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, except for Theodore Roosevelt III and Herbert Charles Hoover. Currently there are 33 confirmed, known living presidential children, the oldest Lynda Bird Johnson Robb, the youngest 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.
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.
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]
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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John Parke Custis Nickname: Jacky | November 27, 1754 – November 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 | no spouse | Stepdaughter; father was Daniel Parke Custis |
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Thomas Posey | July 9, 1750 – March 19, 1818 | Martha Mathews Mary Alexander Thornton | 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. [3] [4] | |
West Ford | c. 1784 –July 20, 1863 | 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 | William Stephens Smith | Mother of:
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John Quincy Adams 6th president (1825–1829) | July 11, 1767 – February 23, 1848 | 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 | no spouse | died of an unknown illness | |
Charles Adams | May 29, 1770 – November 30, 1800 | Sarah Smith | Father of:
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Thomas Boylston Adams | September 15, 1772 – March 13, 1832 | Ann Harrod | Father of:
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Elizabeth Adams | July 11, 1777 | no spouse | stillborn |
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Martha Jefferson Nickname: Patsy | September 27, 1772 – October 10, 1836 | Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. | Mother of:
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Jane Randolph Jefferson | April 3, 1774 – September 1775 [5] | no spouse | died of unknown causes | |
unnamed son [6] | May 28 – June 14, 1777 | died in infancy | ||
Mary Jefferson Nickname: Polly or Maria | August 1, 1778 – April 17, 1804 | John Wayles Eppes | Mother of:
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Lucy Elizabeth Jefferson (I) | November 30, 1780 – April 15, 1781 | no spouse | died of an unspecified illness [7] | |
Lucy Elizabeth Jefferson (II) | May 8, 1782 – ca. October 13, 1784 [8] | died of whooping cough [8] |
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes |
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Harriet Hemings (I) | October 5, 1795 – December 7, 1797 | no spouse | died of unknown causes |
William Beverly Hemings | April 1, 1798 – after 1822 | a white woman in Maryland | one daughter, unknown name |
Unnamed Daughter Hemings | ca. December 7, 1799 – ca. 1800 | no spouse | died in early childhood |
Harriet Hemings (II) | May 22, 1801 – after 1822 | unknown | unknown |
James Madison Hemings | January 18, 1805 – November 26, 1877 | Mary Hughes McCoy | Father of:
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Eston Hemings | May 21, 1808 – January 3, 1856 | 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.
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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John Payne Todd Nickname: Payne | February 29, 1792 – January 16, 1852 | no spouse | raised by James Madison; father was John Todd Jr. | |
William Temple Todd | July 4 – October 14, 1793 | Died of yellow fever, along with his father, in the 1793 Philadelphia yellow fever epidemic [9] |
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Elizabeth Kortright Monroe Nickname: Eliza | December 1786 – January 27, 1840 [10] [11] | George Hay | Mother of Hortensia Monroe Hay (1809-1834) | |
James Spence Monroe | May 1799 – September 28, 1800 [12] [a] | no spouse | died after "several days sickness". [12] | |
Maria Hester Monroe | April 8, 1802 – June 20, 1850 | 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 | none [b] | Jumped off of a boat and drowned | |
John Adams II | July 4, 1803 – October 23, 1834 | Mary Catherine Hellen | Father of:
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unnamed son [14] | June 22, 1806 | no spouse | stillborn | |
Charles Francis Adams | August 18, 1807 – November 21, 1886 | Abigail Brown Brooks | Served as United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1861–1868)
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Louisa Catherine Adams | August 12, 1811 – September 15, 1812 | no spouse | died in St. Petersburg, Russia from an unknown illness while her father was serving as Minister to Russia [15] [16] |
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Andrew Jackson Jr. | December 4, 1808 –April 17, 1865 | Sarah Yorke | Born a twin, taken to the Hermitage as a newborn; fifth-born of nine biological children of Rachel's brother Severn Donelson, and Elizabeth Rucker. [19] Father of 5:
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Theodore | c. 1813 –before March 1814 | Muscogee, taken prisoner at Littafuchee, sent to live at the Hermitage as a companion for Andrew Jackson Jr. | ||
Charley | fl. February–April 1814 | Indigenous orphan, tribal affiliation unknown, who was given to Jackson, sent to live at the Hermitage as a companion to Andrew Jackson Donelson | ||
Lyncoya Jackson | c. 1811 –July 1, 1828 | No spouse, no children | Muscogee survivor of the Battle of Tallushatchee; died of tuberculosis at the age of sixteen | |
John Samuel Donelson | before 1805–1817 | No spouse, no children | Orphaned nephews of Rachel, sons of Samuel Donelson who died in 1804 | |
Andrew Jackson Donelson | August 25, 1799 – June 26, 1871 | Emily Tennessee Donelson | ||
Elizabeth Martin Randolph | ||||
Daniel Smith Donelson | June 23, 1801 – April 17, 1863 | Margaret Donelson | ||
Andrew Jackson Hutchings | 1812–1841 | Mary Coffee | Orphaned grandnephew of Rachel | |
Caroline Swanwick Butler | 1789–1864 | Robert G. Bell | Orphaned children of family friend Edward Butler [20] | |
Eliza Eleanor Butler | April 20, 1791 – November 4, 1850 | John Donelson IV (1787–1840) [c] | ||
Edward George Washington Butler | February 22, 1800 – September 5, 1888 | Frances Parke Lewis [d] | ||
Anthony Wayne Butler | 1803 –September 1824 | Unmarried, no issue |
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Abraham Van Buren II | November 1807 – March 15, 1873 | Angelica Singleton | 4 children | |
John Van Buren | February 18, 1810 – October 13, 1866 | Elizabeth Vanderpoel | Father of:
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Martin Van Buren Jr. Nickname: Matt | December 20, 1812 – March 19, 1855 | 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 | Ellen King James Henrietta Eckford Irving | 7 children between 2 wives | |
unnamed daughter [23] | 1818 or about 1807 | no spouse | stillborn |
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Elizabeth Bassett Harrison Nickname: Betsy | September 29, 1796 – September 27, 1846 | John Cleves Short | 1 child | |
John Cleves Symmes Harrison | October 28, 1798 – October 30, 1830 | Clarissa Pike [e] | 6 children | |
Lucy Singleton Harrison | September 1800 – April 7, 1826 [24] | David K. Este [25] | 4 children | |
William Henry Harrison Jr. | September 3, 1802 – February 6, 1838 [24] | Jane Findlay Irwin | 3 children | |
John Scott Harrison | October 4, 1804 – May 25, 1878 | Lucretia Knapp Johnson | 3 children | |
Elizabeth Ramsey Irwin | Mother of 10, including 23rd president (1889–1893) Benjamin Harrison (1833–1901) | |||
Benjamin Harrison | 1806 – June 9, 1840 [24] | Louisa Smith Bonner | 2 children | |
Mary Raney | 3 children | |||
Mary Symmes Harrison | January 22, 1809 – November 16, 1842 [26] | John Henry Fitzhugh Thornton | 6 children [27] | |
Carter Bassett Harrison | October 26, 1811 – August 12, 1839 | Mary Anne Sutherland | 1 child | |
Anna Tuthill Harrison | October 28, 1813 – July 5, 1845 [26] | William Henry Harrison Taylor [f] | 7 children | |
James Findlay Harrison | 1814–1817 [26] | 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. [28] | |
Four others, given names unknown (Harrison) | ||||
Marie Harrison | 1840–1875 | 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 | Henry Lightfoot Jones | 2 children | |
Robert Tyler | September 9, 1816 – December 3, 1877 | Elizabeth Priscilla Cooper | 8 children | |
John Tyler Jr. | April 27, 1819 – January 26, 1896 | Martha Rochelle | 3 children | |
Letitia Christian Tyler Nickname: Letty | May 11, 1821 – December 28, 1907 | James Allen Semple | no children | |
Elizabeth Tyler Nickname: Lizzie | July 11, 1823 – June 1, 1850 | William Nevison Waller | 5 children | |
Anne Contesse Tyler [29] | April 5 – July 1825 | no spouse | died in infancy | |
Alice Tyler | March 23, 1827 – June 8, 1854 | Henry Mandeville Denison | 1 daughter [30] | |
Tazewell Tyler | December 6, 1830 – January 8, 1874 | Nannie Bridges | 1 daughter |
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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John William Dunjee | 1833–1903 | Lydia Ann Taylor | Allegedly the son of John Tyler [31] 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 | Mary Morris Jones | 5 children | |
John Alexander Tyler Nickname: Alex | April 7, 1848 – September 1, 1883 | Sarah Griswold Gardiner | 2 children | |
Julia Gardiner Tyler | December 25, 1849 – May 8, 1871 | William H. Spencer | Julia Tyler Spencer Cheever (1871–1955, born via coffin birth) | |
Lachlan Tyler | December 2, 1851 – January 26, 1902 | Georgia Webb Powell | no children | |
Lyon Gardiner Tyler | August 24, 1853 – February 12, 1935 | Anne Baker Tucker | Father of:
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Sue Ruffin | Father of:
Harrison is still alive as of December 3, 2020, [32] making John Tyler the earliest president with still-living grandchildren. | |||
Robert Fitzwalter Tyler | March 12, 1856 – December 30, 1927 | Fannie Glenn | at least 3 children | |
Margaret Pearl Tyler | June 20, 1860 – June 30, 1947 | William Munford Ellis | 8 children |
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Marshall Tate Polk Jr. | May 15, 1831 – February 29, 1884 | Evalina McNeal Bills | Guardianship/Legal ward, nephew, son of brother Marshall Tate Polk | |
Sarah Polk Fall | April 1, 1847 – July 22, 1924 | 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 | Dr. Robert Crooke Wood | Mother of 4, including John Taylor Wood (1830–1904) | |
Sarah Knox Taylor Nickname: Knoxie | March 6, 1814 – September 15, 1835 [33] | Jefferson F. Davis | died from malaria as a newlywed | |
Octavia Pannel Taylor [34] [g] | August 16, 1816 – September 3, 1820 [33] | no spouse | died from malaria [h] | |
Margaret Smith Taylor | July 17, 1819 – October 1820 | 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 [33] | 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 | No spouse and no children | Last living descendant of President Fillmore. [37] | |
Mary Abigail Fillmore Nickname: Abby | March 27, 1832 – July 26, 1854 | 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 2–5, 1836 | no spouse | died from complications to his birth | |
Frank Robert Pierce | August 27, 1839 – November 14, 1843 | died of typhus fever after contracting it along with his brother | ||
Benjamin Pierce Nickname: Benny | April 13, 1841 – January 6, 1853 | 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 | George Washington Baker | Adopted daughter; niece (daughter of sister Jane Buchanan and Elliot Tole Lane) | |
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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Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Robert Todd Lincoln | August 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 | March 10, 1846 – February 1, 1850 | no spouse | died of "chronic consumption" | |
William Wallace Lincoln Nickname: Willie | December 21, 1850 – February 20, 1862 | died from typhoid fever | ||
Thomas Lincoln III Nickname: Tad | April 4, 1853 – July 15, 1871 | 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 | David Trotter Patterson | Martha Johnson Patterson § Descendants:
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Charles Johnson | February 19, 1830 –April 4, 1863 | No spouse and no children | ||
Mary Johnson | May 8, 1832 – April 19, 1883 | Daniel Stover | Mary Johnson Stover § Descendants
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William R. Brown | ||||
Robert Johnson | February 22, 1834 –April 22, 1869 | No spouse and no children | ||
Andrew Johnson Jr. Nickname: Frank | August 5, 1852 –March 12, 1879 | Bessie May Rumbough | No children |
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Elizabeth Johnson Forby | March 1846 –October 3, 1905 | George Forby | Mother of nine children (Elizabeth Johnson Forby § Descendants) | |
Florence Johnson Smith | May 1850 –September 5, 1920 | Henry Smith | Mother of four children (Florence Johnson Smith § Descendants) | |
Unknown (Johnson) | Per USNPS, there may have been a third-born child who died young. [43] | |||
William Andrew Johnson | February 8, 1858 –May 16, 1943 | No spouse and no children | Andrew Johnson's son Robert Johnson is listed as father on William Andrew Johnson's death certificate. [j] [46] [47] |
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Frederick Dent Grant | May 30, 1850 – April 12, 1912 | Ida Marie Honoré | Father of:
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Ulysses S. Grant Jr. Nickname: Buck | July 22, 1852 – September 25, 1929 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Mary Nancy Sherman | Father of:
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James Webb Cook Hayes Nickname: Webb | March 20, 1856 – July 26, 1934 | Mary Otis Brinkerhoff Miller | No children | |
Rutherford Platt Hayes | June 24, 1858 – July 31, 1927 | Lucy Hayes Platt | Father of;
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Joseph Thompson Hayes Nickname: Jody | December 21, 1861 – June 24, 1863 | no spouse | died of dysentery | |
George Crook Hayes | September 29, 1864 – May 4, 1866 | died of scarlet fever | ||
Frances Hayes Nickname: Fanny | September 2, 1867 – March 18, 1950 | Harry Eaton Smith | 1 child;
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Scott Russell Hayes | February 8, 1871 – May 6, 1923 | Maude Anderson | No children | |
Manning Force Hayes | August 1, 1873 – August 28, 1874 [48] | no spouse | died in infancy, as a result of dysentery [49] |
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Eliza Arabella Garfield Nickname: Trot | July 3, 1860 – December 3, 1863 | no spouse | died of diphtheria [50] | |
Harry Augustus Garfield Nickname: Hal | October 11, 1863 – December 12, 1942 | Belle Hartford Mason | Father of 4 children:
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James Rudolph Garfield | October 17, 1865 – March 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 | January 16, 1867 – December 30, 1947 | Joseph Stanley-Brown | Mother of: [51]
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Irvin McDowell Garfield | August 3, 1870 – July 18, 1951 | Susan Emmons | Father of 3:
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Abram Garfield | November 21, 1872 – October 16, 1958 | Sarah Granger Williams | Father of:
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Helen Grannis Matthews | ||||
Edward Garfield | December 25, 1874 – October 25, 1876 | no spouse | died of whooping cough |
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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William Lewis Arthur | December 10, 1860 – July 7, 1863 | no spouse | died of convulsions | |
Chester Alan Arthur II Nickname: Alan | July 25, 1864 – July 18, 1937 | Myra Townsend | Father of:
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Rowena Graves | ||||
Ellen Hansbrough Herndon Arthur Nickname: Nell | November 21, 1871 – September 6, 1915 | Charles Pinkerton | No children |
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Dr. James E. King Jr. Birth name: Oscar Folsom Cleveland | September 15, 1874 –March 9, 1947 | 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 | no spouse | died of diphtheria | |
Esther Cleveland | September 9, 1893 – June 25, 1980 | William Sydney Bence Bosanquet | First presidential child to be born in the White House. Mother of:
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Marion Cleveland | July 7, 1895 – March 10, 1977 | William Stanley Dell | Mother of Frances Folsom Dell (1920–2005) [52] | |
John Harlan Amen | Mother of Grover Cleveland Amen (1932–1997) | |||
Richard Folsom Cleveland Nickname: Dick | October 28, 1897 – January 10, 1974 | Ellen Douglas Gailor | Father of:
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Jessie Maxwell Black | Father of:
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Francis Cleveland | July 18, 1903 – November 8, 1995 | Alice Erdman | Father of Marion C. Cleveland (1925–2014) |
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Russell Benjamin Harrison | August 12, 1854 – December 13, 1936 | 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 | James Robert McKee | Served as acting First Lady Mother of:
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unnamed daughter | June 13, 1861 | no spouse | stillborn |
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Elizabeth Harrison Walker | February 21, 1897 – December 25, 1955 | James Blaine Walker | Mother of:
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Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Katherine McKinley Nickname: Katie | December 25, 1871 – June 25, 1875 | No spouse | died of typhoid fever | |
Ida McKinley | April 1 – August 22, 1873 | No spouse | died in infancy |
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Alice Lee Roosevelt Nickname: Lee | February 12, 1884 – February 20, 1980 | Nicholas Longworth | Mother of Paulina Longworth (1925–1957), [53] with William Borah |
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Theodore Roosevelt Jr. Nickname: Ted | September 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 | October 10, 1889 – June 4, 1943 | Belle Wyatt Willard [53] | Father of:
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Ethel Carow Roosevelt | August 13, 1891 – December 10, 1977 | Richard Derby | Mother of:
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Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt Nickname: Archie | April 10, 1894 – October 13, 1979 | Grace Lockwood | Father of:
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Quentin Roosevelt Nickname: Quentyquee or Quinikins | November 19, 1897 – July 14, 1918 | No spouse and no children | died in combat in World War I |
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Robert Alphonso Taft | September 8, 1889 – July 31, 1953 | Martha Wheaton Bowers | US senator (1939–1953) and Majority Leader (1953) Father of:
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Helen Herron Taft Nickname: Helene | August 1, 1891 – February 21, 1987 | Frederick Johnson Manning | Mother of:
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Charles Phelps Taft II Nickname: Charlie | September 20, 1897 – June 24, 1983 | Eleanor Kellogg Chase | Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio Father of:
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Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Margaret Woodrow Wilson Nickname: Nistha | April 16, 1886 – February 12, 1944 | no spouse | Served as acting First Lady for a brief period | |
Jessie Woodrow Wilson | August 28, 1887 – January 15, 1933 | Francis Bowes Sayre Sr. | Mother of:
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Eleanor Randolph Wilson | October 16, 1889 – April 5, 1967 | William Gibbs McAdoo | Mother of:
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Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Marshall Eugene DeWolfe Nickname: Pete | September 22, 1880 – January 1, 1915 | Esther Naomi Neely | Stepson from Florence's first marriage, to Henry Athenton DeWolfe. Father of:
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Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Elizabeth Ann Britton Nickname: Emma or Ann | October 22, 1919 – November 17, 2005 | Henry Edward Blaesing | Illegitimate daughter of Warren G. Harding, proven by DNA testing in 2015. [54] Mother of:
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Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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John Coolidge | September 7, 1906 – May 31, 2000 | Florence Trumbull | Father of:
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Calvin Coolidge Jr. | April 13, 1908 – July 7, 1924 | no spouse | died of blood poisoning |
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Herbert Charles Hoover | August 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.," [55] "Herbert Charles Hoover," [56] and "Herbert Clark Hoover." [57] Father of:
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Allan Henry Hoover | July 17, 1907 – November 4, 1993 | Margaret Coberly | Father of:
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Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Anna Eleanor Roosevelt | May 3, 1906 – December 1, 1975 | Curtis Bean Dall | Mother of:
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Clarence John Boettiger | Mother of John Roosevelt Boettiger (b. 1939) [53] | |||
James Addison Halsted | No children with James Halsted | |||
James Roosevelt Nickname: Jimmy | December 23, 1907 – August 13, 1991 | Betsey Maria Cushing [53] | Father of:
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Romelle Theresa Schneider | Father of:
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Gladys Irene Owens | Father of Hall Delano Roosevelt (born and adopted 1959) | |||
Mary Lena Winskill | Father of Rebecca Mary Roosevelt (born 1971) | |||
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. (I) | March 18, 1909 – November 8, 1909 | no spouse | died as an infant | |
Elliott Roosevelt | September 23, 1910 – October 27, 1990 | Elizabeth Browning Donner | Father of William Donner Roosevelt (1932–2003) [53] | |
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 (born March 16, 1962; died March 21, 1962). Adopted four stepchildren from Patricia Peabody Roosevelt's first marriage. | |||
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. (II) | August 17, 1914 – August 17, 1988 | 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 (b. 1977) [53] | |||
Linda McKay Stevenson | No children with Linda Stevenson Roosevelt | |||
John Aspinwall Roosevelt II | March 13, 1916 – April 27, 1981 | 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 | 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 | no spouse | died of scarlet fever | San Antonio, Texas | |
John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower | August 3, 1922 – December 21, 2013 | Barbara Jean Thompson | United States 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 | ||
Caroline Bouvier Kennedy | born November 27, 1957 | Edwin Arthur Schlossberg | United States Ambassador to Japan (2013–2017) and United States Ambassador to Australia (2022–present) Mother of:
| Manhattan, New York | |
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr. Nickname: John-John | November 25, 1960 – July 16, 1999 | Carolyn Jeanne Bessette | No children Killed in a plane crash | Washington, D.C. | |
Patrick Bouvier Kennedy | August 7–9, 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 [59] | born March 19, 1944 | Charles Spittal Robb [59] | Currently the oldest living presidential child Mother of: | Washington, D.C. | |
Lucy Baines Johnson [59] Nickname: Luci | born July 2, 1947 | Patrick John Nugent | Mother of:
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Ian Johnstone Turpin | No children with Ian Turpin. One stepson: Stuart Leonard Turpin (b. 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 (b. 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 | No children with Becky Payne Carter | ||||
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 (b. 1999) [60] | Plains, Georgia | |
John Joseph "Jay" Kelly | Mother of Errol Carter Kelly |
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | Place of birth | |
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Maureen Elizabeth Reagan | January 4, 1941 – August 8, 2001 | John Filippone | No children | Los Angeles, California | |
David Sills | No children | ||||
Dennis C. Revell | Mother of Margaret "Rita" Mirembe Revell (adopted) | ||||
Michael Edward Reagan (adopted) Nickname: Mike | born March 18, 1945 | Pamela Gail Putnam | No children | ||
Colleen Sterns | Father of:
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Christine Reagan | June 26, 1947 – June 27, 1947 | 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 | 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 | Mother of:
| Dallas, Texas | |
Jenna Welch Bush | Henry Chase Hager | 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 | No children | 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. [61] | 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 | Hallie Olivere | Attorney General of Delaware (2007–2015) 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 | 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 December 2024, 33 presidential children are living. In order of their ages, they are:
Current first child
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.
Sarah Angelica Van Buren was an American heiress and a daughter-in-law of the eighth president of the United States, Martin Van Buren. She was married to the President's son, Abraham Van Buren II. She assumed the post of first lady because the president's wife, Hannah Van Buren, had died and he never remarried. She is the youngest woman ever to act as the White House hostess, assuming the role at the age of 20.
Alice Lee Roosevelt Longworth was an American writer and socialite. She was the eldest child of U.S. president Theodore Roosevelt and his only child with his first wife, Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt. Longworth led an unconventional and controversial life. Her marriage to Representative Nicholas Longworth III, a Republican Party leader and the 38th speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, was shaky, and her only child, Paulina, was from her affair with Senator William Borah.
Martha "Patsy" Randolph was the eldest daughter of Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States, and his wife, Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson. She was born at Monticello, near Charlottesville, Virginia.
Samuel Laurence Gouverneur was a lawyer and civil servant who was both nephew and son-in-law to James Monroe, the fifth President of the United States.
Roy Douglas Wead was an American conservative commentator and writer. He wrote 27 books.
Andrew Jackson Donelson was an American diplomat and politician. He served in various positions as a Democrat and was the Know Nothing nominee for US vice president in 1856.
Elizabeth Ann Britton Harding Blaesing was the only child of Warren G. Harding, the 29th president of the United States, and his mistress, Nan Britton. Harding and Britton, who both lived in Marion, Ohio, began their affair when he was a U.S. senator and it continued until his sudden death during his presidency in 1923.
John Gardner Coolidge was an American collector, diplomat, author, and nephew of Isabella Stewart Gardner.
The Jefferson–Hemings controversy is a historical debate over whether there was a sexual relationship between the widowed U.S. President Thomas Jefferson and his slave and sister-in-law, Sally Hemings, and whether he fathered some or all of her six recorded children. For more than 150 years, most historians denied rumors that he had sex with a slave, Sally Hemings. Based on his grandson's report, they said that one of his nephews had been the father of Hemings's children. The opinion of historians began to shift in the second half of the 20th Century, and by the 21st century, most historians agree that Jefferson was the father of one or more of Sally's children.
Sarah Jane Woodson Early, born Sarah Jane Woodson, was an American educator, black nationalist, temperance activist and author. A graduate of Oberlin College, where she majored in classics, she was hired at Wilberforce University in 1858 as the first black woman college instructor, and also the first black American to teach at a historically black college or university (HBCU).
Ellen Wrenshall Grant was the third child and only daughter of U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant and First Lady Julia Grant. At the age of 16, Nellie was sent abroad to England by President Grant, and was received by Queen Victoria. As a teenager growing up in the White House, she attracted much attention.
Mary Jefferson Eppes, known as Polly in childhood and Maria as an adult, was the younger of Thomas Jefferson's two daughters with his wife who survived beyond the age of 3. She married a first cousin, John Wayles Eppes, and had three children with him. Only their son Francis W. Eppes survived childhood. Maria died months after childbirth.
This article includes information on the African heritage of presidents of the United States, together with information on unsubstantiated claims that certain presidents of the United States had African ancestry.
John Adams II was an American government functionary and businessman. The second son of President John Quincy Adams and Louisa Adams, he is usually called John Adams II to distinguish him from President John Adams, his grandfather.
Martha Johnson Patterson was the eldest child of Andrew Johnson, the 17th President of the United States and his wife, Eliza McCardle. She served as the White House hostess during her father's administration and directed the restoration of the White House following the American Civil War. A newspaper article published at the time of her death stated, "'Too much cannot be said in praise of her many virtues.'...president Johnson once told a United States Senator—still living in Washington—that Mrs. Patterson 'was the only child he had who had been a comfort to him, or taken pride in his career.'"
The following is a list of works about the spouses of presidents of the United States. While this list is mainly about presidential spouses, administrations with a bachelor or widowed president have a section on the individual that filled the role of First Lady. The list includes books and journal articles written in English after c. 1900 as well as primary sources written by the individual themselves.
Andrew Johnson Jr., generally known as Frank Johnson, was the fifth and last child born to Eliza McCardle Johnson and her husband Andrew Johnson, who served as the 17th U.S. president from 1865 to 1869. Like his brothers, he died young, possibly due to complications from alcoholism.
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)