Elliott Roosevelt - Early Life

Early Life

Elliott Roosevelt was the fourth of Franklin and Eleanor's six children, their third child having died in infancy about a year before Elliott's birth. Roosevelt was named after his maternal grandfather, Elliott Roosevelt. His siblings who reached adulthood were:

• Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (later Dall, Boettiger, Halsted)
• James Roosevelt
• Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr.
• John Aspinwall Roosevelt

Roosevelt attended the Hun School of Princeton and went to Groton School, as did his brothers, but refused to attend Harvard University. Instead, he worked a series of briefly held jobs, beginning with advertising and settling in broadcasting in the 1930s, including a management position in the Hearst radio chain.