PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS

(in order of appearance)

I. GRANNY (1884–1892)

• ANNA REBECCA HALL ROOSEVELT (1863–1892); Anna Mother
• ELLIOTT BULLOCH ROOSEVELT (1860–1894); Nell Father
• CORINNE ROOSEVELT ROBINSON (1861–1933); Auntie Corinne Father’s younger sister
• ANNA ROOSEVELT COWLES (1853–1931); Bamie, Auntie Bye Father’s older sister; political guru to three generations of Roosevelts
• THEODORE ROOSEVELT (1858–1919); Uncle Ted; TR Father’s older brother; 26th U.S. President
• MARTHA BULLOCH ROOSEVELT (1835–1884); Mittie Father’s mother
• ALICE LEE ROOSEVELT LONGWORTH (1884–1980); Cousin Alice Family rival
• ANNA ELEANOR ROOSEVELT (1884–1962); Little Nell, Granny, Totty, Babs, Eleanor, ER, Grandmère
• SARA DELANO ROOSEVELT (1854–1941); Cousin Sallie, Ma-màMother-in-law
• JAMES ROOSEVELT (1828–1900); Squire James Father-in-law
• FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT (1882–1945); FDR Fifth cousin; spouse; 32nd U.S. President
• EDITH KERMIT CAROW ROOSEVELT (1861–1948); Aunt Edith TR’s (second) spouse; first lady of the United States
• THEODORE ROOSEVELT, JR. (1887–1944); Cousin Ted Political rival, New York State
• ELIZABETH LIVINGSTON HALL MORTIMER (1865–1944); Aunt Tissie Godmother; guardian abroad
• ANNA BULLOCH GRACIE (1833–1893); Aunt Gracie Father’s aunt; guardian at home
• JAMES KING GRACIE (1840–1903); Uncle Bunkle Great-uncle
• ELLIOTT ROOSEVELT, JR. (1889–1893); Ellie Brother
• GRACIE HALL ROOSEVELT (1891–1941); Hall Brother
• CATHARINE MANN (1862–1941); Katie Domestic worker; mother of Eleanor’s half brother
• ELLIOTT ROOSEVELT MANN (1891–1976); Robert Half brother
• DOUGLAS ROBINSON, JR. (1855–1918); Uncle Douglas Aunt Corinne’s spouse
• SUSAN LUDLOW PARISH (1865–1950); Cousin Susie Mother’s cousin; guardian
• EDITH LIVINGSTON HALL MORGAN (1873–1920); Aunt Pussie Mother’s sister; shape-shifting mentor
• MAUDE LIVINGSTON HALL GRAY (1877–1952); Aunt Maude Mother’s sister; family ally
• VALENTINE HALL III (1867–1934); Uncle Vallie Mother’s brother; U.S. National Lawn Tennis Champion
• EDWARD LUDLOW HALL (1872–1932); Uncle Eddie Mother’s brother; U.S. National Lawn Tennis Champion
• CORINNE ROBINSON ALSOP COLE (1886–1971); Cousin Corinnie Family ally

II. ORPHAN (1892–1905)

• MARY LIVINGSTON LUDLOW HALL (1843–1919); G’ma Maternal grandmother; legal guardian
• MARIE CLAIRE SOUVESTRE (1835–1905); Mademoiselle Teacher; mentor
• HELEN AGNES POST (1885–1962); Nelly School friend
• BLANCHE SPRING (1871–1922)Nurse; ally
• ANNA (1906–1975)Daughter
• JAMES (1907–1991); Jimmy Oldest son
• FIRST FRANKLIN JR. (1909–1909); Baby Franklin Lost child
• ELLIOTT ROOSEVELT (1910–1990)Favored son

III. MISSUS (1905–1922)

• JENNIE WALTERS DELANO (1853–1922)FDR’s aunt Jennie; spouse of Warren Delano III (1852–1920); family ally
• FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, JR. (1914–1988); Brud Favorite son of the FDR family
• JOHN ASPINWALL ROOSEVELT (1916–1981)Youngest son
• CHARLES FRANCIS MURPHY (1858–1924); “Silent Charlie” Head of New York City’s Tammany Hall, 1902–1924
• LOUIS MCHENRY HOWE (1871–1936); Louie Chief adviser
• LUCY MERCER RUTHERFURD (1891–1948)Social secretary
• W. SHEFFIELD COWLES, JR. (1898–1986); Cousin Sheffield Auntie Bye’s son; FDR’s naval assistant, First World War
• ROBERT W. LOVETT (1859–1924)Orthopedic surgeon; world’s foremost authority on polio rehabilitation, 1921
• GEORGE DRAPER (1880–1959)FDR’s personal physician
• ELIZABETH READ (1872–1943); Lizzie Mentor; legal adviser
• MARGUERITE ALICE LEHAND (1896–1944); Missy FDR’s closest companion, protector
• KERMIT ROOSEVELT (1889–1943); Cousin Kermit Soldier, explorer, writer

IV. STATE-WOMAN (1922–1932)

• ESTHER LAPE (1881–1981)Mentor; social activist and administrator
• NANCY COOK (1884–1962); Nan Political ally; friend; managing partner, Val-Kill Industries
• MARION DICKERMAN (1890–1983)Politician; friend; head, Todhunter School
• CURTIS B. DALL (1896–1991); Curt Anna’s (first) spouse; father, Ellie and Curtis
• EARL MILLER (1897–1973)New York State Trooper; bodyguard
• MALVINA CYNTHIA THOMPSON SCHEIDER (1893–1953); Tommy Executive assistant; chief of first lady’s secretariat, 1932–1945
• ELINOR FATMAN MORGENTHAU (1892–1949)Friend; political associate; spouse, Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau, Jr.
• ALFRED EMANUEL SMITH (1873–1944); Al Governor of New York, 1923–1928
• BELLE MOSKOWITZ (1877–1933)Associate in New York State government
• MOLLY DEWSON (1874–1962); “Little General” Lieutenant on Al Smith’s 1928 presidential campaign; head of Democratic National Committee’s Women’s Division, 1936
• FRANCES PERKINS (1880–1965)Social activist; U.S. secretary of labor
• BERNARD MANNES BARUCH (1870–1965)Financial backer
• JOHN BOETTIGER (1900–1950)Favored son-in-law; Anna’s (second) spouse
• LORENA ALICE HICKOK (1893–1968); Hick Associate Press reporter; secret romantic partner

V. MRS. ROOSEVELT (1933–1941)

• HARRY L. HOPKINS (1890–1946)Settlement social worker; New Deal administrator; FDR’s wartime consigliere
• JOSEPH P. LASH (1909–1987); Joe Student leader; activist; intimate friend and adviser; posthumous biographer
• HENRIETTA NESBITT (1874–1963); Mrs. Nesbitt Housekeeper
• EDITH BENHAM HELM (1874–1962); Mrs. Helm Social secretary
• STEPHEN T. EARLY (1889–1951); Steve Secretary to the President
• ELEANOR ROOSEVELT [DALL] SEAGRAVES (1927–); Sistie, Ellie Oldest grandchild
• CURTIS ROOSEVELT [DALL] (1930–2016); Buzzie Grandson
• ELIZABETH BROWNING DONNER ROOSEVELT (1911–1980); Betty Elliott’s (first) spouse; mother, Billy Roosevelt
• WILLIAM DONNER ROOSEVELT (1932–2003); Billy Grandson
• BETSEY CUSHING ROOSEVELT WHITNEY (1909–1998)Jimmy’s (first) spouse
• ROMELLE THERESA SCHNEIDER ROOSEVELT (1915–2002); Rommie Jimmy’s (second) spouse
• ETHEL DU PONT (1916–1965)Franklin Jr.’s (first) spouse
• HENRY A. WALLACE (1888–1965)U.S. secretary of agriculture, 1933–1940; U.S. vice president, 1940–1944; U.S. secretary of commerce, 1944–1946
• MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE (1875–1955); Mrs. Bethune “First Lady of the Struggle”
• HAROLD L. ICKES (1874–1952)U. S. secretary of the interior
• WALTER F. WHITE (1893–1955)Leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
• BRECKINRIDGE LONG (1881–1958)Career diplomat; architect of U.S. State Department’s anti-Semitic and racist anti-immigration policy

VI. AGITATOR (1941–1946)

• LAURA FRANKLIN DELANO (1885–1972); Aunt Polly FDR’s cousin
• BELLE WILLARD ROOSEVELT (1892–1968); Belle Family ally; spouse of cousin Kermit Roosevelt
• MARGARET LYNCH SUCKLEY (1891–1991); Daisy FDR’s cousin
• WINSTON S. CHURCHILL (1874–1965)Prime minister of England, 1940–1945, 1951–1955
• FIORELLO H. LA GUARDIA (1882–1947)Mayor of New York, 1934–1945; ranking codirector, Office of Civilian Defense
• GILBERT A. HARRISON (1915–2008)Director, OCD Division of Youth Activities
• MAYRIS CHANEY (1906–2003)Dancer; OCD director of children’s activities
• HARRY S. TRUMAN (1884–1972)FDR’s third vice president; former senator from Missouri; succeeded to the presidency upon FDR’s death
• DURWARD V. SANDIFER (1900–1981)Principal UNO adviser to ER
• RALPH BUNCHE (1904–1971)Adviser to first U.S. delegation to UNO; winner, 1950 Nobel Peace Prize
• ANDREY YANUARYEVICH VYSHINSKY (1883–1954)Soviet politician; former state prosecutor of Stalin’s Moscow trials; ER’s UN nemesis
• ADLAI E. STEVENSON II (1900–1965)Governor of Illinois; Democratic nominee for President, 1952, 1956

VII. WORLDMAKER (1947–1962)

• ARNO DAVID GUREWITSCH (1902–1974); David Personal physician; intimate friend
• NEMONE BALFOUR (1906–1989)Musician, singer; David Gurewitsch’s (first) spouse
• EDNA PERKEL GUREWITSCH (1924–)Art gallery curator; David’s (second) spouse
• MARTHA GELLHORN (1908–1998)Journalist; war correspondent
• GEORGE C. MARSHALL (1880–1959)U.S. secretary of state, 1947–1949
• ANNE LINDSAY CLARK (1916–1973)John’s (first) spouse
• ANNA STURGIS ROOSEVELT GIBSON (1942–); Nina Granddaughter
• SARAH DELANO ROOSEVELT (1946–1960); Sally Granddaughter
• FRANCIS SPELLMAN (1889–1967)Catholic prelate, cardinal archbishop of New York
• JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY (1917–1963)35th U.S. President
• CARMINE DE SAPIO (1908–2004)Last Tammany boss, 1949–1961
• ALLARD K. LOWENSTEIN (1929–1980)Democratic activist; politician
• HENRY MORGENTHAU III (1917–2018)Television producer, Prospects of Mankind, 1959–1962
• MAUREEN CORR (1917–2009)Last personal secretary
• DAVID GRAY (1870–1968); Uncle David Aunt Maude’s (second) spouse; family ally
• JAMES A. HALSTED (1905–1984)Anna’s (third) spouse; medical doctor; pioneer of group medical practice