Family and Friends

Family&Friends 

Relationships were tremendously important to Theodore Roosevelt, whose amicable and charismatic nature inspired devotion from both his family and his large circle of friends. Learn about those closest to Roosevelt.

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Storer, Maria Longworth Nichols

Born March 20, 1849, to a wealthy founding family of Cincinnati, Ohio, Maria Longworth became an accomplished artist.

Taft, Helen Herron

Helen Herron Taft was the wife of the 27th president of the United States, William Howard Taft.

Hagedorn, Hermann

Hermann Hagedorn is remembered for his biographies of Theodore Roosevelt and his work to promote the legacy and ideals of Roosevelt through his long service to the Theodore Roosevelt Association.

Sagamore Hill

The North Room at Sagamore Hill circa 1912. From the Roosevelt Family albums, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs division.

Sagamore Hill was the Theodore Roosevelt family home in Cove Neck, on Long Island, in New York State.

Derby, Ethel Carow Roosevelt

Ethel Roosevelt with her mother Edith in 1900. From the Roosevelt family albums, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs division.

Ethel Carow Roosevelt Derby (1891-1977) was the daughter of Theodore and Edith Kermit Roosevelt.

Whitney, Flora Payne

Flora Payne Whitney (1897-1986) was engaged to marry Quentin Roosevelt before he was killed in World War I.

Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow

Edith Roosevelt, probably around 1903. From the Roosevelt family scrapbooks, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs division.

Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt (1861-1948) was Theodore Roosevelt’s second wife.  The daughter of Gertrude Elizabeth Tyler and Charles Carow, Edith was born on August 6, 1861, in Connecticut. 

Hagner, Isabella

Isabella (Belle) Hagner (1876-1943) became the first social secretary to a First Lady when Edith Roosevelt hired her on October 2, 1901.

Cowles, Anna Roosevelt

Anna Roosevelt Cowles (1855-1931) was Theodore Roosevelt’s elder sister.  Born in the family’s brownstone at 28 East 20th Street in New York City, she was always known as Bye or Bamie.

Longworth, Alice Lee Roosevelt

Alice Roosevelt poses outside the White House in 1902. Photo from the Roosevelt Family scrapbooks, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs division.

Alice Lee Roosevelt Longworth (1884-1980) was the only daughter of Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt and Theodore Roosevelt.  She was born on February 12, 1884.

Roosevelt, Alice Hathaway Lee

From the Roosevelt Family scrapbooks, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs division

Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt (1861-1884) was Theodore Roosevelt’s first wife.  Born in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, on July 29, 1861, Alice met Theodore when she was just seventeen years old.