Quentin Roosevelt I was the youngest son of President Theodore Roosevelt and First Lady Edith Roosevelt. Inspired by his father and siblings, he joined the U.S. Army Air Service. He was killed in aerial combat over France on Bastille Day, 1918. As of 2020, he is the only child of a US President to die in combat.
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Quentin Roosevelt I was the youngest son of President Theodore Roosevelt and First Lady Edith Roosevelt. Inspired by his father and siblings, he joined the U.S. Army Air Service where he became a pursuit pilot during World War I. He was killed in aerial combat over France on Bastille Day, 1918. As of 2020, he is the only child of a US President to die in combat. Quentin was posthumously awarded an A. B. by Harvard, Class of 1919. Quentin consistently scored high marks and displayed the intellectual prowess of his father. He could fix almost anything, and rebuilt a motorcycle to present to a friend as a gift. Quentin’s letters to Flora and his father charted the course of America’s entry into the war. While Theodore and Quentin were initially neutral, Theodore was incensed over the sinking of the British passenger ship RMS Lusitania in May 1915, in which 128 Americans drowned. Theodore campaigned vigorously on behalf of the 1916 Republican Presidential nominee, Charles Evans Hughes, during which he severely criticized Woodrow Wilson. Quentin came to agree with his father, writing: \”We are a pretty sordid lot, aren’t we, to want to sit looking on while England and France fight our battles and pan gold into our pockets. Quentin was engaged toFlora Payne Whitney, the elder daughter of Harry Payne Whitney and Gertrude Vanderbilt. Harry disapproved of the Roosevelt family in general and the liberal Republican Theodore Roosevelt in particular. Quentin and two of his brothers, attended the Camps of War, which offered commissions to graduates of these schools based on their performance on the performance of their performance in military training.
Quentin also attended the Evans School for Boys and Groton School. As a young man, Quentin displayed a natural mechanical aptitude. He quickly became known for his humorous and sometimes philosophical remarks. Quentin once brought the pony Algonquin to his room by elevator, sure that this would make his brother smile. The family soon learned to keep him quiet during dinner when important guests were present. Once, when his brother Archie was terribly ill, it was Quentin, who brought the horse to him by elevator. Quentin became the youngest child of Theodore Roosevelt’s household, which included half-sister Alice, sister Ethel, and brothers Ted, Kermit, and Archie. Quentin started his education at Force Elementary School and then attended the Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Virginia. He was admitted to Harvard University in 1915, also like his father,. Later he was a student at the Evans school for boys andGroton School and later at the Evans School for Boys in Washington, D.C. He became a member of the White House Gang, which was also part of the future President William Howard Taft. He also became a friend of Charlie Taft, the son of Secretary of War and future President of the United States. He later married Flora PayneWhitney, the great-granddaughter of the shipping and railroad millionaire, \”Commodore\” Cornelius Vanderbilt.
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