List of children of presidents of the United States
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This is a list of children of U.S. Presidents, including stepchildren and alleged illegitimate children. All full names with married names are given. Currently there are 31 living presidential children, the oldest Lynda Bird Johnson Robb, the youngest Barron Trump.
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]
18th century
- No children together. The following were raised by Washington as his own:
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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John Parke Custis nickname: Jacky |
Nov. 27, 1754 – Nov. 5, 1781 | Eleanor Calvert | Stepson; father was Daniel Parke Custis
Father of:
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Martha Parke Custis nickname: Patsy |
1756 – June 19, 1773 | not married | Stepdaughter; father was Daniel Parke Custis | |
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Eleanor Parke Custis nickname: Nelly |
Mar. 31, 1779 – July 15, 1852 | Lawrence Lewis | Adopted daughter; daughter of stepson John Parke Custis |
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George Washington Parke Custis nickname: Wash |
Apr. 30, 1781 – Oct. 10, 1857 | Mary Lee Fitzhugh | Legal ward; son of stepson John Parke Custis
Father of:
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John and Abigail Adams
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Abigail Adams nickname: Nabby or Amelia |
July 14, 1765 – Aug. 15, 1813 | William Stephens Smith | Mother of:
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John Quincy Adams | July 11, 1767 – February 23, 1848 | Louisa Catherine Johnson | 6th President of the United States, see below at John Quincy and Louisa Adams |
Grace Susanna Adams | Dec. 28, 1768 – Feb. 4, 1770 | no spouse | Affectionately called "Suky", died aged one year. | |
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Charles Adams | May 29, 1770 – Nov. 30, 1800 | Sarah Smith | Father of:
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Thomas Boylston Adams | Sep. 15, 1772 – Mar. 13, 1832 | Ann Harrod | Father of:
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Elizabeth Adams | July 11, 1777 | no spouse | stillborn |
19th century
with Martha Jefferson
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Martha Jefferson Randolph nickname: Patsy |
Sep. 27, 1772 – Oct. 10, 1836 | Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr. |
Mother of:
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Jane Randolph Jefferson | Apr. 3, 1774 – Sep. 1775[3] | no spouse | died of unknown causes | |
unnamed son[4] | May 28 – June 14, 1777 | no spouse | died in infancy | |
Mary Jefferson nickname: Polly or Maria |
Aug. 1, 1778 – Apr. 17, 1804 | John Wayles Eppes | Mother of Francis Wayles Eppes VII (1801 – 1881) | |
Lucy Elizabeth Jefferson (I) | Nov. 3, 1780 – Apr. 15, 1781 | no spouse | died of an unspecified illness[5] | |
Lucy Elizabeth Jefferson (II) | May 8, 1782 – ca. Oct. 13, 1784[6] | no spouse | died of whooping cough[6] |
with Sally Hemings
- Alleged children with Sally Hemings; see Jefferson DNA data
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Children | |
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Thomas Jefferson Hemings nickname: 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 | Apr.1, 1798 – 1873 | Darek Joseph | one daughter, unknown name | |
Thenia Hemings | 1799 – 1802 | no spouse | died in early childhood | |
Harriet Hemings (II) | May 22, 1801 – 1863 | unknown | ||
James Madison Hemings | Jan. 18, 1805 – Nov. 26, 1877 | Mary Hughes McCoy | ||
Eston Hemings | May 21, 1808 – Jan. 3, 1856 | Julia Ann Isaacs | Father of John Wayles Jefferson (1835 – 1892) |
James and Dolley Madison
No children together, but raised the older of Dolley's 2 sons from her first marriage:
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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John Payne Todd | Feb. 29, 1792 – Jan. 16, 1852 | Greta Bunce | raised by James Madison; father was John Todd, Jr. |
William Temple Todd | July 4 – Oct. 24, 1793 | no spouse | died of yellow fever[7] |
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Eliza Kortright Monroe | Dec. 1786 – 1835[8] | George Hay | ||
James Spence Monroe | May 1799 – Sep. 28, 1800[9][a] | no spouse | died after "several days sickness".[9] | |
Maria Hester Monroe | May 20, 1803 – 1850 | Samuel Laurence Gouverneur |
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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George Washington Adams | Apr. 12, 1801 – Apr. 30, 1829 | none | committed suicide |
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John Adams II | July 4, 1803 – Oct. 23, 1834 | Mary Catherine Hellen | Father of:
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Charles Francis Adams | Aug. 18, 1807 – Nov. 21, 1886 | Abigail Brown Brooks |
Served as United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1861-1868)
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Louisa Catherine Adams | Aug. 12, 1811 – Sep. 15, 1812 | no spouse | died in St. Petersburg, Russia from an unknown illness while her father was serving as Minister to Russia[11][12] |
Andrew and Rachel Jackson
- No biological children together, adopted two:
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Andrew Jackson, Jr. | Dec. 4, 1808 – Apr. 17, 1865 | Sarah Yorke | adopted at birth; biological son of Severn Donelson | |
Lyncoya Jackson | 1811 – June 1, 1828 | no spouse | adopted Creek Indian orphan,[13] died of tuberculosis |
- Andrew and Rachel also served as guardians to eight children:
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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John Samuel Donelson | before 1805 – 1817 | unknown | Orphaned nephews of Rachel, sons of Samuel Donelson who died in 1804 | |
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Andrew Jackson Donelson | Aug. 25, 1799 – June 26, 1871 | Emily Tennessee Donelson | |
Elizabeth Martin Randolph | ||||
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Daniel Smith Donelson | June 23, 1801 – Apr. 17, 1863 | Margaret Donelson | |
Andrew Jackson Hutchings | 1812–1841 | Mary Coffee | Orphaned grandnephew of Rachel | |
Caroline Butler | before 1804 – 1817 | unknown | Orphaned children of family friend Edward Butler | |
Eliza Eleanor Butler | 1791–1850 | unknown | ||
Edward George Butler | 1800–1888 | unknown | ||
Anthony Wayne Butler | 1803–1824 | unknown |
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Abraham Van Buren | Nov. 27, 1807 – Mar. 15, 1873 | Angelica Singleton | ||
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John Van Buren | Feb. 10, 1810 – Oct. 13, 1866 | Elizabeth Van der Poel | Father of Anna (1842-1923) |
Martin Van Buren, Jr. | Dec. 20, 1812 – Mar. 19, 1855 | no spouse | ||
Winfield Scott Van Buren [14] | 1814 | |||
Smith Thompson Van Buren | Jan. 16, 1817 – 1876 | Ellen King James Henrietta Eckford Irving |
7 children between 2 wives | |
unnamed daughter [15] | (stillborn, date unknown) |
with Anna Harrison
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Elizabeth Bassett Harrison nickname: Betsy |
Sep. 29, 1796 – Sep. 27, 1846 | John Cleves Short | ||
John Cleves Symmes Harrison | Oct. 28, 1798 – Oct. 30, 1830 | Clarissa Pike | 6 children | |
Lucy Singleton Harrison | Sep. 1800 – Apr. 7, 1826[16] | David K. Este[17] | 4 children | |
William Henry Harrison, Jr. | Sep. 3, 1802 – Feb. 6, 1838[16] | Jane Findlay Irwin | 2 children | |
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John Scott Harrison | Oct. 4, 1804 – May 25, 1878 | Lucretia Knapp Johnson | 3 children |
Elizabeth Ramsey Irwin | 10 children, including President Benjamin Harrison (1833 – 1901) | |||
Benjamin Harrison | 1806 – June 9, 1840[16] | Louisa Smith Bonner | ||
Mary Raney | ||||
Mary Symmes Harrison | Jan. 22, 1809 – Nov. 16, 1842[18] | John Henry Fitzhugh Thornton | ||
Carter Bassett Harrison | Oct. 26, 1811 – Aug. 12, 1839 | Mary Anne Sutherland | ||
Anna Tuthill Harrison | Oct. 28, 1813 – July 5, 1845[18] | William Henry Harrison Taylor | ||
James Findlay Harrison | 1814 – 1817[18] | no spouse | died of unknown causes |
with a slave
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Dilsia | 1809 – before 1900 | Unknown | Daughter conceived by one of his slaves.[19] |
with Letitia Tyler
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Mary Tyler | Apr. 15, 1815 – June 17, 1847 | Henry Lightfoot Jones | ||
Robert Tyler | Sep. 9, 1816 – Dec. 3, 1877 | Elizabeth Priscilla Cooper | ||
John Tyler III | Apr. 27, 1819 – Jan. 26, 1896 | Martha Rochelle | ||
Letitia Tyler nickname: Letty |
May 11, 1821 – Dec. 28, 1907 | James Allen Semple | no children | |
Elizabeth Tyler nickname: Lizzie |
July 11, 1823 – June 1, 1850 | William Nevison Waller | ||
Anne Contesse Tyler | Apr. 5 – July 1825 | no spouse | died in infancy | |
Alice Tyler | Mar. 23, 1827 – June 8, 1854 | Henry Mandeville Denison | ||
Tazewell Tyler | Dec. 6, 1830 – Jan. 8, 1874 | Nannie Bridges |
Alleged child 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[20] |
with Julia Tyler
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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David Gardiner Tyler nickname: Gardie |
July 12, 1846 – Sep. 5, 1927 | Mary Morris Jones | |
John Alexander Tyler nickname: Alex |
Apr. 7, 1848 – Sep. 1, 1883 | Sarah Griswold Gardiner | ||
Julia Gardiner Tyler | Dec. 25, 1849 – May 8, 1871 | William H. Spencer | ||
Lachlan Tyler | Dec. 2, 1851 – Jan 26, 1902 | Georgia Webb Powell | ||
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Lyon Gardiner Tyler | Aug. 24, 1853 – Feb. 12, 1935 | Anne Baker Tucker | Father of:
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Sue Ruffin | Father of:
Both Lyon Jr. and Harrison were still alive as of August 2, 2017, meaning John Tyler is, by far, the earliest president with living grandchildren.[21] | |||
Robert Fitzwalter Tyler | Mar. 12, 1856 – Dec. 30, 1927 | Fannie Glenn | at least 3 children | |
Pearl Tyler | June 20, 1860 – June 30, 1947 | William Munford Ellis |
James and Sarah Polk
No biological children
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Marshall Tate Polk, Jr. | May 15, 1831 – Feb. 29, 1884 | Evalina McNeal Bills | Legal ward; nephew, son of brother Marshall Tate Polk |
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Anne Margaret Mackall Taylor Wood | Apr. 9, 1811 – Dec. 2, 1875 | Dr. Robert Crooke Wood | Mother of four children, including John Taylor Wood (1830 – 1904) | |
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Sarah Knox Taylor nickname: Knoxie |
1813 – Sep. 15, 1835[22] | Jefferson Finis Davis | died from malaria as a newlywed |
Octavia Pannel Taylor[23] [b] | Aug. 15, 1816 – Sep. 1820[25] | no spouse | died from malaria [c] | |
Margaret Smith Taylor | July 17, 1819 – Oct. 1820 | no spouse | died from malaria [d] | |
Mary Elizabeth Taylor nickname: Betty |
Apr. 20, 1824 – July 25, 1909 | William Wallace Smith Bliss | Betty Bliss served as President Taylor's White House hostess, as the First Lady was an invalid. | |
Philip Pendleton Dandridge | ||||
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Richard Scott Taylor nickname: Dick |
Jan. 27, 1826 – Apr. 17, 1879[27] | Louise Marie Myrthe Bringier | Father of Richard, Zachary, Louise, Elizabeth, and Myrthe. |
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Millard Powers Fillmore | Apr. 25, 1828 – Nov. 15, 1889 | no spouse | ||
Mary Abigail Fillmore nickname: Abby |
Mar. 27, 1832 – July 26, 1854 | no spouse | Served as Acting First Lady during her mother's illness |
Franklin and Jane Pierce
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Franklin Pierce, Jr. | Feb. 2 – Feb. 4, 1836 | no spouse | died in infancy | |
Franklin Robert Pierce | Aug. 27, 1839 – Nov. 14, 1843 | no spouse | died of typhus fever | |
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Benjamin Pierce | Apr. 13, 1841 – Jan. 6, 1853 | no spouse | died in train accident in front of his parents, weeks before his father was inaugurated |
- No biological children, and never married
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Mary Elizabeth Speer Lane | 1826 – 1855 | George Washington Baker | Adopted daughter; niece (daughter of sister Jane Buchanan and Elliot Tole Lane) | |
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Harriet Rebecca Lane | May 9, 1830 – July 3, 1903 | Henry Elliott Johnston | Adopted daughter; niece (daughter of sister Jane Buchanan and Elliot Tole Lane); served as Acting First Lady Mother of:
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Abraham and Mary Lincoln
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Robert Todd Lincoln | Aug. 1, 1843 – July 26, 1926 | Mary Eunice Harlan | Served as Secretary of War under the administrations of James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur.
Father of:
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Edward Baker Lincoln nickname: Eddie |
Mar. 10, 1846 – Feb. 1, 1850 | no spouse | died of "chronic consumption" |
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William Wallace Lincoln nickname: Willie |
Dec. 21, 1850 – Feb. 20, 1862 | no spouse | died from typhoid fever |
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Thomas Lincoln III nickname: Tad |
Apr. 4, 1853 – July 15, 1871 | no spouse | The cause of Tad Lincoln's death has been reported as possibly any one of the following: |
Andrew and Eliza Johnson
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Martha Johnson | Oct. 25, 1828 – July 10, 1901 | David Trotter Patterson | ||
Charles Johnson | Feb. 19, 1830 – Apr. 4, 1863 | no spouse | ||
Mary Johnson | May 8, 1832 – Apr. 19, 1883 | Daniel Stover | ||
William Browne | ||||
Robert Johnson | Feb. 22, 1834 – Apr. 22, 1869 | no spouse | died after suicide | |
Andrew Johnson, Jr. | Aug. 5, 1852 – Mar. 12, 1879 | Bessie May Kumbaugh |
Ulysses and Julia Grant
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Frederick Dent Grant | May 30, 1850 – Apr. 12, 1912 | Ida Marie Honoré | Father of:
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Ulysses S. Grant, Jr. nickname: Buck |
July 22, 1852 – Sep. 25, 1929 | Frances Josephine Chaffee | Father of 5 children, including Ulysses Simpson Grant IV (1893 – 1977) |
America Workman Will | no children | |||
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Ellen Wrenshall Grant nickname: Nellie |
July 4, 1855 – Aug. 30, 1922 | Algernon Charles Frederick Sartoris | Mother of:
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Frank Hatch Jones | ||||
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Jesse Root Grant | Feb. 6, 1858 – June 8, 1934 | Elizabeth Chapman | Father of two, including Chapman Grant (1887 – 1983) |
Lillian Burns |
Rutherford and Lucy Hayes
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Sardis Birchard Austin Hayes | Nov. 4, 1853 – Jan. 24, 1926 | Mary Nancy Sherman | ||
James Webb Cook Hayes | Mar. 20, 1856 – July 26, 1934 | Mary Otis Brinkerhoff Miller | ||
Rutherford Platt Hayes | June 24, 1858 – July 31, 1937 | Lucy Hayes Platt | ||
Joseph Thompson Hayes nickname: Jody |
Dec. 21, 1861 – June 24, 1863 | no spouse | died of dysentery | |
George Crook Hayes | Sep. 29, 1864 – May 24, 1866 | no spouse | died of scarlet fever | |
Frances Hayes nickname: Fanny |
Sep. 2, 1867 – Mar. 18, 1950 | Harry Eaton Smith | ||
Scott Russell Hayes | Feb. 8, 1871 – May 6, 1923 | Maude Anderson | ||
Manning Force Hayes | Aug. 1, 1873 – Aug. 28, 1874 | no spouse | died in infancy |
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Eliza Arabella Garfield nickname: Trot |
July 3, 1860 – Dec. 3, 1863 | no spouse | died of diphtheria[32] | |
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Harry Augustus Garfield nickname: Hal |
Oct. 11, 1863 – Dec. 12, 1942 | Belle Hartford Mason | |
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James Rudolph Garfield | Oct. 17, 1865 – Mar. 24, 1950 | Helen Newell | He was Secretary of the Interior during Theodore Roosevelt's administration. Father of:
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Mary Garfield nickname: Mollie |
Jan. 16, 1867 – Dec. 30, 1947 | Joseph Stanley-Brown | |
Irvin McDowell Garfield | Aug. 3, 1870 – July 18, 1951 | Susan Emmons | ||
Abram Garfield | Nov. 21, 1872 – Oct. 16, 1958 | Sarah Granger Williams | ||
Helen Grannis Matthews | ||||
Edward Garfield | Dec. 26, 1874 – Oct. 25, 1876 | no spouse | died of whooping cough |
Chester and Ellen Arthur
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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William Lewis Arthur | Dec. 10, 1860 – July 7, 1863 | no spouse | died of "convulsions" | |
Chester Alan Arthur II | July 25, 1864 – July 18, 1937 | Myra Townsend | Father of Gavin Arthur | |
Rowena Graves | ||||
Ellen Hansbrough Herndon Arthur nickname: Nell |
Nov. 21, 1871 – Sep. 6, 1915 | Charles Pinkerton |
Grover Cleveland and Maria Halpin
- See also section on Grover and Frances Cleveland
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Oscar Folsom Cleveland | Sep. 14, 1874 – 1947 | unknown name (married for ten years)[33] |
Illegitimate. Cleveland made payments to Maria Halpin after the boy was born.[34] Grover Cleveland acknowledged possibility he was Oscar Folsom Cleveland's father.[34] |
with Caroline Harrison
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Russell Benjamin Harrison | Aug. 12, 1854 – Dec. 13, 1936 | May Angeline Saunders | born Russell Farnum Lord Harrison
Father of 2, including William Henry Harrison (1896 – 1990) | |
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Mary Scott Harrison nickname: Mamie |
Apr. 3, 1858 – Oct. 28, 1930 | James Robert McKee | served as acting First Lady |
unnamed daughter | June 13, 1861 | no spouse | died in infancy |
with Mary Harrison
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Elizabeth Harrison Walker | Feb. 21, 1897 – Dec. 25, 1955 | James Blaine Walker |
- See also section on Grover Cleveland and Maria Halpin
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Ruth Cleveland nickname: Baby Ruth |
Oct. 3, 1891 – Jan. 7, 1904 | no spouse | died of diphtheria |
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Esther Cleveland | Sep. 9, 1893 – June 25, 1980 | William Sydney Bence Bosanquet | First Presidential child to be born in the White House. Mother of Philippa Ruth Bosanquet (1920 – 2010) |
Marion Cleveland | July 7, 1895 – Mar. 10, 1977 | William Stanley Dell | ||
John Harlan Amen | ||||
Richard Folsom Cleveland nickname: Dick |
Oct. 28, 1897 – Jan. 10, 1974 | Ellen Douglas Gailor | ||
Jessie Maxwell Black | ||||
Francis Grover Cleveland | June 18, 1903 – Nov. 8, 1995 | Alice Erdman |
William and Ida McKinley
Child | Lifetime | Notes | |
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Katherine McKinley nickname: Katie |
Dec. 25, 1871 – June 25, 1875 | died of typhoid fever |
Ida McKinley | Apr. 1 – Aug. 22, 1873 | died in infancy |
20th century
with Alice Roosevelt
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Alice Lee Roosevelt nickname: Princess Alice |
Feb. 12, 1884 – Feb. 20, 1980 | Nicholas Longworth IV | Mother of Paulina Longworth (1925 – 1957) |
with Edith Roosevelt
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. nickname: Ted |
Sep. 13, 1887 – July 12, 1944 | Eleanor Butler Alexander | Governor General of the Philippines and Governor of Puerto Rico. Father of:
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Kermit Roosevelt | Oct. 10, 1889 – June 4, 1943 | Belle Wyatt Willard | Father of:
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Ethel Carow Roosevelt | Aug. 13, 1891 – Dec. 10, 1977 | Richard Derby | Mother of:
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Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt nickname: Archie |
Apr. 10, 1894 – Oct. 13, 1979 | Grace Lockwood | Father of:
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Quentin Roosevelt nickname: Quentyquee or Quinikins |
Nov. 19, 1897 – July 14, 1918 | no spouse | died in combat in World War I |
William and Helen Taft
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Robert Alphonso Taft | Sep. 8, 1889 – July 31, 1953 | Martha Wheaton Bowers | US Senator and perennial Presidential Candidate Father of:
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Helen Herron Taft Manning | Aug. 1, 1891 – Feb. 21, 1987 | Frederick Johnson Manning | Mother of:
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Charles Phelps Taft II | Sep. 20, 1897 – June 24, 1983 | Eleanor Kellogg Chase | Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio Father of:
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Woodrow and Ellen Wilson
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Margaret Woodrow Wilson nickname: Nistha |
Apr. 16, 1886 – Feb. 12, 1944 | no spouse | Served as acting First Lady for a brief period |
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Jessie Woodrow Wilson | Aug. 28, 1887 – Jan. 15, 1933 | Francis Bowes Sayre, Sr. | Mother of:
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Eleanor Randolph Wilson | Oct. 16, 1889 – Apr. 5, 1967 | William Gibbs McAdoo | Mother of:
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with Florence Harding
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Marshall Eugene DeWolfe nickname: Pete |
Sep. 22, 1880 – Jan. 1, 1915 | Esther Naomi Neely | stepson from Florence's first marriage, to Henry Athenton DeWolfe |
with Nan Britton
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Elizabeth Ann Britton nickname: Emma or Ann |
Oct. 22, 1919 – Nov. 17, 2005 | Henry Edward Blaesing | Illegitimate daughter of Warren G. Harding, proven by DNA testing in 2015[38] |
Calvin and Grace Coolidge
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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John Coolidge | John Coolidge | Sep. 7, 1906 – May 31, 2000 | Florence Trumbull | Father of:
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Calvin Coolidge, Jr. | Apr. 13, 1908 – July 7, 1924 | no spouse | Died of blood poisoning |
Herbert and Lou Hoover
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Herbert Clark Hoover, Jr. | Aug. 4, 1903 – July 9, 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.,"[39] "Herbert Charles Hoover,"[40] and "Herbert Clark Hoover."[41]
Father of:
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Allan Henry Hoover | July 17, 1907 – Nov. 4, 1993 | Margaret Coberly | Father of:
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Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Anna Eleanor Roosevelt | May 3, 1906 – Dec. 1, 1975 | Curtis Bean Dall | Mother of:
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Clarence John Boettiger | Mother of John Roosevelt Boettiger (b. 1939) | |||
James Addison Halsted | ||||
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James Roosevelt nickname: Jimmy |
Dec. 23, 1907 – Aug. 13, 1991 | Betsey Maria Cushing | Father of Sara Delano Roosevelt (b. 1932) |
Romelle Theresa Schneider | Father of James Roosevelt, Jr. (b. 1945) | |||
Gladys Irene Owens | ||||
Mary Lena Winskill | ||||
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr. (I) | Mar. 18 – Nov. 1, 1909 | no spouse | died as an infant | |
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Elliott Roosevelt | Sep. 23, 1910 – Oct. 27, 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 | ||||
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr. (II) | Aug. 17, 1914 – Aug. 17, 1988 | Ethel du Pont | Father of:
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Suzanne Perrin | ||||
Felicia Schiff Warburg | ||||
Patricia Luisa Oakes | ||||
Linda McKay Stevenson | ||||
John Aspinwall Roosevelt | Mar. 13, 1916 – Apr. 27, 1981 | Anne Lindsay Clark | Father of:
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Irene Elder Boyd |
Harry and Bess Truman
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Note | Place of Birth | |
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Mary Margaret Truman | Feb. 17, 1924 – Jan. 29, 2008 | Elbert Clifton Daniel, Jr. | Mother of:
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Independence, Missouri |
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | Place of Birth | |
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Doud Dwight Eisenhower nickname: Icky |
Sep. 24, 1917 – Jan. 2, 1921 | no spouse | died of scarlet fever | San Antonio, Texas | |
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John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower | Aug. 3, 1922 – Dec. 21, 2013 | Barbara Jean Thompson | Served as United States Ambassador to Belgium from 1969 to 1971.
Father of:
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Denver, Colorado |
Joanne Thompson |
John and Jackie Kennedy
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | Place of Birth | |
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Arabella Kennedy | Aug. 23, 1956 | no spouse | stillborn | ||
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Caroline Bouvier Kennedy | born Nov. 27, 1957 | Edwin Arthur Schlossberg | Served as United States Ambassador to Japan from 2013 to 2017.
Mother of:
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Manhattan, New York |
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr. nickname: John-John |
Nov. 25, 1960 – July 16, 1999 | Carolyn Jeanne Bessette | killed in an airplane crash | Washington, D.C. |
Patrick Bouvier Kennedy | Aug. 7 – Aug. 9, 1963 | no spouse | died after a premature birth | Otis Air Force Base, Massachusetts |
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | Place of Birth | |
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Lynda Bird Johnson | born Mar. 19, 1944 | Charles Spittal Robb | Currently the oldest living presidential child
Mother of:
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Washington, D.C. |
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Luci Baines Johnson | born July 2, 1947 | Patrick John Nugent | Mother of:
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Ian Johnstone Turpin |
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | Place of Birth | |
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Patricia Nixon nickname: Tricia |
born Feb. 21, 1946 | Edward Ridley Finch Cox | Mother of Christopher Nixon Cox (b. 1979) | Whittier, California |
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Julie Nixon | born July 5, 1948 | Dwight David Eisenhower II | Mother of:
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Washington, D.C. |
Gerald and Betty Ford
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | Place of Birth | |
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Michael Gerald Ford | born Mar. 14, 1950 | Gayle Ann Brumbaugh | Father of:
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John Gardner Ford nickname: Jack |
born Mar. 16, 1952 | Juliann Felando | Father of:
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Steven Meigs Ford | born May 19, 1956 | no spouse | East Grand Rapids, Michigan | |
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Susan Elizabeth Ford | born July 6, 1957 | Charles Vance | Mother of:
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Washington, D.C. |
Vaden Bales |
Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | Place of Birth | |
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John William Carter nickname: Jack |
born July 3, 1947 | Juliet Langford | Father of:
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Portsmouth, Virginia | |
Elizabeth Brasfield | |||||
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James Earl Carter III nickname: Chip |
born Apr. 12, 1950 | Caron Griffin | Father of James Earl Carter IV (b. 1977) | Honolulu, Hawaii |
Ginger Hodges | Father of Margaret Alicia Carter | ||||
Becky Payne | |||||
Donnel Jeffrey Carter nickname: Jeff |
born Aug. 18, 1952 | Annette Jene Davis | Father of:
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New London, Connecticut | |
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Amy Lynn Carter | born Oct 19, 1967 | James Gregory Wentzel | Mother of Hugo James Wentzel (b. 1999) | Plains, Georgia |
with Jane Wyman
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | Place of Birth | |
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Maureen Elizabeth Reagan | Jan. 4, 1941 – Aug. 8, 2001 | John Filippone | Los Angeles, California | ||
David Sills | |||||
Dennis C. Revell | Mother of:
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Michael Edward Reagan (adopted) | born Mar. 18, 1945 | Pamela Gail Putnam | |||
Colleen Sterns | Father of:
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Christine Reagan | June 26, 1947 | died shortly after birth |
with Nancy Reagan
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Place of Birth | |
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Patti Davis | born Oct. 21, 1952 | Paul Grilley (1984–1990) | Los Angeles, California |
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Ronald Prescott Reagan nickname: Ron |
born May 20, 1958 | Doria Palmieri (died 2014) |
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | Place of Birth | |
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George Walker Bush | born July 6, 1946 | Laura Lane Welch | 46th Governor of Texas (1995–2000) and 43rd President of the United States, see below at George W. and Laura Bush | New Haven, Connecticut |
Pauline Robinson Bush nickname: Robin |
Dec. 20, 1949 – Oct. 11, 1953 | died of leukemia | Compton, California | ||
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John Ellis Bush nickname: Jeb |
born Feb. 11, 1953 | Columba Garnica Gallo | 43rd Governor of Florida (1999–2007) Father of:
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Midland, Texas |
Neil Mallon Bush | born Jan. 22, 1955 | Sharon Smith | Father of:
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Maria Andrews | |||||
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Marvin Pierce Bush | born Oct. 22, 1956 | Margaret Conway Molster | Father of:
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Dorothy Walker Bush nickname: Doro |
born Aug. 18, 1959 | William LeBlond | Mother of:
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Harris County, Texas |
Robert P. Koch | Mother of:
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Bill and Hillary Clinton
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | Place of Birth | |
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Chelsea Victoria Clinton | born Feb. 27, 1980 | Marc Mezvinsky | Mother of:
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Little Rock, Arkansas |
21st century
George W. and Laura Bush
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | Place of Birth | |
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Barbara Pierce Bush | born Nov. 25, 1981 | Unmarried | Dallas, Texas | |
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Jenna Welch Bush | born Nov. 25, 1981 | Henry Chase Hager | Mother of:
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Barack and Michelle Obama
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | Place of Birth | |
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Malia Ann Obama | born July 4, 1998 | Unmarried | Class of 2021 at Harvard University | Chicago, Illinois |
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Natasha Obama Nickname: Sasha |
born June 10, 2001 | Unmarried |
with Ivana Trump
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | Place of Birth | |
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Donald John Trump Jr. Nickname: Don |
born December 31, 1977 | Vanessa Kay Haydon | Trustee of The Trump Organization along with Eric.
Father of:
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Manhattan, New York |
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Ivanka Marie Trump | born October 30, 1981 | Jared Corey Kushner | Assistant to the President
Mother of:
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Eric Frederick Trump | born January 6, 1984 | Lara Lea Yunaska | Trustee of The Trump Organization along with Don Jr.
Father of:
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with Marla Maples
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | Place of Birth | |
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Tiffany Ariana Trump | born October 13, 1993 | Unmarried | College graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, her father's alma mater. | West Palm Beach, Florida |
with Melania Trump
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | Place of Birth | |
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Barron William Trump | born March 20, 2006 | Unmarried | Between January to June 2017, Barron did not reside in the White House and chose to stay in Manhattan with his mother so that he could complete his school year. Youngest living child of any president.[42] | Manhattan, New York |
Living presidential children
As of September 2024, 31 presidential children are living. In order of their ages, they are:
Current First Child
The last Presidential child to die was John Eisenhower, the son of Dwight D. Eisenhower, who died on December 21, 2013. He was also the father-in-law of Julie Nixon Eisenhower, another Presidential child.
Notes
- ^ James Monroe wrote that his only son died on September 28, 1800. The date of September 28, 1801 that is said to appear on the James Spence Monroe gravestone in the St. John's Episcopal Church (Richmond, Virginia) churchyard is not contemporaneous to the child's death, the location of the actual grave remains unknown.[10]
- ^ Some sources spell this name as Octavia Pannill Taylor.[24]
- ^ Octavia's illness was described by her father as "bilious fever."[26]
- ^ Margaret's illness was described by her father as "bilious fever."[26]
References
- ^ See, e.g., Angelo, First Families.
- ^ See, e.g., Zwicker, "America's Royalty", Presidential Studies Quarterly.
- ^ "Thomas Jefferson's Family". Jefferson Quotes & Family Letters (Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series). Thomas Jefferson Foundation, Inc. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
- ^ Quinn, Sandra L.; Kanter, Sanford (1995). America's Royalty: All the Presidents' Children. Greenwood Publishing. p. 19.
- ^ Quinn, Sandra L.; Kanter, Sanford (1995). America's Royalty: All the Presidents' Children. Greenwood Publishing. p. 21.
- ^ a b "Lucy Jefferson (1782-1784)". monticello.org. Thomas Jefferson Foundation. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
- ^ https://www.biography.com/people/dolley-madison-9394952
- ^ Quinn, Sandra L.; Kanter, Sanford (1995). America's Royalty: All the Presidents' Children. Greenwood Publishing. p. 27.
- ^ a b Monroe, James. "James Spence Monroe". The Papers of James Monroe. University of Mary Washington. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
An unhappy event has occurr'd which has overwhelmed us with grief. At ten last night our beloved babe departed this life after several days sickness
- ^ Stuart, Leibiger, ed. (2012). A Companion to James Madison and James Monroe. John Wiley & Sons.
- ^ "Louisa Catherine Adams: A Father Reflects on the Death of his Infant Daughter". Massachusetts Historical Society. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
...had been unwell for weeks. She experienced extreme discomfort due to teething (in his diary, JQA stated she was cutting seven teeth at the same time), had dysentery, and was feverish.
- ^ "First Lady Biography: Louisa Adams". National First Ladies' Library. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
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- ^ [2][permanent dead link], lythgoes.net
- ^ [3], firstladies.org
- ^ a b c Wead, Doug (2004). All the Presidents' Children: Triumph and Tragedy in the Lives of America's First Families. p. 338.
- ^ Quinn, Sandra L.; Kanter, Sanford (1995). America's Royalty: All the Presidents' Children. Greenwood Publishing. p. 338.
- ^ a b c Wead, Doug (2004). All the Presidents' Children: Triumph and Tragedy in the Lives of America's First Families. p. 339.
- ^ 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
- ^ "A US president born in 1790 has two living grandsons". Business Insider. August 3, 2017. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
- ^ http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=13
- ^ Wead, Doug (2004). All the Presidents' Children: Triumph and Tragedy in the Lives of America's First Families. p. 342.
- ^ Bauer, K. Jack (1993). Zachary Taylor: Soldier, Planter, Statesman of the Old Southwest. LSU Press. p. 30.
- ^ http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=13
- ^ a b Bauer. Zachary Taylor: Soldier, Planter, Statesman of the Old Southwes. p. 38.
- ^ http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=13
- ^ Davenport, Don (2001). In Lincoln's Footsteps: A Historical Guide to the Lincoln Sites in Illinois. Big Earth Publishing. p. 210.
- ^ Emerson, Jason. Giant in the Shadows: The Life of Robert T. Lincoln. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 2012, P. 478.
- ^ "Abraham Lincoln and Chicago (Abraham Lincoln's Classroom)". The Lincoln Institute. Retrieved December 2, 2012.
- ^ "The Lincoln Boys". Library of Congress. Archived from the original on October 23, 2013. Retrieved December 2, 2012.
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- ^ a b Sibley, Katherine A.S., ed. (2016). A Companion to First Ladies. John Wiley & Sons,. p. 269.
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- ^ a b Serratore, Angela (September 26, 2013). "President Cleveland's Problem Child". smithsonianmag.com. Smithsonian/The Smithsonian. Retrieved October 11, 2016.
- ^ Lachman, Charles (2011). A Secret Life: The Sex, Lies, and Scandals of President Grover Cleveland. Skyhorse Publishing. p. 202.
- ^ "DNA Is Said to Solve a Mystery of Warren Harding's Love Life". The New York Times. 13 August 2015.
- ^ Cameron Hawley, "The Honored Name I Bear?", Life, Oct 11, 1954
- ^ "Hoover Genealogy - Herbert Hoover National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)".
- ^ "Herbert Clark Hoover (1903-1969)". Office of the Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs, United States Department of State. Retrieved 2010-08-25.
- ^ Haberman, Maggie (November 20, 2016). "Melania and Barron Trump Won't Immediately Move to White House". The New York Times. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
- 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
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