Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. was an American lawyer, politician, and businessman. He served as a United States congressman from New York from 1949 to 1955 and in 1963 was appointed United States Under Secretary of Commerce by President John F. Kennedy. He was appointed as the first chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from 1965 to 1966 by President Lyndon B. Johnson. Roosevelt also ran for governor of New York twice. He was a son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, and served as an officer in the United States Navy during World War II.

17 August 1914

Born on the same birth date (17 August 1914): Bill Downs

Born on the same birth day (17 August): Bill Downs • Christian Laettner • Don Sweeney • Duke Pearson • Eric Johnson (guitarist) • Helen McCrory • Jack Conklin • Keith Dabengwa • Larry Rivers • Margaret Hamilton (software engineer) • Oksana Domnina • Oliver W. Larkin • Rachel Pollack • Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York • Sue Draheim • Valerie Eliot • Vivienne de Watteville • William Kidston

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