would mask a growing drinking problem that started at a young age.
Elliott was Theodore's best-man on October 27, 1880, on Theodore's first marriage to
Alice Roosevelt. When Elliott was 23, he met the beautiful
Anna Hall, and they wed quickly, producing three children,
Anna Eleanor (1884-1962), Elliott Jr (1889-1893), and
Gracie Hall (1891-1941). After this point, Elliott Sr. developed a "casual drinking" problem, which soon became
alcoholism. Despite his
drunkenness, Eleanor adored her father and he doted on her. Eleanor would always remember her father's tender affection for her and write a book about her father's hunting adventures. While not excusing his conduct, she sensitively tried to highlight his positive virtues.
Due to his drinking problem, Elliott was exiled to
Abingdon, Virginia, where he'd constantly write letters, mostly to Eleanor. Eleanor later recalled that on his many horseback riding expeditions with the young children in Virginia, he became attached to "one girl in particular whom I was jealous." On occasion, he would, to the jubilation of Eleanor, return back home for a few days. Finally, his drinking ruined him. At the age of 34, Elliott attempted suicide by jumping out a window; he survived the fall, but suffered a seizure and died.
On Franklin and Eleanor's wedding day in
1905, her "Uncle Ted" gave the bride away.
Elliott fathered a child with Katy Mann, a young servant girl employed by Anna. His brother sent a detective who specialized in likenesses to look at the child and subsequently the Roosevelts settled out of court for $10,000. The sum was placed in a trust, but according to the Manns the child never received a dime. It was apparently looted by Katy's lawyers. There was some correspondence between
Eleanor Roosevelt and her half-brother
Elliott Roosevelt Mann (died 1941) after FDR was elected president in 1932.
Elliot's grandson and namesake,
Elliott Roosevelt, the third son of Eleanor and Franklin, became a war hero and author.
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