The following people are children of U.S. presidents, including biological children, confirmed and alleged extramarital children, adopted or abducted children, stepchildren, and legal wards. Status of paternity investigation/confirmation is included with entries for alleged extramarital children. All full names (including full married names) are given. Currently there are 33 confirmed, known living presidential children, of whom the oldest is Lynda Bird Johnson Robb and the youngest is Barron Trump. Two presidential children, John Quincy Adams and George W. Bush, have become president in their own right. John Scott Harrison is the only person to be both a child of a U.S. president and a parent of another U.S. president, being a son of William Henry Harrison and the father of Benjamin Harrison. Five presidents fathered no (known, biological) children: George Washington, James Madison, Andrew Jackson, James K. Polk, and James Buchanan. Wives of two of these presidents, Martha Washington and Dolley Madison, had children from previous marriages; Rachel Jackson had no biological children from either of her marriages. [1] At least six presidents have had alleged or confirmed extramarital children. [2] Several presidents, including Thomas Jefferson, John Tyler, William Henry Harrison, and Andrew Johnson, have alleged or confirmed extramarital children with enslaved women or girls who could not legally consent to or reject sexual intercourse with their enslavers because they had no legal personhood and no recourse of any kind. [3] [4] During the Creek War, Andrew Jackson sent three Indigenous or mixed-race babies to the Hermitage. [5] These children have been variously described as adopted or as spoils of war. [6]
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 among 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 family members. For instance, a child may 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. A number of presidential sons and wards have served their fathers as Secretary to the President of the United States. [7] Due to a combination of nepotism, generational wealth, and the spoils system, children of presidents have often received benefit from being born into an American political family, either by dint of government appointments or other advantage in running for office. [8]
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; [9] and the issue of their influence on society and politics. [10]
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Daniel Parke Custis Jr. | November 19, 1751 – February 19, 1754 (aged 2) | No spouse | Posthumous stepson; died before Martha Custis' marriage to George Washington. | |
Frances Parke Custis | April 12, 1753 – April 1, 1757 (aged 3) | No spouse | Posthumous stepson; died before Martha Custis' marriage to George Washington. | |
![]() | John Parke Custis Nickname: Jacky | November 27, 1754 – November 5, 1781 (aged 26) | Eleanor Calvert | Stepson. Died from "camp fever" while serving in the American Revolutionary War. Father of:
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![]() | Martha Parke Custis Nickname: Patsy | 1756 – June 19, 1773 (aged 17) | No spouse | Stepdaughter. Died from an epileptic seizure. |
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![]() | Thomas Posey | June 9, 1750 – March 19, 1818 (aged 67) | Martha Mathews | Posey's parentage is unclear. According to rumors, Posey was born out of wedlock to the widow of George Harrison and was adopted by her second husband John Posey; that he was the illegitimate child of John Posey and another woman; or that he might have been the natural son of seventeen-year-old George Washington and an unnamed "Low Land Beauty" who was raised by the Poseys. [11] [12] |
Mary Alexander Thornton | ||||
![]() | West Ford | c. 1784 – July 20, 1863 (aged 78–79) | Caretaker at Mount Vernon; descendants assert Washington was his father, see West Ford § Washington fatherhood controversy |
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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![]() | Abigail Adams Nickname: Nabby or Amelia | July 14, 1765 – August 15, 1813 (aged 48) | William Stephens Smith | Earliest confirmed biological child of a President of the United States. Mother of:
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![]() | John Quincy Adams 6th president (1825–1829) | July 11, 1767 – February 23, 1848 (aged 80) | Louisa Catherine Johnson | 6th president of the United States, see below at John Quincy and Louisa Adams |
Susanna Adams Nickname: Suky | December 28, 1768 – February 4, 1770 (aged 1) | No spouse | Died of an unknown illness | |
![]() | Charles Adams | May 29, 1770 – November 30, 1800 (aged 30) | Sarah Smith | Died likely of pleurisy; the first First Child to die during their parent's presidency. Father of:
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![]() | Thomas Boylston Adams | September 15, 1772 – March 13, 1832 (aged 59) | Ann Harrod | Father of:
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Elizabeth Adams | July 11, 1777 | No spouse | Stillborn |
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John Skelton | November 7, 1767 – June 10, 1771 (aged 3) | No spouse | Posthumous stepson; died before Martha Skelton's marriage to Jefferson. Fathered by her first husband, Bathurst Skelton. | |
![]() | Martha Jefferson Nickname: Patsy | September 27, 1772 – October 10, 1836 (aged 64) | Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. | Mother of:
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Jane Randolph Jefferson | April 3, 1774 – September 1775 (aged 1) [13] | No spouse | Died of unknown causes | |
[14] | May 28, 1777 – (aged 17 days) | Died in infancy | ||
Mary Jefferson Nickname: Polly or Maria | August 1, 1778 – April 17, 1804 (aged 25) | John Wayles Eppes | Mother of:
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Lucy Elizabeth Jefferson (I) | November 30, 1780 – (aged 4 months) | No spouse | Died of an unspecified illness [15] | |
Lucy Elizabeth Jefferson (II) | May 8, 1782 – c. October 13, 1784 (aged 2) [16] | Died of whooping cough [16] |
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes |
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Harriet Hemings (I) | October 5, 1795 – December 7, 1797 (aged 2) | No spouse | Died of unknown causes |
Beverly Hemings | April 1, 1798 – fl. 1822 | A white woman in Maryland | One daughter, unnamed |
Hemings | c. December 7, 1799 – c. 1800 | No spouse | Died in early childhood |
Harriet Hemings (II) | May 22, 1801 – fl. 1822 | Unknown | Unknown |
Madison Hemings | January 18, 1805 – November 26, 1877 (aged 72) | Mary Hughes McCoy | Father of:
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Eston Hemings | May 21, 1808 – January 3, 1856 (aged 47) | Julia Ann Isaacs | Father of:
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No children together, but raised the older of Dolley's two sons from her first marriage to John Todd.
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![]() | John Payne Todd Nickname: Payne | February 29, 1792 – January 16, 1852 (aged 59) | No spouse | Stepson raised by James Madison; father was John Todd Jr. |
William Temple Todd | July 4, 1793 – (aged 3 months) | Posthumous stepson; died of yellow fever, along with his biological father, in the 1793 Philadelphia yellow fever epidemic [17] |
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![]() | Elizabeth Kortright Monroe Nickname: Eliza | December 1786 – January 27, 1840 (aged 53) [18] [19] | George Hay | Mother of Hortensia Monroe Hay (1809–1834) |
James Spence Monroe | May 1799 – September 28, 1800 (aged 1) [20] [a] | No spouse | Died after "several days sickness" [20] | |
![]() | Maria Hester Monroe | April 8, 1802 – June 20, 1850 (aged 48) | Samuel Laurence Gouverneur | Mother of:
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Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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![]() | George Washington Adams | April 12, 1801 – April 30, 1829 (aged 28) | None [b] | Jumped off of a boat and drowned, believed to have been a suicide. |
![]() | John Adams II | July 4, 1803 – October 23, 1834 (aged 31) | Mary Catherine Hellen | Father of:
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[22] | June 22, 1806 | No spouse | Stillborn | |
![]() | Charles Francis Adams Sr. | August 18, 1807 – November 21, 1886 (aged 79) | Abigail Brown Brooks | Served as Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1861–1868)
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Louisa Catherine Adams | August 12, 1811 – September 15, 1812 (aged 1) | No spouse | Died in Saint Petersburg, Russia from an unknown illness while her father was serving as Minister to Russia [23] [24] |
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![]() | Andrew Jackson Jr. | December 4, 1808 – April 17, 1865 (aged 56) | Sarah Yorke | Biological child of Rachel's brother Severn Donelson; adopted in infancy. Died of tetanus contracted in hunting accident. Father of five:
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Theodore | c. 1813 – before March 1814 | Muscogee, possibly taken prisoner at Littafuchee, sent to live at the Hermitage as a companion for Andrew Jackson Jr. | ||
Charley | fl. February – April 1814 | Indigenous or mixed-race orphan, tribal affiliation unknown; Charley was given to Jackson, perhaps as a tribute, and he was sent to live at the Hermitage as a companion to Andrew Jackson Donelson | ||
![]() | Lyncoya Jackson | c. 1811 – (aged 16) | No spouse, no children | Muscogee survivor of the Battle of Tallushatchee; died of tuberculosis. |
John Samuel Donelson | Before 1805–1817 | No spouse, no children | Orphaned nephews of Rachel, sons of Samuel Donelson who died in 1804. Major General Daniel Smith Donelson died from chronic diarrhea outside of combat. | |
![]() | Andrew Jackson Donelson | August 25, 1799 – June 26, 1871 (aged 71) | Emily Tennessee Donelson | |
Elizabeth Martin Randolph | ||||
![]() | Daniel Smith Donelson | June 23, 1801 – April 17, 1863 (aged 61) | Margaret Donelson | |
![]() | Andrew Jackson Hutchings | 1812 – 1841 (aged 28–29) | Mary Coffee | Orphaned grandnephew of Rachel |
Caroline Swanwick Butler | 1789 – 1864 (aged 74–75) | Robert G. Bell | Orphaned children of family friend Edward Butler [29] | |
Eliza Eleanor Butler | April 20, 1791 – November 4, 1850 (aged 59) | John Donelson IV (1787–1840) [c] | ||
![]() | Edward George Washington Butler | February 22, 1800 – September 5, 1888 (aged 88) | Frances Parke Lewis [d] | |
Anthony Wayne Butler | 1803 – September 1824 (aged 20–21) | No spouse, no children |
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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![]() | Abraham Van Buren II | November 27, 1807 – March 15, 1873 (aged 65) | Angelica Singleton | Father of:
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![]() | John Van Buren | February 18, 1810 – October 13, 1866 (aged 56) | Elizabeth Vanderpoel | Father of:
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Martin Van Buren Jr. Nickname: Matt | December 20, 1812 – March 19, 1855 (aged 42) | No spouse and no children | Died of tuberculosis | |
Winfield Scott Van Buren | 1814 | Died in infancy | ||
Smith Thompson Van Buren | January 16, 1817 – December 10, 1876 (aged 59) | Ellen King James | 7 children between 2 wives | |
Henrietta Eckford Irving | ||||
[32] | c. 1807 or c. 1818 | No spouse | Stillborn |
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Elizabeth Bassett Harrison Nickname: Betsy | September 29, 1796 – September 27, 1846 (aged 49) | John Cleves Short | Mother of:
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John Cleves Symmes Harrison | October 28, 1798 – October 30, 1830 (aged 32) | Clarissa Pike [e] | Father of:
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Lucy Singleton Harrison | September 1800 – April 7, 1826 (aged 25) [33] | David K. Este [34] | Mother of:
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William Henry Harrison Jr. | September 3, 1802 – February 6, 1838 (aged 35) [33] | Jane Findlay Irwin | Father of
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![]() | John Scott Harrison | October 4, 1804 – May 25, 1878 (aged 73) | Lucretia Knapp Johnson | Father of
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Elizabeth Ramsey Irwin | Mother of
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Benjamin Harrison | 1806 – June 9, 1840 (aged 33–34) [33] | Louisa Smith Bonner | 2 children | |
Mary Raney | 3 children | |||
Mary Symmes Harrison | January 22, 1809 – November 16, 1842 (aged 33) [35] | John Henry Fitzhugh Thornton | 6 children [36] | |
Carter Bassett Harrison | October 26, 1811 – August 12, 1839 (aged 27) | Mary Anne Sutherland | 1 child | |
Anna Tuthill Harrison | October 28, 1813 – July 5, 1845 (aged 29) [35] | William Henry Harrison Taylor [f] | 7 children | |
James Findlay Harrison | June 21, 1818 – April 6, 1819 (aged 0) [35] | No spouse | Died of unknown causes |
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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![]() | Dilsia Harrison | 1809 – before 1900 | Unknown | Daughter conceived by one of his slaves [37] |
Harrison ♀️ (I) | ||||
Harrison ♀️ (II) | ||||
Harrison ♀️ (III) | ||||
Harrison ♀️ (IV) | ||||
Marie Harrison | 1840 – 1875 (aged 34–35) | No spouse | Had 4 children with Augustus C. Ware (1830–1872). Grandmother of Walter Francis White, head of the NAACP |
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Mary Tyler | April 15, 1815 – June 17, 1847 (aged 32) | Henry Lightfoot Jones | Mother of:
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![]() | Robert Tyler | September 9, 1816 – December 3, 1877 (aged 61) | Elizabeth Priscilla Cooper | 8 children |
![]() | John Tyler Jr. | April 27, 1819 – January 26, 1896 (aged 76) | Martha Rochelle | 3 children |
![]() | Letitia Christian Tyler Nickname: Letty | May 11, 1821 – December 28, 1907 (aged 86) | James Allen Semple | No children |
Elizabeth Tyler Nickname: Lizzie | July 11, 1823 – June 1, 1850 (aged 26) | William Nevison Waller | 5 children | |
Anne Contesse Tyler [38] | April 5, 1825 – (aged 2–3 months) | No spouse | Died in infancy | |
Alice Tyler | March 23, 1827 – June 8, 1854 (aged 27) | Henry Mandeville Denison | 1 daughter [39] | |
Tazewell Tyler | January 8, 1830 – January 8, 1874 (aged 43) | Nannie Bridges | 1 daughter |
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Charles Tyler | Born c. 1810–1820? (est.) | Per Leavitt, escaped to Canada through Poughkeepsie, eventually moved to England as a servant of Governor-General John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham [40] | ||
John Tyler | Born c. 1815–1830? (est.) | Per Leavitt by way of a Baptist minister, John Tyler the younger had been sold out of Williamsburg to a new owner in Richmond; he claimed that he was one of several children Tyler fathered with his mother but "I reckon they are all sold before now." [40] | ||
![]() | John William Dunjee | 1833 – April 19, 1903 (aged 69–70) | Lydia Ann Taylor | Allegedly the son of John Tyler [41] Father of:
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Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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![]() | David Gardiner Tyler Nickname: Gardie | July 12, 1846 – September 5, 1927 (aged 81) | Mary Morris Jones | 5 children |
John Alexander Tyler Nickname: Alex | April 7, 1848 – September 1, 1883 (aged 35) | Sarah Griswold Gardiner | 2 children | |
Julia Gardiner Tyler | December 25, 1849 – May 8, 1871 (aged 21) | William H. Spencer | Julia Tyler Spencer Cheever (1871–1955, born via coffin birth) | |
Lachlan Tyler | December 2, 1851 – January 26, 1902 (aged 50) | Georgia Webb Powell | No children | |
![]() | Lyon Gardiner Tyler | August 24, 1853 – February 12, 1935 (aged 81) | Anne Baker Tucker | Father of:
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Sue Ruffin | Father of:
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Robert Fitzwalter Tyler | March 12, 1856 – December 30, 1927 (aged 71) | Fannie Glenn | At least 3 children | |
Margaret Pearl Tyler | June 20, 1860 – June 30, 1947 (aged 87) | William Munford Ellis | 8 children |
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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![]() | Marshall Tate Polk Jr. | May 15, 1831 – February 29, 1884 (aged 52) | Evalina McNeal Bills | Guardianship/legal ward, nephew, son of brother Marshall Tate Polk |
![]() | Sarah Polk Fall | April 1, 1847 – July 22, 1924 (aged 77) | George William Fall | Legal ward, shortly after the death of the president his widow unofficially adopted a great niece |
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Ann Mackall Taylor | April 9, 1811 – December 2, 1875 (aged 64) | Dr. Robert Crooke Wood | Mother of 4, including John Taylor Wood (1830–1904) | |
![]() | Sarah Knox Taylor Nickname: Knoxie | March 6, 1814 – September 15, 1835 (aged 21) [42] | Jefferson F. Davis | Died from malaria as a newlywed |
Octavia Pannel Taylor [43] [g] | August 16, 1816 – September 3, 1820 (aged 4) [42] | No spouse | Died from malaria [h] | |
Margaret Smith Taylor | July 17, 1819 – October 1820 (aged 1) | Died from malaria [i] | ||
![]() | Mary Elizabeth Taylor Nickname: Betty | April 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 | ||||
![]() | Richard Taylor Nickname: Dick | January 27, 1826 – April 17, 1879 (aged 53) [42] | Louise Marie Myrthe Bringier | Father of Richard, Zachary, Louise, Elizabeth, and Myrthe |
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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![]() | Millard Powers Fillmore Nickname: Powers | April 25, 1828 – November 15, 1889 (aged 61) | No spouse and no children | Last living descendant of President Fillmore [46] |
![]() | Mary Abigail Fillmore Nickname: Abby | March 27, 1832 – July 26, 1854 (aged 22) | Served as Unofficial Acting First Lady during her mother's illness. Died of cholera |
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Franklin Pierce Jr. | February 2, 1836 – (aged 2 days) | No spouse | Died from complications to his birth | |
Frank Robert Pierce | August 27, 1839 – November 14, 1843 (aged 4) | Died of typhus after contracting it along with his brother | ||
![]() | Benjamin Pierce Nickname: Benny | April 13, 1841 – January 6, 1853 (aged 11) | Died in a train accident in front of his parents, weeks before his father was inaugurated |
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Mary Elizabeth Speer Lane | 1826 – 1855 (aged 28–29) | George Washington Baker | Adopted daughter; niece (daughter of sister Jane Buchanan and Elliot Tole Lane) | |
![]() | Harriet Rebecca Lane | May 9, 1830 – July 3, 1903 (aged 73) | 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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Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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![]() | Robert Todd Lincoln | August 1, 1843 – July 26, 1926 (aged 82) | 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 | March 10, 1846 – February 1, 1850 (aged 3) | No spouse | Died of "chronic consumption". |
![]() | William Wallace Lincoln Nickname: Willie | December 21, 1850 – February 20, 1862 (aged 11) | Died from typhoid fever. | |
![]() | Thomas Lincoln III Nickname: Tad | April 4, 1853 – July 15, 1871 (aged 18) | The cause of Tad Lincoln's death has been reported as possibly any one of the following: |
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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![]() | Martha Johnson | October 25, 1828 – July 10, 1901 (aged 72) | David Trotter Patterson | Martha Johnson Patterson § Descendants:
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![]() | Charles Johnson | February 19, 1830 – April 4, 1863 (aged 33) | No spouse and no children | Died while enlisted in American Civil War from horse-related violence. [52] [53] |
![]() | Mary Johnson | May 8, 1832 – April 19, 1883 (aged 50) | Daniel Stover | Mary Johnson Stover § Descendants
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William R. Brown | ||||
![]() | Robert Johnson | February 22, 1834 – April 22, 1869 (aged 35) | No spouse and no children | |
![]() | Andrew Johnson Jr. Nickname: Frank | August 5, 1852 – March 12, 1879 (aged 26) | Bessie May Rumbough | No children |
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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![]() | Elizabeth Johnson Forby | March 1846 – October 3, 1905 (aged 59) | George Forby | Mother of nine children (Elizabeth Johnson Forby § Descendants) |
![]() | Florence Johnson Smith | May 1850 – September 5, 1920 (aged 70) | Henry Smith | Mother of four children (Florence Johnson Smith § Descendants) |
William Andrew Johnson | February 8, 1858 – May 16, 1943 (aged 85) | No spouse and no children | Andrew Johnson's son Robert Johnson is listed as father on William Andrew Johnson's death certificate. [j] [56] [57] |
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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![]() | Frederick Dent Grant | May 30, 1850 – April 12, 1912 (aged 61) | Ida Marie Honoré | Father of:
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![]() | Ulysses S. Grant Jr. Nickname: Buck | July 22, 1852 – September 25, 1929 (aged 77) | Frances Josephine "Fannie" Chaffee | Father of 5:
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America Rosa Workman Will | No children | |||
![]() | Ellen Wrenshall Grant Nickname: Nellie | July 4, 1855 – August 30, 1922 (aged 67) | Algernon Charles Frederick Sartoris | Mother of:
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Frank Hatch Jones | No children | |||
![]() | Jesse Root Grant II | February 6, 1858 – June 8, 1934 (aged 76) | Elizabeth Mary Chapman | Father of:
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Lillian Burns Wilkins | No children |
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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![]() | Birchard Austin Hayes | November 4, 1853 – January 24, 1926 (aged 72) | Mary Nancy Sherman | Father of:
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![]() | James Webb Cook Hayes Nickname: Webb | March 20, 1856 – July 26, 1934 (aged 78) | Mary Otis Brinkerhoff Miller | No children |
![]() | Rutherford Platt Hayes | June 24, 1858 – July 31, 1927 (aged 69) | Lucy Hayes Platt | Father of;
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Joseph Thompson Hayes Nickname: Jody | December 21, 1861 – June 24, 1863 (aged 1) | No spouse | Died of dysentery | |
George Crook Hayes | September 29, 1864 – May 4, 1866 (aged 1) | Died of scarlet fever | ||
Frances Hayes Nickname: Fanny | September 2, 1867 – March 18, 1950 (aged 82) | Harry Eaton Smith | 1 child;
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![]() | Scott Russell Hayes | February 8, 1871 – May 6, 1923 (aged 52) | Maude Anderson | No children |
Manning Force Hayes | August 1, 1873 – August 28, 1874 (aged 1) [58] | No spouse | Died in infancy, as a result of dysentery. [59] |
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Eliza Arabella Garfield Nickname: Trot | July 3, 1860 – December 3, 1863 (aged 3) | No spouse | Died of diphtheria. [60] | |
![]() | Harry Augustus Garfield Nickname: Hal | October 11, 1863 – December 12, 1942 (aged 79) | Belle Hartford Mason | Father of 4 children:
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![]() | James Rudolph Garfield | October 17, 1865 – March 24, 1950 (aged 84) | Helen Newell | Was Secretary of the Interior during Theodore Roosevelt's administration. Father of:
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![]() | Mary Garfield Nickname: Mollie | January 16, 1867 – December 30, 1947 (aged 80) | Joseph Stanley-Brown | Mother of: [61]
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![]() | Irvin McDowell Garfield | August 3, 1870 – July 18, 1951 (aged 80) | Susan Emmons | Father of 3:
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![]() | Abram Garfield | November 21, 1872 – October 16, 1958 (aged 85) | Sarah Granger Williams | Father of:
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Helen Grannis Matthews | No children | |||
Edward Garfield | December 25, 1874 – October 25, 1876 (aged 1) | No spouse | Died of whooping cough. |
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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William Lewis Arthur | October 10, 1860 – July 7, 1863 (aged 2) | No spouse | Died of convulsions. | |
![]() | Chester Alan Arthur II Nickname: Alan | July 25, 1864 – July 18, 1937 (aged 72) | Myra Townsend | Father of:
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Rowena Graves | ||||
![]() | Ellen Hansbrough Herndon Arthur Nickname: Nell | November 21, 1871 – September 6, 1915 (aged 43) | Charles Pinkerton | No children |
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![]() | Dr. James Edward King Jr. Birth name: Oscar Folsom Cleveland | September 15, 1874 – March 9, 1947 (aged 72) | Rose A. Kleinschmidt Weber (divorced); no children | Illegitimate son of Cleveland with Maria Halpin; adopted as a baby by the doctor who supervised the asylum where Halpin was confined during pregnancy. |
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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![]() | Ruth Cleveland Nickname: Baby Ruth | October 3, 1891 – January 7, 1904 (aged 12) | No spouse | Died of diphtheria. |
![]() | Esther Cleveland | September 9, 1893 – June 25, 1980 (aged 86) | William Sydney Bence Bosanquet | Born during second presidency of Grover Cleveland. First presidential child to be born during a presidency, and only one born in the White House (owing epithet of the "White House Baby"). Mother of:
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![]() | Marion Cleveland | July 7, 1895 – March 10, 1977 (aged 81) | William Stanley Dell | Born during second presidency of Grover Cleveland. Mother of Frances Folsom Dell (1920–2005). [62] |
John Harlan Amen | Mother of Grover Cleveland Amen (1932–1997) | |||
![]() | Richard Folsom Cleveland Nickname: Dick | October 28, 1897 – January 10, 1974 (aged 76) | Ellen Douglas Gailor | Father of:
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Jessie Maxwell Black | Father of:
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Francis Grover Cleveland | July 18, 1903 – November 8, 1995 (aged 92) | Alice Erdman | Father of Marion C. Cleveland (1925–2014) |
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![]() | Russell Benjamin Harrison | August 12, 1854 – December 13, 1936 (aged 82) | May Angeline Saunders | Born Russell Farnum Lord Harrison Father of:
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![]() | Mary Scott Harrison Nickname: Mamie | April 3, 1858 – October 28, 1930 (aged 72) | James Robert McKee | Served as acting First Lady Mother of:
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Unnamed daughter | June 13, 1861 | No spouse | Stillborn |
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![]() | Elizabeth Harrison Walker | February 21, 1897 – December 25, 1955 (aged 58) | James Blaine Walker | Mother of:
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![]() | Katherine McKinley Nickname: Katie | December 25, 1871 – June 25, 1875 (aged 3) | No spouse | Died of typhoid fever. |
Ida McKinley | April 1 – (aged 4 months) | No spouse | Died in infancy. |
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![]() | Alice Lee Roosevelt Nickname: Lee | February 12, 1884 – February 20, 1980 (aged 96) | Nicholas Longworth | Longest lived of any First Child. Mother of Paulina Longworth (1925–1957), [63] with William Borah. |
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![]() | Theodore Roosevelt Jr. Nickname: Ted | September 13, 1887 – July 12, 1944 (aged 56) | Eleanor Butler Alexander | Governor-General of the Philippines, Governor of Puerto Rico, and Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Died from a heart attack outside of combat. Father of:
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![]() | Kermit Roosevelt | October 10, 1889 – June 4, 1943 (aged 53) | Belle Wyatt Willard [63] | Committed suicide while enlisted during World War II. Father of:
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![]() | Ethel Carow Roosevelt | August 13, 1891 – December 10, 1977 (aged 86) | Richard Derby | Mother of:
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![]() | Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt Nickname: Archie | April 10, 1894 – October 13, 1979 (aged 85) | Grace Lockwood | Father of:
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![]() | Quentin Roosevelt Nickname: Quentyquee or Quinikins | November 19, 1897 – July 14, 1918 (aged 20) | No spouse and no children | Killed in aerial combat in World War I. While not the First Child to die during military service, he was only one to be killed in action. |
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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![]() | Robert Alphonso Taft | September 8, 1889 – July 31, 1953 (aged 63) | Martha Wheaton Bowers | U.S. senator (1939–1953) and Senate Majority Leader (1953) Father of:
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![]() | Helen Herron Taft Nickname: Helene | August 1, 1891 – February 21, 1987 (aged 95) | Frederick Johnson Manning | Mother of:
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![]() | Charles Phelps Taft II Nickname: Charlie | September 20, 1897 – June 24, 1983 (aged 85) | Eleanor Kellogg Chase | Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio Father of:
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![]() | Margaret Woodrow Wilson Religious name: निष्ठा Nistha | April 16, 1886 – February 12, 1944 (aged 57) | No spouse | Served as acting First Lady for a brief period. Emigrated to India for religious purposes, where she died of uremia. |
![]() | Jessie Woodrow Wilson | August 28, 1887 – January 15, 1933 (aged 45) | Francis Bowes Sayre Sr. | Mother of:
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![]() | Eleanor Randolph Wilson | October 16, 1889 – April 5, 1967 (aged 77) | William Gibbs McAdoo | Mother of:
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![]() | Marshall Eugene DeWolfe Nickname: Pete | September 22, 1880 – January 1, 1915 (aged 34) | Esther Naomi Neely | Stepson from Florence's first marriage, to Henry Athenton DeWolfe Father of:
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![]() | Elizabeth Ann Britton Nicknames: Emma, Ann | October 22, 1919 – November 17, 2005 (aged 86) | Henry Edward Blaesing | Illegitimate daughter of Warren G. Harding, proven by DNA testing in 2015 [64] Mother of:
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Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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![]() | John Coolidge | September 7, 1906 – May 31, 2000 (aged 93) | Florence Trumbull | Father of:
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![]() | Calvin Coolidge Jr. | April 13, 1908 – July 7, 1924 (aged 16) | No spouse | Died of blood poisoning |
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![]() | Herbert Charles Hoover Jr. | August 4, 1903 – July 9, 1969 (aged 65) | 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.," [65] "Herbert Charles Hoover," [66] and "Herbert Clark Hoover" [67] Father of:
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![]() | Allan Henry Hoover | July 17, 1907 – November 4, 1993 (aged 86) | Margaret Coberly | Father of:
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![]() | Anna Eleanor Roosevelt | May 3, 1906 – December 1, 1975 (aged 69) | Curtis Bean Dall | Mother of:
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Clarence John Boettiger | Mother of John Roosevelt Boettiger (born 1939) [63] | |||
James Addison Halsted | No children with James Halsted | |||
![]() | James Roosevelt Nickname: Jimmy | December 23, 1907 – August 13, 1991 (aged 83) | Betsey Maria Cushing [63] | Father of:
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Romelle Theresa Schneider | Father of:
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Gladys Irene Owens | Father of Hall Delano Roosevelt (born 1959) | |||
Mary Lena Winskill | Father of Rebecca Mary Roosevelt (born 1971) | |||
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. (I) | March 18, 1909 – (aged 7 months) | No spouse | Died as an infant. | |
![]() | Elliott Roosevelt | September 23, 1910 – October 27, 1990 (aged 80) | Elizabeth Browning Donner | Father of William Donner Roosevelt (1932–2003) [63] |
Ruth Josephine Googins | Father of: | |||
Faye Margaret Emerson | No children with Faye Emerson | |||
Minnewa Bell | No children with Minnewa Bell | |||
Patricia Peabody Whitehead | Father of Livingston Delano Roosevelt (March 16–21, 1962). Adopted four stepchildren from Patricia Peabody Roosevelt's first marriage. | |||
![]() | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. (II) | August 17, 1914 – August 17, 1988 (74th birthday) | Ethel du Pont | Father of:
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Suzanne Perrin | Father of: | |||
Felicia Schiff Warburg | No children with Felicia Warburg Roosevelt | |||
Patricia Luisa Oakes | Father of John Alexander Roosevelt (born 1977) [63] | |||
Linda McKay Stevenson | No children with Linda Stevenson Roosevelt | |||
![]() | John Aspinwall Roosevelt II | March 13, 1916 – April 27, 1981 (aged 65) | Anne Lindsay Clark | Father of: |
Irene Elder Boyd | No children with Irene Boyd Roosevelt |
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Note | Place of birth | |
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![]() | Mary Margaret Truman | February 17, 1924 – January 29, 2008 (aged 83) | Elbert Clifton Daniel Jr. | Mother of:
| Independence, Missouri |
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | Place of birth | |
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![]() | Doud Dwight Eisenhower Nickname: Icky | September 24, 1917 – January 2, 1921 (aged 3) | No spouse | Died of scarlet fever. | San Antonio, Texas |
![]() | John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower | August 3, 1922 – December 21, 2013 (aged 91) | Barbara Jean Thompson | Ambassador to Belgium (1969–1971). Father of:
| Denver, Colorado |
Joanne Thompson | No children |
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | Place of birth | |
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![]() | Arabella Kennedy | August 23, 1956 | No spouse | Stillborn daughter | Newport Hospital, Rhode Island [69] |
![]() | Caroline Bouvier Kennedy | Born November 27, 1957 | Edwin Arthur Schlossberg | Ambassador to Japan (2013–2017) and Ambassador to Australia (2022–2024) Mother of:
| Manhattan, New York |
![]() | John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr. Nickname: John-John | November 25, 1960 – July 16, 1999 (aged 38) | Carolyn Jeanne Bessette | Killed in a plane crash. No children | Washington, D.C. |
![]() | Patrick Bouvier Kennedy | August 7, 1963 – (aged 39 hours) | No spouse | Died after a premature birth. The third First Child to have both been born during their parent's presidency, and only one to have died in said presidency. | Otis Air Force Base, Massachusetts |
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | Place of birth | |
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![]() | Lynda Bird Johnson [70] | Born March 19, 1944 | Charles Spittal Robb [70] | Currently the oldest living presidential child. Mother of: | Washington, D.C. |
![]() | Lucy Baines Johnson [70] Nickname: Luci | Born July 2, 1947 | Patrick John Nugent | Mother of:
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Ian Johnstone Turpin | One stepson: Stuart Leonard Turpin (born 1978) |
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | Place of birth | |
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![]() | Patricia Nixon Nickname: Tricia | Born February 21, 1946 | Edward Ridley Finch Cox | Mother of Christopher Nixon Cox (born 1979) | Whittier, California |
![]() | Julie Nixon | Born July 5, 1948 | Dwight David Eisenhower II son of John Eisenhower and grandson of President Dwight Eisenhower | Mother of:
| Washington, D.C. |
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | Place of birth | |
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![]() | Michael Gerald Ford | Born March 14, 1950 | Gayle Ann Brumbaugh | Father of:
| East Grand Rapids, Michigan |
![]() | John Gardner Ford Nickname: Jack | Born March 16, 1952 | Juliann Felando | Father of:
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![]() | Steven Meigs Ford | Born May 19, 1956 | No spouse, no children | ||
![]() | Susan Elizabeth Ford | Born July 6, 1957 | Charles Vance | Mother of:
| Washington, D.C. |
Vaden Bales | No children with Vaden Bales |
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | Place of birth | |
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John William Carter Nickname: Jack | Born July 3, 1947 | Juliet “Judy” Langford | Father of:
| Portsmouth, Virginia | |
Elizabeth Brasfield | Two stepchildren: John Chuldenko and Sarah Chuldenko Reynolds | ||||
![]() | James Earl Carter III Nickname: Chip, Jim III, and Jimmy Jr. | Born April 12, 1950 | Caron Griffin | Father of:
| Honolulu, Hawaii |
Ginger Hodges | Father of:
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Becky Payne | One stepson: Casey Payne Gallagher (born 1985) | ||||
Donnel Jeffrey Carter Nickname: Jeff | Born August 18, 1952 | Annette Jene Davis (1952–2021) | Father of: | New London, Connecticut | |
![]() | Amy Lynn Carter | Born October 19, 1967 | James Gregory Wentzel | Mother of Hugo James Wentzel (born 1999) [71] | Plains, Georgia |
John Joseph "Jay" Kelly | Mother of Errol Carter Kelly (born 2010) |
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | Place of birth | |
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![]() | Maureen Elizabeth Reagan | January 4, 1941 – August 8, 2001 (aged 60) | John Filippone | No children | Los Angeles, California |
David Sills | No children | ||||
Dennis C. Revell | Mother of Margaret "Rita" Mirembe Revell (born 1985) (adopted) | ||||
![]() | Michael Edward Reagan Nickname: Mike | Born March 18, 1945 | Pamela Gail Putnam | Adopted son. No children | |
Colleen Sterns | Father of:
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Christine Reagan | June 26, 1947 – (aged 1 day) | No spouse | Died shortly after birth. |
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Place of birth | |
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![]() | Patricia Ann Davis Nickname: Patti | Born October 21, 1952 | Paul Grilley No children | Los Angeles, California |
![]() | Ronald Prescott Reagan Nickname: Ron | Born May 20, 1958 | Doria Palmieri No children | |
Federica Basangi No children | ||||
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | Place of birth | |
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![]() | George Walker Bush 43rd president (2001–2009) | 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 | December 20, 1949 – October 11, 1953 (aged 3) | No spouse | Died of leukemia. | Compton, California |
![]() | John Ellis Bush Nickname: Jeb | Born February 11, 1953 | Columba Garnica Gallo | 43rd governor of Florida (1999–2007) Father of:
| Midland, Texas |
![]() | Neil Mallon Bush | Born January 22, 1955 | Sharon Smith | Father of:
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Maria Manass Andrews | Three stepchildren from Maria A. Bush's first marriage:
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![]() | Marvin Pierce Bush | Born October 22, 1956 | Margaret Conway Molster | Father of:
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![]() | Dorothy Walker Bush Nickname: Doro | Born August 18, 1959 | William LeBlond | Mother of:
| Harris County, Texas |
Robert P. Koch | Mother of:
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Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | Place of birth | |
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![]() | Chelsea Victoria Clinton | Born February 27, 1980 | Marc Mezvinsky | Mother of:
| Little Rock, Arkansas |
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | Place of birth | |
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![]() | Barbara Pierce Bush | Born November 25, 1981 | Craig Louis Coyne | Only known twin First Children along with her younger twin sister, Jenna. Mother of:
| Dallas, Texas |
![]() | Jenna Welch Bush | Henry Chase Hager | Only known twin First Children along with her older twin sister, Barbara. Mother of:
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Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | Place of birth | |
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![]() | Malia Ann Obama | Born July 4, 1998 | Unmarried | Chicago, Illinois | |
![]() | Natasha Marian Obama Nickname: Sasha | Born June 10, 2001 |
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | Place of birth | |
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![]() | Donald John Trump Jr. Nickname: Don Jr. | Born December 31, 1977 | Vanessa Kay Haydon Divorced | Trustee of The Trump Organization along with Eric. Father of:
| Manhattan, New York |
![]() | Ivana Marie Trump Nickname: Ivanka | Born October 30, 1981 | Jared Corey Kushner | Senior Advisor to the President (2017–2021) 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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Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | Place of birth | |
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![]() | Tiffany Ariana Trump | Born October 13, 1993 | Michael Boulos | Mother of:
| West Palm Beach, Florida |
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | Place of birth | |
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![]() | Barron William Trump | Born March 20, 2006 | Unmarried | Youngest living child of any president [73] | Manhattan, New York |
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | Place of birth | |
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![]() | Joseph Robinette Biden III Nickname: Beau | February 3, 1969 – May 30, 2015 (aged 46) | Hallie Olivere | Attorney General of Delaware (2007–2015). Died of glioblastoma; most recently deceased First Child. Father of:
| Wilmington, Delaware |
![]() | Robert Hunter Biden Nickname: Hunter | Born February 4, 1970 | Kathleen Buhle Divorced | Father of:
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Lunden Roberts | Father of:
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Melissa Cohen | Father of:
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Naomi Christina Biden Nickname: Amy | November 8, 1971 – December 18, 1972 (aged 1) | No spouse | Died in a car accident with her mother. |
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | Place of birth | |
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![]() | Ashley Blazer Biden | Born June 8, 1981 | Howard David Krein | No children | Wilmington, Delaware |
As of October 2025, 33 presidential children are living. In order of their ages, they are: Current first child
Name | Birth | President |
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Lynda Bird Johnson Robb | March 19, 1944 | Lyndon B. Johnson |
Michael Reagan | March 18, 1945 | Ronald Reagan |
Tricia Nixon Cox | February 21, 1946 | Richard Nixon |
George W. Bush | July 6, 1946 | George H. W. Bush |
Luci Baines Johnson | July 2, 1947 | Lyndon B. Johnson |
Jack Carter | July 3, 1947 | Jimmy Carter |
Julie Nixon Eisenhower | July 5, 1948 | Richard Nixon |
Michael Gerald Ford | March 14, 1950 | Gerald Ford |
James Earl Carter III | April 12, 1950 | Jimmy Carter |
John Gardner Ford | March 16, 1952 | Gerald Ford |
Jeff Carter | August 18, 1952 | Jimmy Carter |
Patti Davis | October 21, 1952 | Ronald Reagan |
Jeb Bush | February 11, 1953 | George H. W. Bush |
Neil Bush | January 22, 1955 | |
Steven Ford | May 19, 1956 | Gerald Ford |
Marvin Bush | October 22, 1956 | George H. W. Bush |
Susan Ford Bales | July 6, 1957 | Gerald Ford |
Caroline Kennedy | November 27, 1957 | John F. Kennedy |
Ron Reagan | May 20, 1958 | Ronald Reagan |
Dorothy Bush Koch | August 18, 1959 | George H. W. Bush |
Amy Carter | October 19, 1967 | Jimmy Carter |
Hunter Biden | February 4, 1970 | Joe Biden |
Donald Trump Jr. | December 31, 1977 | Donald Trump |
Chelsea Clinton | February 27, 1980 | Bill Clinton |
Ashley Biden | June 8, 1981 | Joe Biden |
Ivanka Trump | October 30, 1981 | Donald Trump |
Barbara Pierce Bush | November 25, 1981 | George W. Bush |
Jenna Bush Hager | ||
Eric Trump | January 6, 1984 | Donald Trump |
Tiffany Trump | October 13, 1993 | |
Malia Obama | July 4, 1998 | Barack Obama |
Sasha Obama | June 10, 2001 | |
Barron Trump | March 20, 2006 | Donald Trump |
The most recent presidential child to die was Beau Biden, the eldest son of Joe Biden, who died on May 30, 2015, at the age of 46, before his father became president. The most recent presidential child to die who lived during their father's presidency was John Eisenhower, the only surviving son of Dwight D. Eisenhower, who died on December 21, 2013, at the age of 91. He was also the father-in-law of Julie Nixon Eisenhower, another presidential child.
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
...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.
William Johnson's death certificate was filled out by a relative who listed Robert Johnson as his father. (NPS Photo of Death Certificate)