Check signed by James J. Roosevelt - grandfather of Theodore Roosevelt. Rare! Double signed with signature on front and back. James John Roosevelt, known as James I. (December 14, 1795 " April 5, 1875) was an American politician, jurist, businessman, and member of the Roosevelt family. From 1841 to 1843, he served one term in the U.S. House of Representatives. James I, the Roman numeral was used to distinguish him from others of the same name, was born on December 14, 1795, in New York City to James Jacobus Roosevelt (1759"1840) and Maria Van Schaak (1773"1845) and baptized at the Dutch Reformed Church. He was a great-grandson of Johannes Roosevelt, the founder of the Oyster Bay branch of the Roosevelt family. His brother Cornelius Roosevelt was the father of James A. Roosevelt, Robert Roosevelt, and Theodore Roosevelt, Sr. as well as paternal grandfather of President Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt graduated from Columbia College in 1815 and was admitted to the bar in 1818, becoming a partner of Peter Augustus Jay (son of John Jay), with a practice in New York City. Roosevelt owned slaves in his youth. An active Democrat, he campaigned for Andrew Jackson for president in 1828. He was elected alderman in 1828 and 1830, was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1835 and 1840. Roosevelt served in the United States House of Representatives from 1841 to 1843, but declined to seek reelection. Roosevelt became a justice of the New York Supreme Court in 1851. He was for one term an Item ordered may not be exact piece shown. All original and authentic.