The Roosevelt family

Two presidents from two branches of one New York family. Theodore the Republican, Franklin the Democrat.
New York · President · Governor
Combined career popular votes
133,944,005
Combined electoral votes
2,719
Members on the ballot
2
Combined W–L
8–2
Years on the ballot
1898–1944

Theodore Roosevelt (governor of New York, then the 26th president) and his fifth cousin Franklin D. Roosevelt (also governor of New York, then the only president elected four times) came from the same sprawling New York family. Eleanor Roosevelt, Theodore’s niece and Franklin’s wife, tied the two branches together.

The Roosevelt family members, ranked by career popular votes
MemberOfficesYearsCareer popular votesRecord
Franklin D. RooseveltDPresident · Governor1920–1944114,331,68251
Theodore RooseveltRPresident · Governor1898–191219,612,32331

How this is measured

Combined career popular votes are summed across the 2 family members we track, each counted once across every presidential, U.S. Senate, governor, and U.S. House election in our data. Family membership is hand-curated and verified against primary sources, never matched by surname alone, so unrelated namesakes are never folded in. A vote for a presidential ticket counts for both the president and the vice-presidential candidate, matching how each profile reports its own totals.

Compiled by PolitiFinder · published June 14, 2026 · sources: Data & sources.