List of children of the Presidents of the United States
This is a list of children of U.S. Presidents, including stepchildren, adopted children, and alleged illegitimate children. All full names with married names are given.
Presidential children have been studied individually, and as a class. As individuals, they are more often notable in their own right than most individuals: They disproportionately circulate amongst political and social leaders and the wealthier classes, and they are more likely to be scrutinized as part of celebrity culture. Additionally, as individuals they frequently have significant influence on other notable family members. So, for instance, a child who may appear otherwise non-notable as an individual may, in fact, have had a significant influence on the child's parent: acting as a sounding board, or having behavioral issues that affected the parent's beliefs or performance.
As a class, the children of presidents have also occasioned significant study. Study has generally followed two paths: The issue of what access and inclusion within the circles of power does to individuals' lives, aspirations, and outcomes;[1] and the issue of their influence on society and politics.[2]
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[edit] George and Martha Washington
- No children together. The following were raised by Washington as his own:
| Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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| John Parke Custis AKA Jacky |
1751–1781 | Eleanor Calvert | Stepson; father was Daniel Parke Custis
Father of:
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| Martha Parke Custis AKA Patsy |
1756–1773 | not married | Stepdaughter; father was Daniel Parke Custis | |
| Eleanor Parke Custis AKA Nelly |
1779–1852 | Lawrence Lewis | Adoptive daughter; daughter of stepson John Parke Custis | |
| George Washington Parke Custis AKA Wash |
1781–1857 | Mary Lee Fitzhugh | Legal ward; son of stepson John Parke Custis
Father of:
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[edit] John and Abigail Adams
| Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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| Abigail Adams AKA Nabby or Amelia |
1765–1813 | William Stephens Smith | Mother of:
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| John Quincy Adams | 1767–1848 | Louisa Catherine Johnson | 6th President of the United States, see below at John Quincy and Louisa Adams | |
| Susanna Adams | 1768–1770 | no spouse | Affectionately called "Suky", died aged two. | |
| Charles Adams | 1770–1800 | Sarah Smith | Father of:
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| Thomas Boylston Adams | 1772–1832 | Ann Harrod | ||
| Elizabeth Adams | 1777 | no spouse | stillborn | |
[edit] Thomas Jefferson
[edit] with Martha Jefferson
| Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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| Martha Washington Jefferson AKA Patsy |
1772 – 1836 | Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr. | Served as First Lady during her father's administration
Mother of:
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| Jane Randolph Jefferson | 1774 – 1775 | no spouse | cause of death unknown | |
| unnamed son | 1777 | no spouse | died in infancy | |
| Mary Jefferson AKA Polly or Maria |
1778 – 1804 | John Wayles Eppes | Mother of Francis Wayles Eppes VII (1801 – 1881) | |
| Lucy Elizabeth Jefferson (I) | 1780 – 1781 | no spouse | died of an unspecified illness | |
| Lucy Elizabeth Jefferson (II) | 1782 – 1784 | no spouse | died of "teething, worms, and whooping cough" | |
[edit] with Sally Hemings
- Alleged children with Sally Hemings; see Jefferson DNA data
| Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Children | |
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| Thomas Jefferson Hemings AKA Tom |
1790 – 1879 | Jemima Price | Father of:
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| Harriet Hemings (I) | 1795 – 1797 | no spouse | died of unknown causes | |
| Edy Hemings | 1796 | no spouse | died in infancy | |
| William Beverly Hemings | 1798 – unknown | unknown | one daughter, unknown name | |
| Thenia Hemings | 1799 – 1802 | no spouse | died in early childhood | |
| Harriet Hemings (II) | 1801 – unknown | unknown | ||
| James Madison Hemings | 1805 – 1877 | Mary Hughes McCoy | ||
| Thomas Eston Hemings | 1808 – 1856 | Julia Ann Isaacs | Father of John Wayles Jefferson (1835 – 1892) | |
[edit] James and Dolley Madison
No children together, but raised Dolley's son from her first marriage:
| Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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| John Payne Todd | 1792 – 1852 | no spouse | raised by James Madison; father was John Todd, Jr. | |
[edit] James and Elizabeth Monroe
| Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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| Elizabeth Kortright Monroe | 1786 – 1835 | George Hay | ||
| James Spence Monroe | 1799 – 1801 | no spouse | died of unknown causes | |
| Maria Hester Monroe | 1803 – 1850 | Samuel Laurence Gouverneur | ||
[edit] John Quincy and Louisa Adams
| Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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| George Washington Adams | 1801 – 1829 | none | ||
| John Adams II | 1803 – 1834 | Mary Catherine Hellen | ||
| unnamed son | 1806 | no spouse | ||
| Charles Francis Adams | 1807 – 1886 | Abigail Brown Brooks |
Father of:
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| Louisa Catherine Adams | 1811 – 1812 | no spouse | died from "winter illness" | |
[edit] Andrew and Rachel Jackson
- No biological children together, adopted two:
| Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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| Andrew Jackson, Jr. | 1808 – 1865 | Sarah Yorke | adopted at birth; biological son of Severn Donelson | |
| Lyncoya Jackson | c. 1811 – 1828 | no spouse | adopted Creek Indian orphan[3], died of tuberculosis | |
- Andrew and Rachel also served as guardians to eight children:
| Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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| John Samuel Donelson | ? - 1817 | ? | Orphaned nephew of Rachel, son of Samuel Donelson who died in 1804 | |
| Andrew Jackson Donelson | 1799–1871 | Emily Tennessee Donelson | ||
| Elizabeth Martin Randolph | ||||
| Daniel Smith Donelson | 1801–1863 | ? | ||
| Andrew Jackson Hutchings | 1812–1841 | ? | Orphaned grandnephew of Rachel | |
| Caroline Butler | ? - 1817 | ? | Orphaned children of family friend Edward Butler | |
| Eliza Butler | ? | ? | ||
| Edward Butler | ? | ? | ||
| Anthony Butler | ? | ? | ||
[edit] Martin and Hannah Van Buren
| Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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| Abraham Van Buren | 1807 – 1873 | Angelica Singleton | ||
| John Van Buren | 1810 – 1866 | Elizabeth Van der Poel | ||
| Martin Van Buren, Jr. | 1812 – 1855 | ? | ||
| Winfield Scott [4] | 1814 - 1814 | |||
| Smith Thompson Van Buren | 1817 – 1876 | Ellen King James Henrietta Eckford Irving |
7 children between 2 wives | |
| unnamed daughter [5] | (stillborn, date unknown) |
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[edit] William and Anna Harrison
| Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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| Elizabeth Bassett Harrison AKA Betsy |
1796 – 1846 | John Cleves Short | ||
| John Cleves Symmes Harrison | 1798 – 1830 | Clarissa Pike | 6 children | |
| Lucy Singleton Harrison | 1800 – 1826 | David K. Estes | 4 children | |
| William Henry Harrison, Jr. | 1802 – 1838 | Jane Findlay Irwin | 2 children | |
| John Scott Harrison | 1804 – 1878 | Lucretia Knapp Johnson | 3 children | |
| Elizabeth Ramsey Irwin | 10 children, including Benjamin Harrison (1833 – 1901) | |||
| Benjamin Harrison | 1806 – 1840 | Louisa Smith Bonner | ||
| Mary Raney | ||||
| Mary Symmes Harrison | 1809 – 1842 | John Henry Fitzhugh Thornton | ||
| Carter Bassett Harrison | 1811 – 1839 | Mary Anne Sutherland | ||
| Anna Tuthill Harrison | 1813 – 1865 | William Henry Harrison Taylor | ||
| James Findlay Harrison | 1814 – 1819 | no spouse | died of unknown causes | |
| Dilsia | 1809 – 18?? | unknown | Daughter conceived by one of his slaves.[6] | |
[edit] John Tyler
[edit] with Letitia Tyler
| Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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| Mary Tyler | 1815 – 1848 | Henry Lightfoot Jones | ||
| Robert Tyler | 1816 – 1877 | Elizabeth Priscilla Cooper | ||
| John Tyler, Jr. | 1819 – 1896 | Martha Rochelle | ||
| Letitia Tyler AKA Letty |
1821 – 1907 | James Allen Semple | no children | |
| Elizabeth Tyler AKA Lizzie |
1823 – 1850 | William Nevison Waller | ||
| Anne Contesse Tyler | 1825 | no spouse | died in infancy | |
| Alice Tyler | 1827 – 1854 | Henry Mandeville Denison | ||
| Tazewell Tyler | 1830 – 1874 | Nannie Bridges | ||
[edit] with a slave
| Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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| John William Dunjee | 1833 – 1903 | Lydia Ann Taylor | allegedly the son of John Tyler; unproven as of 2011[7] | |
[edit] with Julia Tyler
| Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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| David Gardiner Tyler AKA Gardie |
1846 – 1927 | Mary Morris Jones | ||
| John Alexander Tyler AKA Alex |
1848 – 1883 | Sarah Griswold Gardiner | ||
| Julia Gardiner Tyler | 1849 – 1871 | William H. Spencer | ||
| Lachlan Tyler | 1851 – 1902 | Georgia Webb Powell | ||
| Lyon Gardiner Tyler | 1853 – 1935 | Anne Baker Tucker | Father of:
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| Sue Ruffin | Father of:
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| Robert Fitzwalter Tyler | 1856 – 1927 | Fannie Glenn | at least 3 children | |
| Pearl Tyler | 1860 – 1947 | William Munford Ellis | ||
[edit] James and Sarah Polk
No natural children
| Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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| Marshall Tate Polk, Jr. | 1831 – 1884 | Evalina McNeal Bills | Legal ward; nephew, son of brother Marshall Tate Polk | |
[edit] Zachary and Margaret Taylor
| Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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| Anne Margaret Mackall Taylor | 1811 – 1875 | Robert Crooke Wood | Mother of 4 children, including John Taylor Wood (1830 – 1904) | |
| Sarah Taylor AKA Knox or Knoxie |
1814 – 1835 | Jefferson Finis Davis | died from malaria as a newlywed | |
| Octavia Pannel Taylor | 1816 – 1820 | no spouse | died from malaria | |
| Margaret Smith Taylor | 1819 – 1820 | no spouse | died from malaria | |
| Mary Elizabeth Taylor AKA Betty |
1824 – 1909 | William Wallace Smith Bliss | ||
| Philip Pendelton Dandridge | ||||
| Richard Taylor | 1826 – 1879 | Louise Marie Myrthe Bringier | ||
[edit] Millard and Abigail Fillmore
| Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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| Millard Powers Fillmore | 1828 – 1889 | no spouse | ||
| Mary Abigail Fillmore AKA Abby |
1832 – 1854 | no spouse | Served as Acting First Lady during her mother's illness | |
[edit] Franklin and Jane Pierce
| Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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| Franklin Pierce, Jr. | 1836 | no spouse | died in infancy | |
| Franklin Robert Pierce | 1839 – 1843 | no spouse | died of typhus fever | |
| Benjamin Pierce | 1841 – 1853 | no spouse | died in train accident in front of his parents, weeks before his father was inaugurated | |
[edit] James Buchanan
- No natural children
| Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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| Mary Elizabeth Speer Lane | 1826 – 1855 | George Washington Baker | Adoptive daughter; niece (daughter of sister Jane Buchanan and Elliot Tole Lane) |
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| Harriet Rebecca Lane | 1830 – 1903 | Henry Elliott Johnston | Adoptive daughter; niece (daughter of sister Jane Buchanan and Elliot Tole Lane); served as Acting First Lady Mother of:
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[edit] Abraham and Mary Lincoln
| Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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| Robert Todd Lincoln | 1843 – 1926 | Mary Eunice Harlan | Father of:
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| Edward Baker Lincoln AKA Eddie |
1846 – 1850 | no spouse | died of "chronic consumption" | |
| William Wallace Lincoln AKA Willie |
1850 – 1862 | no spouse | died from typhoid fever | |
| Thomas Lincoln AKA Tad |
1853 – 1871 | no spouse | died from unknown causes | |
[edit] Andrew and Eliza Johnson
| Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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| Martha Johnson | 1828 – 1901 | David Trotter Patterson | ||
| Charles Johnson | 1830 – 1863 | no spouse | ||
| Mary Johnson | 1832 – 1883 | Daniel Stover | ||
| William Brown | ||||
| Robert Johnson | 1834 – 1869 | no spouse | died after suicide | |
| Andrew Johnson, Jr. | 1852 – 1879 | Bessie May Kumbaugh | ||
[edit] Ulysses and Julia Grant
| Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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| Frederick Dent Grant | 1850 – 1912 | Ida Marie Honoré | Father of:
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| Ulysses S. Grant, Jr. AKA Buck |
1852 – 1929 | Frances Josephine Chaffee | Father of 5 children, including Ulysses Simpson Grant IV (1893 – 1977) | |
| America Workman Will | no children | |||
| Ellen Wrenshall Grant AKA Nellie |
1855 – 1922 | Algernon Charles Frederick Sartoris | Mother of:
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| Frank Hatch Jones | ||||
| Jesse Root Grant | 1858 – 1934 | Elizabeth Chapman | Father of two, including Chapman Grant (1887 – 1983) | |
| Lillian Burns | ||||
[edit] Rutherford and Lucy Hayes
| Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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| Sardis Birchard Austin Hayes | 1853 – 1926 | Mary Nancy Sherman | ||
| James Webb Cook Hayes | 1856 – 1934 | Mary Otis Brinkerhoff Miller | ||
| Rutherford Platt Hayes | 1858 – 1927 | Lucy Hayes Platt | ||
| Joseph Thompson Hayes AKA Jody |
1861 – 1863 | no spouse | died of dysentery | |
| George Crook Hayes | 1864 – 1866 | no spouse | died of scarlet fever | |
| Frances Hayes AKA Fanny |
1867 – 1950 | Harry Eaton Smith | ||
| Scott Russell Hayes | 1871 – 1923 | Maude Anderson | ||
| Manning Force Hayes | 1873 – 1874 | no spouse | died in infancy | |
[edit] James and Lucretia Garfield
| Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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| Eliza Arabella Garfield AKA Trot |
1860 – 1863 | no spouse | died of diphtheria in infancy[citation needed] | |
| Harry Augustus Garfield AKA Hal |
1863 – 1942 | Belle Hartford Mason | ||
| James Rudolph Garfield | 1865 – 1950 | Helen Newell | Father of:
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| Mary Garfield AKA Mollie |
1867 – 1947 | Joseph Stanley-Brown | ||
| Irvin McDowell Garfield | 1870 – 1951 | Susan Emmons | ||
| Abram Garfield | 1872 – 1958 | Sarah Granger Williams | ||
| Helen Grannis Matthews | ||||
| Edward Garfield | 1874 – 1876 | no spouse | died of whooping cough | |
[edit] Chester and Ellen Arthur
| Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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| William Lewis Arthur | 1860 – 1863 | no spouse | died of "convulsions" | |
| Chester Alan Arthur II | 1864 – 1937 | Myra Townsend | ||
| Rowena Graves | ||||
| Ellen Herndon Arthur AKA Nell |
1871 – 1915 | Charles Pinkerton | ||
[edit] Grover Cleveland and Maria Halpin
- See also section on Grover and Frances Cleveland
| Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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| Oscar Folsom Cleveland | 1874 – 1947 | unknown | alleged illegitimate child; adopted as "James E. King" into the family of James King in 1879 | |
[edit] Benjamin Harrison
[edit] with Caroline Harrison
| Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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| Russell Benjamin Harrison | 1854 – 1936 | May Angeline Saunders | Father of 2, including William Henry Harrison (1896 – 1990) | |
| Mary Scott Harrison AKA Mamie |
1858 – 1930 | James Robert McKee | served as acting First Lady | |
| unnamed daughter | 1861 | no spouse | died in infancy | |
[edit] with Mary Harrison
| Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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| Elizabeth Harrison | 1897 – 1955 | James Blaine Walker | ||
[edit] Grover and Frances Cleveland
- See also section on Grover Cleveland and Maria Halpin
| Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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| Ruth Cleveland AKA Baby Ruth |
1891 – 1904 | no spouse | died of diphtheria | |
| Esther Cleveland | 1893 – 1980 | William Sydney Bence Bosanquet | Mother of Philippa Ruth Bosanquet (1920 – 2010) | |
| Marion Cleveland | 1895 – 1977 | William Stanley Dell | ||
| John Harlan Amen | ||||
| Richard Folsom Cleveland AKA Dick |
1897 – 1974 | Ellen Douglas Gailor | ||
| Jessie Maxwell Black | ||||
| Francis Grover Cleveland | 1903 – 1995 | Alice Erdman | ||
[edit] William and Ida McKinley
| Child | Lifetime | Notes | |
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| Katherine McKinley AKA Katie |
1871 – 1875 | died of typhoid fever | |
| Ida McKinley | 1873 | died in infancy | |
[edit] Theodore Roosevelt
[edit] with Alice Roosevelt
| Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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| Alice Lee Roosevelt AKA Princess Alice |
1884 – 1980 | Nicholas Longworth IV | Mother of Paulina Longworth (1925 – 1957) | |
[edit] with Edith Roosevelt
| Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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| Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. AKA Ted |
1887 – 1944 | Eleanor Butler Alexander | Father of:
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| Kermit Roosevelt | 1889 – 1943 | Belle Wyatt Willard | Father of:
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| Ethel Carow Roosevelt | 1891 – 1977 | Richard Derby | Mother of:
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| Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt AKA Archie |
1894 – 1979 | Grace Lockwood | Father of:
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| Quentin Roosevelt AKA Quentyquee or Quinikins |
1897 – 1918 | no spouse | died in combat in World War I | |
[edit] William and Helen Taft
| Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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| Robert Alphonso Taft | 1889 – 1953 | Martha Wheaton Bowers | Father of:
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| Helen Herron Taft | 1891 – 1987 | Frederick Johnson Manning | Mother of:
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| Charles Phelps Taft II | 1897 – 1983 | Eleanor Kellogg Chase | Father of: | |
[edit] Woodrow and Ellen Wilson
| Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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| Margaret Woodrow Wilson AKA Nistha |
1886–1944 | no spouse | Served as acting First Lady for a brief period | |
| Jessie Woodrow Wilson | 1887–1933 | Francis Bowes Sayre | ||
| Eleanor Randolph Wilson | 1889–1967 | William Gibbs McAdoo | ||
[edit] Warren G. Harding
[edit] with Florence Harding
| Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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| Marshall Eugene DeWolfe AKA Pete |
1880–1915 | Esther Naomi Neely | stepson from Florence's first marriage, to Henry Athenton DeWolfe | |
[edit] with Nan Britton
| Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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| Elizabeth Ann Britton AKA Emma or Ann |
1919–2005 | Henry Edward Blaesing | allegedly the daughter of Warren G. Harding; unproven as of 2011[8] | |
[edit] Calvin and Grace Coolidge
| Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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| John Coolidge | 1906–2000 | Florence Trumbull | Father of:
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| Calvin Coolidge, Jr. | 1908–1924 | no spouse | Died of blood poisoning | |
[edit] Herbert and Lou Hoover
| Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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| Herbert Clark Hoover, Jr. | 1903–1969 | Margaret Ava Watson | Served as Under Secretary of State (October 4, 1954 - February 5, 1957) in the Eisenhower Administration. Variously named as "Herbert Hoover, Jr.,"[9] "Herbert Charles Hoover,"[10] and "Herbert Clark Hoover."[11] | |
| Allan Henry Hoover | 1907–1993 | Margaret Coberly | ||
[edit] Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt
| Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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| Anna Eleanor Roosevelt | 1906–1975 | Curtis Bean Dall | Mother of:
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| Clarence John Boettiger | Mother of John Roosevelt Boettiger (1939–present) | |||
| James Addison Halsted | ||||
| James Roosevelt AKA Jimmy |
1907–1991 | Betsey Maria Cushing | Father of Sara Delano Roosevelt (1932–present) | |
| Romelle Theresa Schneider | Father of James Roosevelt, Jr. (1945–present) | |||
| Gladys Irene Owens | ||||
| Mary Lena Winskill | ||||
| Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr. (I) | 1909 | no spouse | died as an infant | |
| Elliott Roosevelt | 1910–1990 | Elizabeth Browning Donner | Father of William Donner Roosevelt (1932–2003) | |
| Ruth Josephine Googins | Father of:
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| Faye Margaret Emerson | ||||
| Minnewa Bell | ||||
| Patricia Peabody | ||||
| Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr. (II) | 1914–1988 | Ethel du Pont | Father of:
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| Suzanne Perrin | ||||
| Felicia Schiff Warburg | ||||
| Patricia Luisa Oakes | ||||
| Linda McKay Stevenson | ||||
| John Aspinwall Roosevelt | 1916–1981 | Anne Lindsay Clark | Father of:
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| Irene Elder Boyd | ||||
[edit] Harry and Bess Truman
| Child | Lifetime | Spouse | ||
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| Mary Margaret Truman | 1924–2008 | Elbert Clifton Daniel, Jr. | Mother of:
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[edit] Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower
| Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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| Doud Dwight Eisenhower AKA Icky |
1917–1921 | no spouse | died of scarlet fever | |
| John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower | 1922–present | Barbara Jean Thompson | Currently the oldest living Presidential child
Father of:
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| Joanne Thompson | ||||
[edit] John and Jackie Kennedy
| Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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| Arabella Kennedy | 1956 | no spouse | stillborn | |
| Caroline Bouvier Kennedy | 1957 – present | Edwin Arthur Schlossberg | Mother of:
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| John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr. AKA John-John |
1960 – 1999 | Carolyn Jeanne Bessette | killed in an airplane crash | |
| Patrick Bouvier Kennedy | 1963 | no spouse | died after a premature birth | |
[edit] Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson
| Child | Lifetime | Spouse | ||
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| Lynda Bird Johnson | 1944–present | Charles Spittal Robb | Mother of:
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| Luci Baines Johnson | 1947–present | Patrick John Nugent | Mother of:
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| Ian Johnstone Turpin | ||||
[edit] Richard and Pat Nixon
| Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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| Patricia Nixon AKA Tricia |
1946–present | Edward Ridley Finch Cox | Mother of Christopher Nixon Cox (1979–present) | |
| Julie Nixon | 1948–present | Dwight David Eisenhower II | Mother of:
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[edit] Gerald and Betty Ford
| Child | Lifetime | Spouse | ||
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| Michael Gerald Ford | 1950–present | Gayle Ann Brumbaugh | Father of:
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| John Gardner Ford AKA Jack |
1952–present | Juliann Felando | Father of:
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| Steven Meigs Ford | 1956–present | no spouse | ||
| Susan Elizabeth Ford | 1957–present | Charles Vance | Mother of:
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| Vaden Bales | ||||
[edit] Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter
| Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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| John William Carter AKA Jack |
1947 – present | Juliet Langford | Father of:
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| Elizabeth Brasfield | ||||
| James Earl Carter III AKA Chip |
1950 – present | Caron Griffin | Father of James Earl Carter IV | |
| Ginger Hodges | Father of Margaret Alicia Carter | |||
| Becky Payne | ||||
| Donnell Jeffrey Carter AKA Jeff |
1952 – present | Annette Jene Davis | Father of: | |
| 1967 – present | James Gregory Wentzel | Mother of Hugo James Wentzel (1999–present) | ||
[edit] Ronald Reagan
[edit] with Jane Wyman
| Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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| Maureen Reagan | 1941–2001 | John Filippone | ||
| David Sills | ||||
| Dennis C. Revell | ||||
| Michael Reagan | 1945–present | Pamela Gail Putnam | Adopted son | |
| Colleen Sterns | ||||
| Christine Reagan | 1947 | died shortly after birth | ||
[edit] with Nancy Reagan
| Child | Lifetime | Spouse | |
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| Patti Davis | 1952–present | Paul Grilley (1984–1990) | |
| Ron Reagan | 1958–present | Doria Palmieri | |
[edit] George H. W. Bush and Barbara Bush
| Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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| George W. Bush | 1946–present | Laura Bush | 43rd President of the United States
Father of:
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| Pauline Robinson Bush | 1949–1953 | died of leukemia | ||
| John E. Bush AKA Jeb |
1953–present | Columba Bush | Father of:
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| Neil Bush | 1955–present | Sharon Smith | Father of:
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| Maria Andrews | ||||
| Marvin P. Bush | 1956–present | Margaret Conway Molster | ||
| Dorothy Bush Koch AKA Doro |
1959–present | William LeBlond | Mother of:
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| Bobby Koch | Mother of:
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[edit] Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton
| Child | Lifetime | Spouse | |
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| Chelsea Clinton | 1980 – present | Marc Mezvinsky | |
[edit] George W. and Laura Bush
| Child | Lifetime | Spouse | |
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| Barbara Pierce Bush | 1981 – present | no spouse | |
| Jenna Hager | 1981 – present | Henry Hager | |
[edit] Barack Obama and Michelle Obama
| Child | Lifetime | Notes | |
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| Malia Ann Obama | 1998 – present | ||
| Sasha Obama | 2001 – present | youngest living child of a president | |
[edit] Living Presidential children
As of January 2009[update], 27 presidential children are living. In age order, they are:
- John Eisenhower – August 3, 1922
- Lynda Bird Johnson Robb – March 19, 1944
- Michael Reagan – March 18, 1945
- Tricia Nixon Cox – February 21, 1946
- George W. Bush – July 6, 1946
- Luci Baines Johnson – July 2, 1947
- Jack Carter – July 3, 1947
- Julie Nixon Eisenhower – July 5, 1948
- Michael Gerald Ford – March 16, 1950
- James E. Carter III – April 12, 1950
- John Gardner Ford – March 16, 1952
- Jeff Carter – August 18, 1952
- Patti Davis – August 18, 1952
- Jeb Bush – February 11, 1953
- Neil Bush – January 22, 1955
- Steven Ford – May 19, 1956
- Marvin P. Bush – October 22, 1956
- Susan Ford – July 6, 1957
- Caroline Kennedy – November 27, 1957
- Ron Reagan – May 20, 1958
- Dorothy Bush Koch – August 18, 1959
- Amy Carter – October 19, 1967
- Chelsea Clinton – February 27, 1980
- Barbara Pierce Bush – November 25, 1981
- Jenna Hager – November 25, 1981
- Malia Obama – July 4, 1998
- Sasha Obama – June 10, 2001
The most recent presidential child to die was Margaret Truman, on January 29, 2008.
[edit] References
- ^ See, e.g., Angelo, First Families.
- ^ See, e.g., Zwicker, "America's Royalty", Presidential Studies Quarterly.
- ^ [1]
- ^ [2], lythgoes.net
- ^ [3], firstladies.org
- ^ Kenneth Robert Janken, Walter White: Mr. NAACP, Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2006, p.2
- ^ Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation at library.buffalo.edu/exhibits/ForeverFree/index.htm
- ^ Associated Press Wire Service. Secret Kept for Twenty Years: California Woman Says She is Daughter of Harding. Tri-City Herald, Pasco, Washington, p. 15, July 17, 1964.
- Dean, John; Schlesinger, Arthur M. Warren Harding (The American President Series), Times Books, 2004. ISBN 0-8050-6956-9
- ^ Cameron Hawley, "The Honored Name I Bear?", Life, Oct 11, 1954
- ^ Hoover Genealogy, Herbert Hoover National HIstoric Site, National Park Service
- ^ "Herbert Clark Hoover (1903-1969)". Office of the Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs, United States Department of State. http://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/hoover-herbert-clark-jr. Retrieved 2010-08-25.
- Bonnie Angelo, First Families: The Impact of the White House on Their Lives, ISBN 0-06-056356-7
- William A. Degregorio, The Complete Book of U.S. Presidents, Wings Books, 1991
- Doug Wead, All the President's Children: Triumph and Tragedy in the Lives of America's First Families, Atria Books, New York, 2003, ISBN 0-7434-4631-3
[edit] Further reading
- Larry D. Underwood. All the President's Children, Dageford Publishing, 2002, ISBN 1-886225-85-0 (a children's book)
- Quinn-Musgrove, Sandra L. and Kanter, Sanford, America's Royalty: All the President's Children, Olympic Marketing, ISBN 0-313-23645-3
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