President Teddy Roosevelt's teenage relative takes office in DC

[FSogol]

The youngest elected leader in D.C., who was just sworn in Monday, is still looking forward to attending senior prom and choosing which college he will attend.

Quentin Colón Roosevelt, 18, is the great, great, great grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt, and now represents Spring Valley, the Palisades and Kent as an Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner. ANCs usually serve two-year terms, working directly with area residents on multiple issues and present their recommendations to D.C. government agencies.

The distant relative to the former president told WTOP’s news partner at NBC Washington that he hoped to continue his family’s legacy as public servants.

“My grandfather was a lawyer for the CIA,” Roosevelt said. “His grandfather did politics and government stuff, as well. I think we just want to be involved in what’s going on around us because we feel we have to give back to this country that’s given my family so much.”

https://wtop.com/gallery/dc/president-teddy-roosevelts-teenage-relative-takes-office-in-dc/

[Buns_of_Fire]

1. Than goodness he appears to be legit. I wish him well.

I was afraid this might have been George Santos' latest persona.

[drray23]

2. thats great

The distant relative to the former president

I wonder if this line coming from the article is accurate. He is not really a distant relative, he is a direct descendant or maybe you can use that term because its several generations?

[Doc Sportello]

3. I think you're right

Distant relative to me means something like a third cousin, twice removed, or an eighth cousin.

[brush]

7. Direct descendant ok, but distant relative is also accurate...

as he is a distant relative.

[applegrove]

9. Distant relative to FDR. Direct descendant of Teddy. Eleanor was

the direct niece of Teddy, his favourite niece. She married her third or fourth cousin FDR.

[Deep State Witch]

4. Saw Him on the News

Kid's got a bright future ahead of him.

[msfiddlestix]

5. Fascinating, I didn't see party affiliation mentioned.

Presumably, he is a registered Democrat given his interests in improving education and other community needs.

His great great grandfather was not a Democrat, but that was so yesterday. Republicans do not come close to resembling anything remotely Republican in its more genuine and proud era.

[SheilaAnn]

6. I agree, President Teddy wouldn't recognize today's repubs. This kid has empathy and smarts,

definitely Democratic traits.

[FSogol]

8. Plus 90% of eveyone in DC's elected govt is a Democratic. n/t

[msfiddlestix]

10. Good point.

My Macular Degeneration issues tend to affect my reading abilities which literally ghosted out the "DC" in the OP title.

Not an excuse, just an explanation as to why I didn't see it.

Don't know why, but I had presumed he was a Rep in a district somewhere in the state of New York, which could have gone either way.

Apologies.

[FSogol]

15. No worries and no need to apologize.

[DenaliDemocrat]

11. Teddy Roosevelt was a racists

And blatantly so including anti-immigration. In other words, still a Republican

[Boomerproud]

13. TR was many things to many people and yes, he was racist

His code name for it was "civilized society" and "uncivilized ". Many good books on what a complex character he was.

[DenaliDemocrat]

14. Or a racist asshole

If you are one of the groups he discriminated against

[DenaliDemocrat]

12. Teddy Roosevelt was a racists

And blatantly so including anti-immigration. In other words, still a Republican