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Robert Barnwell Roosevelt

Lawyer/Politician/Author

Centurion, 1859–1877

Proposed by
Peter R. Strong
born August 7, 1829
New York (Manhattan), New York
died June 14, 1906
near Sayville, New York
elected October 1, 1859
Age thirty
buried Green-Wood Cemetery,
Brooklyn, New York
seconder of
Member portrait of Robert Barnwell Roosevelt
Member Photograph Albums CollectionAlbum 2, Leaf 51
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Archivist’s Notes

Name at birth Robert Barnhill Roosevelt; he published under the pseudonyms “Barnwell” and “Ira Zell.” Brother of Cornelius Van Schaick Roosevelt, James A. Roosevelt, Silas Weir Roosevelt, and Theodore Roosevelt; uncle of Alfred Roosevelt, James West Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, and W. Emlen Roosevelt.

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