George McKee Elsey (February 5, 1918 – December 30, 2015) was an American naval commander who was an advisor to Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman.
[1] Elsey was born in Palo Alto, California and was raised in Oakmont, Pennsylvania.
[5][6] He provided an oral history to the Truman Presidential Library in July 1969.
His participation in Truman's 1948 campaign was documented in Race for the White House, which included interviews with Elsey.
George Elsey's papers are curated by the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, Hyde Park, New York.