Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/James Roosevelt (1760-1847)

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The result was Nomination widthdrawn (non-admin closure) Justin ^chat 18:30, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] James Roosevelt (1760-1847)

James Roosevelt (1760-1847) (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) (delete) – (View log)

Non-notable ancestor of Franklin D. Roosevelt. --Michael White^T·C 23:46, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Keep He seems to have been a councillor ("alderman") in the New York city council, according to the bio. presented here in The Old Merchants of New York City [1]. It is generally a rule that councillors of the greatest towns are considered notable.--Aldux (talk) 00:32, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

• Keep While being Alderman in, say, Waterbury, Connecticut, might not be considered notable enough for an article, Alderman of the Fourth Ward in Lower Manhattan was an important position, then and now. Mandsford (talk) 00:42, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
• Comment: Found a newer source, The Complete Book of US Presidents, calls him "an active Federalist, [who] served in the New York State Assembly." If I'm correct, per WP:BIO state assemblymen are automatically notable. As is written among the standards for notable politicians: members and former members of a national, state or provincial legislature--Aldux (talk) 00:50, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
• Keep/nomination withdrawn. I will expand it based on these sources. --Michael White^T·C 05:07, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

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