Alice Roosevelt Longworth

This painting of Alice Roosevelt Longworth by John Gable hangs in the Willard Hotel in Washington DC.

"Alice Lee Roosevelt Longworth (February 12, 1884 – February 20, 1980) was an American writer and prominent socialite. She was the oldest child of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt and the only child of Roosevelt and his first wife, Alice Hathaway Lee. Alice led an unconventional and controversial life. Her marriage to Representative Nicholas Longworth III (Republican-Ohio), a party leader and 43rd Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, was shaky, and her only child Paulina was allegedly a result of her affair with Senator William Edgar Borah of Idaho. She temporarily became a Democrat during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, and said in a 60 Minutes interview with Eric Sevareid, televised on February 17, 1974, that she was a hedonist." -- Wikipedia

Alice Roosevelt Longworth by John Gable

This 1902 photo by Frances Benjamin Johnston shows Alice Roosevelt Longworth standing in the  same pose as in the painting. (Library of Congress)

Here's “First Daughter” Alice Roosevelt aboard the S. S. Manchuria, on the Taft diplomatic mission to Asia in 1905. (See Bonita Stambler, “The 'First Daughter' in Asia: Alice Roosevelt’s 1905 Trip” for a detailed discussion of Alice and the Taft Mission.)

Photo by Burr MacIntosh (FSA A2009.02 2.02b.1)

Not yet president William Taft is sitting in the middle behind Alice.  Nicholas Longworth, her future husband, is sitting on her proper left, smoking a pipe. Taft would become President in 1909 and Alice would become engaged to Nicholas Longworth in December of 1905. They'd be married in February of 1906.

Here's Tom  Fleming's take on Alice from his 1902 book Around the Capital with Uncle Hank:

The Library of Congress also has this elegantly composed Johnston photo taken Mar. 24, 1902.

And here's Alice in a 1968 photo by Toni Frissell. (LOC)

Alice Lee Roosevelt Longworth died in 1980 and shares a headstone with her daughter Paulina Sturm in Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, DC.

Paulina Sturm

February 14, 1925 - January 27, 1957

Alice Lee Roosevelt Longworth

February 12, 1884 - February 20, 1980

(Updated 2026) (And yes, the color “Alice Blue” was named for her.)