Ancestral background of presidents of the United States

The ancestral background of presidents of the United States has usually been consistent throughout American history. Oftentimes opposition arose to incoming waves of immigrants of differing ethnic backgrounds and their respective cultures, such times led to movements that claimed to champion the interests of the native population, such as the founding of the nativist American Party in 1844. Future president Theodore Roosevelt remarked in 1882, "[t]he average Catholic Irishman of the first generation . . . is a low, venal, corrupt and unintelligent brute."[1]

Pedigree and arms of the Washington line until George Washington.

Summary: Dutch – 3 • English – 36 • French – 7 • German – 11 • Irish/Scots Irish – 23 • Kenyan (Luo) – 1 • Scottish – 17 • Swiss – 3 • Welsh – 15

Ancestry table

Order of presidency	President and parents	Dutch	English	French	German	Irish (inc. Scots Irish)	Kenyan (Luo)	Scottish	Swiss	Welsh	Citations
1	George Washington Augustine Washington Mary Ball		Yes	Yes							[2][3]
2	John Adams John Adams Sr. Susanna Boylston		Yes							Yes	[4][5]
3	Thomas Jefferson Peter Jefferson Jane Randolph		Yes					Yes		Yes	[5][6][7]
4	James Madison James Madison Sr. Nelly Conway		Yes							Yes	[6][8]
5	James Monroe Spence Monroe Elizabeth Jones		Yes					Yes		Yes	[4][5][6]
6	John Quincy Adams John Adams Abigail Smith		Yes							Yes	[4][5]
7	Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson Elizabeth Hutchinson					Yes		Yes			[7][9]
8	Martin Van Buren Abraham Van Buren Maria Hoes	Yes									[10]
9	William Henry Harrison Benjamin Harrison V Elizabeth Bassett		Yes			Yes				Yes	[4][5][11]
10	John Tyler John Tyler Sr. Mary Armisted		Yes	Yes							[3][4]
11	James K. Polk Samuel Polk Jane Knox					Yes		Yes			[7][9]
12	Zachary Taylor Richard Taylor Sarah Dabney Strother		Yes								[12]
13	Millard Fillmore Nathaniel Fillmore Phoebe Millard		Yes								[12]
14	Franklin Pierce Benjamin Pierce Anna Kendrick		Yes								[12]
15	James Buchanan James Buchanan Sr. Elizabeth Speer					Yes					[9]
16	Abraham Lincoln Thomas Lincoln Nancy Hanks		Yes			Yes				Yes	[4][5][9]
17	Andrew Johnson Jacob Johnson Mary McDonough		Yes			Yes		Yes			[11][12]
18	Ulysses S. Grant Jesse Root Grant Hannah Simpson		Yes			Yes		Yes			[4][9][12]
19	Rutherford B. Hayes Rutherford Hayes, Jr. Sophia Birchard		Yes					Yes			[13]
20	James A. Garfield Abram Garfield Eliza Garfield		Yes	Yes						Yes	[3][5][12]
21	Chester A. Arthur William Arthur Malvina Stone		Yes			Yes				Yes	[6][11]
22/24	Grover Cleveland Richard Falley Cleveland Ann Neal		Yes		Yes	Yes					[6][9]
23	Benjamin Harrison John Scott Harrison Elizabeth Ramsey Irwin		Yes			Yes				Yes	[4][8][9]
25	William McKinley William McKinley Sr. Nancy Allison		Yes			Yes		Yes			[4][7][9]
26	Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Sr. Martha Bulloch	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes		Yes	[3][5][6][10]
27	William Howard Taft Alphonso Taft Louise Torrey		Yes								[12]
28	Woodrow Wilson Joseph Ruggles Wilson Jessie Janet Woodrow					Yes		Yes			[7][11]
29	Warren G. Harding George Tryon Harding Phoebe Elizabeth Dickerson		Yes					Yes		Yes	[6]
30	Calvin Coolidge John Calvin Coolidge Sr. Victoria Josephine Moor		Yes							Yes	[4][8]
31	Herbert Hoover Jesse Hoover Hulda Randall Minthorn		Yes		Yes				Yes		[14][15]
32	Franklin D. Roosevelt James Roosevelt I Sara Ann Delano	Yes	Yes	Yes							[3][4][10]
33	Harry S. Truman John Anderson Truman Martha Ellen Young		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes			[9][16]
34	Dwight D. Eisenhower David Jacob Eisenhower Ida Stover				Yes				Yes		[15][17]
35	John F. Kennedy Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. Rose Fitzgerald					Yes					[11]
36	Lyndon B. Johnson Samuel Ealy Johnson Jr. Rebekah Baines		Yes		Yes	Yes		Yes			[18]
37	Richard Nixon Francis A. Nixon Hannah Milhous		Yes		Yes	Yes				Yes	[5][11][19]
38	Gerald Ford Leslie Lynch King Sr. Dorothy Ayer Gardner		Yes					Yes			[20]
39	Jimmy Carter James Earl Carter Sr. Lillian Gordy		Yes			Yes					[6][9]
40	Ronald Reagan Jack Reagan Nelle Wilson		Yes			Yes		Yes			[21]
41	George H. W. Bush Prescott Bush Dorothy Walker		Yes		Yes	Yes					[6][9]
42	Bill Clinton William Jefferson Blythe Jr. Virginia Cassidy		Yes			Yes					[6][9]
43	George W. Bush George H. W. Bush Barbara Pierce		Yes		Yes	Yes					[6][9]
44	Barack Obama Barack Obama Sr. Ann Dunham		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	[22][23]
45	Donald Trump Fred Trump Mary Anne MacLeod				Yes			Yes			[7][24]

References

Carroll, Joe (October 12, 1996). "Changed perceptions of the Irish in America". The Irish Times. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
Hardy, Rob. "Ancestry". The Digital Encyclopedia of George Washington. Mount Vernon, Virginia: Mount Vernon Ladies' Association. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
Taylor, Maureen A. (June 2001). "The French Connection". Family Tree Magazine. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
Fischer, David Hackett (1989). Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America. New York, New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 834–839. ISBN 978-0-19-506905-1. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
Williamson, David (October 27, 2017). "The American Presidents with family links to Wales". walesonline.co.uk. Cardiff, Wales, UK: Media Wales. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
Cullen, Niall (February 21, 2020). "A whistlestop tour of every US president's ancestry". findmypast.com. Dundee, Scotland, UK: DC Thomson. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
"Your Queries: From Scotland to the White House… Six presidents with Scottish ancestry". sundaypost.com. Glasgow, Scotland, UK: DC Thomson & Co. September 11, 2019. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
"The Welsh in America". nawf.wales. Penarth, Wales, UK: North America Wales Foundation. 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
Kennedy, Billy. "Ulster-Scots and the United States Presidents" (PDF). Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK: The Ulster-Scots Agency. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
Simkin, John (January 2020). "Dutch Immigration". spartacus-educational.com. Spartacus Educational Publishers. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
Murphy, Sean. "American Presidents with Irish Ancestors". Bray, Ireland: Centre for Irish Genealogical and Historical Studies. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
Vinmont, Rolf Benjamin, ed. (1933). Our Presidents At A Glance. New York, New York: Grosset & Dunlap. p. 77.
"Hayes Family Genealogy". rbhayes.org. Spiegel Grove, Fremont, Ohio: Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museums. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
Burner, David (1979). Herbert Hoover: The Public Life. New York, New York: Alfred A. Knopf. p. 4. ISBN 978-0-394-46134-2.
Yang, Philip Q. (2000). Ethnic Studies: Issues and Approaches. Albany, New York: SUNY Press. p. 214. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
Johnson, Niel; Johnson, Verna Gail (1999). "Rooted In History: The Genealogy of Harry S. Truman". trumanlibrary.gov. Independence, Missouri: Harry S. Truman Library. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
Barnett, Lincoln (November 9, 1942). "General "Ike" Eisenhower". Life. Vol. 13 no. 19. New York City, New York: Time Inc. pp. 112–124. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
Wheeler, Keith; Lambert, William (August 14, 1964). "The Man Who Is President". Life. Vol. 57 no. 7. New York City, New York: Time Inc. pp. 25–29, 77–80. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
Klein, Christopher (August 30, 2018). "10 Things You May Not Know About Richard Nixon". history.com. New York City, New York: A&E Television Networks. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
"Gerald R. Ford Genealogical Information". fordlibrarymuseum.gov. Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library & Museum. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
Gormley, Myra V. (February 17, 1986). "Digging Up a Potential Presidential Pedigree: 5 Chief Executives Identified as Most Likely Candidates". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
Plante, Bill (July 30, 2012). "Surprising link found in Obama's family tree". cbsnews.com. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
Kenneally, Christine (2014). The Invisible History of the Human Race: How DNA and History Shape Our Identities and Our Futures. Melbourne, Victoria: Schwartz. p. 47. ISBN 9780670025558.
Schubert, Atika (February 16, 2016). "Donald Trump's German roots: Inside the town that spawned a dynasty". cnn.com. Retrieved May 24, 2020.

External links

Presidential Family Trees and Famous Kin, famouskin.com

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[1] Carroll, Joe (October 12, 1996). "Changed perceptions of the Irish in America". The Irish Times. Retrieved May 11, 2020.

[2] Hardy, Rob. "Ancestry". The Digital Encyclopedia of George Washington. Mount Vernon, Virginia: Mount Vernon Ladies' Association. Retrieved May 26, 2020.

[FTM062001-3] Taylor, Maureen A. (June 2001). "The French Connection". Family Tree Magazine. Retrieved May 23, 2020.

[DHFischer1989-4] Fischer, David Hackett (1989). Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America. New York, New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 834–839. ISBN 978-0-19-506905-1. Retrieved May 29, 2020.

[WalesOnline-5] Williamson, David (October 27, 2017). "The American Presidents with family links to Wales". walesonline.co.uk. Cardiff, Wales, UK: Media Wales. Retrieved May 25, 2020.

[findmypast-6] Cullen, Niall (February 21, 2020). "A whistlestop tour of every US president's ancestry". findmypast.com. Dundee, Scotland, UK: DC Thomson. Retrieved May 30, 2020.

[Six09112019Scottish-7] "Your Queries: From Scotland to the White House… Six presidents with Scottish ancestry". sundaypost.com. Glasgow, Scotland, UK: DC Thomson & Co. September 11, 2019. Retrieved May 24, 2020.

[WelshAmerica-8] "The Welsh in America". nawf.wales. Penarth, Wales, UK: North America Wales Foundation. 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2020.

[UlsterScots-9] Kennedy, Billy. "Ulster-Scots and the United States Presidents" (PDF). Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK: The Ulster-Scots Agency. Retrieved May 25, 2020.

[DutchImmigration-10] Simkin, John (January 2020). "Dutch Immigration". spartacus-educational.com. Spartacus Educational Publishers. Retrieved May 24, 2020.

[Irishancestors-11] Murphy, Sean. "American Presidents with Irish Ancestors". Bray, Ireland: Centre for Irish Genealogical and Historical Studies. Retrieved May 25, 2020.

[Vinmont1933-12] Vinmont, Rolf Benjamin, ed. (1933). Our Presidents At A Glance. New York, New York: Grosset & Dunlap. p. 77.

[13] "Hayes Family Genealogy". rbhayes.org. Spiegel Grove, Fremont, Ohio: Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museums. Retrieved May 26, 2020.

[14] Burner, David (1979). Herbert Hoover: The Public Life. New York, New York: Alfred A. Knopf. p. 4. ISBN 978-0-394-46134-2.

[Ethnic2000Yang-15] Yang, Philip Q. (2000). Ethnic Studies: Issues and Approaches. Albany, New York: SUNY Press. p. 214. Retrieved May 24, 2020.

[16] Johnson, Niel; Johnson, Verna Gail (1999). "Rooted In History: The Genealogy of Harry S. Truman". trumanlibrary.gov. Independence, Missouri: Harry S. Truman Library. Retrieved May 26, 2020.

[17] Barnett, Lincoln (November 9, 1942). "General "Ike" Eisenhower". Life. Vol. 13 no. 19. New York City, New York: Time Inc. pp. 112–124. Retrieved May 23, 2020.

[18] Wheeler, Keith; Lambert, William (August 14, 1964). "The Man Who Is President". Life. Vol. 57 no. 7. New York City, New York: Time Inc. pp. 25–29, 77–80. Retrieved May 23, 2020.

[19] Klein, Christopher (August 30, 2018). "10 Things You May Not Know About Richard Nixon". history.com. New York City, New York: A&E Television Networks. Retrieved May 30, 2020.

[20] "Gerald R. Ford Genealogical Information". fordlibrarymuseum.gov. Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library & Museum. Retrieved May 24, 2020.

[LAT02171986-21] Gormley, Myra V. (February 17, 1986). "Digging Up a Potential Presidential Pedigree: 5 Chief Executives Identified as Most Likely Candidates". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 24, 2020.

[22] Plante, Bill (July 30, 2012). "Surprising link found in Obama's family tree". cbsnews.com. Retrieved May 24, 2020.

[23] Kenneally, Christine (2014). The Invisible History of the Human Race: How DNA and History Shape Our Identities and Our Futures. Melbourne, Victoria: Schwartz. p. 47. ISBN 9780670025558.

[24] Schubert, Atika (February 16, 2016). "Donald Trump's German roots: Inside the town that spawned a dynasty". cnn.com. Retrieved May 24, 2020.

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