Alice Roosevelt Longworth | |
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Born | Alice Lee Roosevelt February 12, 1884 New York City, U.S. |
Died | February 20, 1980 Washington, D.C., U.S. | (aged 96)
Burial place | Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C. |
Spouse | |
Children | Paulina Longworth Sturm (with William Borah) |
Parents | |
Family | Roosevelt family |
Alice Lee Roosevelt Longworth (February 12, 1884 – February 20, 1980) was an American writer and socialite. She was the eldest child of U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt and his only child with his first wife, Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt. Longworth led an unconventional and controversial life. Her marriage to Representative Nicholas Longworth III, a Republican Party leader and the 38th speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, was shaky, and her only child, Paulina, was from her affair with Senator William Borah.