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4 unusual facts about Alice Roosevelt Longworth


Alice Roosevelt

Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884–1980), born Alice Lee Roosevelt; the only child of Theodore Roosevelt and Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt

Anne Mary Lawler

In 1938 Theodore Roosevelt and Alice Roosevelt Longworth compiled and selected poetry for their book “The Desk Drawer Anthology - Poems for the American People.”

Benning Race Track

A journalist once took a photo of Alice Roosevelt Longworth placing a bet, much to the chagrin of her father Theodore Roosevelt, who suppressed the sale of the photos to the newspapers.

Macario Sakay

According to General Leon Villafuerte, his, Carreon's and Sakay's forces planned to kidnap Alice Roosevelt Longworth, the only child of President Theodore Roosevelt with his first wife, while travelling on a train.


America First Committee

Other celebrities supporting America First were novelist Sinclair Lewis, poet E. E. Cummings, Washington socialite Alice Roosevelt Longworth, film producer Walt Disney, and actress Lillian Gish.

Deborah Baxter

After taking part in much stage work, she returned to film ten years later, being cast by fan John Milius in The Wind and the Lion (1975), playing Alice Roosevelt, daughter of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt.

The Imperial Cruise

They included Secretary of War (and future President) William Howard Taft; Roosevelt's daughter, Alice Roosevelt; her future husband, Congressman (and later Speaker of the House) Nicholas Longworth; along with 29 other members of the House and Senate, and their wives; and an array of additional high-ranking military and civilian officials.


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