List of children of the presidents of the United States
This is a list of children of U.S. presidents, including stepchildren and alleged illegitimate children. All full names with married names are given. Currently there are 31 confirmed, known living presidential children, the oldest Lynda Bird Johnson Robb, the youngest confirmed Barron Trump. Two presidential children, John Quincy Adams and George W. Bush, have become president in their own right.
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 notable family members. So, for instance, a child who may appear otherwise non-notable as an individual may, in fact, have had a significant influence on the child's parent: acting as a sounding board, or having behavioral issues that affected the parent's beliefs or performance. John Scott Harrison is the only person to be both the child and the parent of a U.S. president, being the son of William Henry Harrison and the father of Benjamin Harrison.
As a class, the children of presidents have also occasioned significant study. Study has generally followed two paths: The issue of what access and inclusion within the circles of power does to individuals' lives, aspirations, and outcomes;[1] and the issue of their influence on society and politics.[2]
18th century
George and Martha Washington
- No children together. The following were raised by Washington as his own:
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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John Parke Custis nickname: Jacky |
Nov 27, 1754 – Nov 5, 1781 | Eleanor Calvert | Stepson; father was Daniel Parke Custis
Father of:
| |
Martha Parke Custis nickname: Patsy |
1756 – June 19, 1773 | no spouse | Stepdaughter; father was Daniel Parke Custis | |
Elizabeth Parke Custis nickname: Eliza |
Aug 21, 1776 - Dec 31, 1831 | Thomas Law | Mother of:
| |
Martha Parke Custis nickname: Patsy |
Dec 31, 1777 - July 13, 1854 | Thomas Peter | Mother of:
| |
Eleanor Parke Custis nickname: Nelly |
Mar 31, 1779 – July 15, 1852 | Lawrence Lewis | Adopted daughter; daughter of stepson John Parke Custis
Mother of:
| |
George Washington Parke Custis nickname: Wash |
Apr 30, 1781 – Oct 10, 1857 | Mary Lee Fitzhugh | Legal ward; son of stepson John Parke Custis
Father of:
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John and Abigail Adams
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Abigail Adams nickname: Nabby or Amelia |
July 14, 1765 – Aug 15, 1813 | William Stephens Smith | Mother of:
| |
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 | |
Grace Susanna Adams nickname: Suky |
Dec 28, 1768 – Feb 4, 1770 | no spouse | died of unknown causes | |
Charles Adams | May 29, 1770 – Nov 30, 1800 | Sarah Smith | Father of:
| |
Thomas Boylston Adams | Sep 15, 1772 – Mar 13, 1832 | Ann Harrod | Father of:
| |
Elizabeth Adams | July 11, 1777 | no spouse | stillborn |
19th century
with Martha Jefferson
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Martha Jefferson Randolph nickname: Patsy |
Sep 27, 1772 – Oct 10, 1836 | Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. |
Mother of 13, including:
| |
Jane Randolph Jefferson | Apr 3, 1774 – Sep 1775[3] | no spouse | died of unknown causes | |
unnamed son[4] | May 28 – June 14, 1777 | no spouse | died in infancy | |
Mary Jefferson nickname: Polly or Maria |
Aug 1, 1778 – Apr 17, 1804 | John Wayles Eppes | Mother of 3, including:
| |
Lucy Elizabeth Jefferson (I) | Nov 30, 1780 – Apr 15, 1781 | no spouse | died of an unspecified illness[5] | |
Lucy Elizabeth Jefferson (II) | May 8, 1782 – ca. Oct 13, 1784[6] | no spouse | died of whooping cough[6] |
with Sally Hemings
- Alleged children with Sally Hemings; see Jefferson DNA data
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Children | |
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Thomas Jefferson Hemings nickname: Tom |
1790 – 1879 | Jemima Price | Father of:
| |
Harriet Hemings (I) | October 5, 1795 – December 7, 1797 | no spouse | died of unknown causes | |
Edy Hemings | 1796 | no spouse | died in infancy | |
William Beverly Hemings | Apr 1, 1798 – 1873 | Darek Joseph | one daughter, unknown name | |
Thenia Hemings | December 7, 1799 – ca. 1802 | no spouse | died in early childhood | |
Harriet Hemings (II) | May 22, 1801 – 1863 | unknown | ||
James Madison Hemings | Jan 18, 1805 – Nov 26, 1877 | Mary Hughes McCoy | ||
Eston Hemings | May 21, 1808 – Jan 3, 1856 | Julia Ann Isaacs | Father of 3, including:
|
James and Dolley Madison
No children together, but raised the older of Dolley's 2 sons from her first marriage:
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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John Payne Todd | Feb 29, 1792 – Jan 16, 1852 | Greta Bunce | raised by James Madison; father was John Todd Jr. | |
William Temple Todd | July 4 – Oct 14, 1793 | no spouse | died of yellow fever[7] |
James and Elizabeth Monroe
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Eliza Kortright Monroe | Dec 1786 – January 27, 1840[8][9] | George Hay | Mother of
| |
James Spence Monroe | May 1799 – Sep 28, 1800[10][lower-alpha 1] | no spouse | died after "several days sickness".[10] | |
Maria Hester Monroe | May 20, 1803 – 1850 | Samuel Laurence Gouverneur | Mother of
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John Quincy and Louisa Adams
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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George Washington Adams | Apr 12, 1801 – Apr 30, 1829 | none[lower-alpha 2] | committed suicide | |
John Adams II | July 4, 1803 – Oct 23, 1834 | Mary Catherine Hellen | Father of:
| |
unnamed son[12] | June 29, 1806 | no spouse | stillborn | |
Charles Francis Adams | Aug 18, 1807 – Nov 21, 1886 | Abigail Brown Brooks |
Served as United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1861-1868)
| |
Louisa Catherine Adams | Aug 12, 1811 – Sep 15, 1812 | no spouse | died in St. Petersburg, Russia from an unknown illness while her father was serving as Minister to Russia[13][14] |
Andrew and Rachel Jackson
- No biological children together, adopted three:
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes |
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Theodore | Unknown | Unknown | Adopted; Native American |
Andrew Jackson Jr. | Dec 4, 1808 – Apr 17, 1865 | Sarah Yorke | adopted at birth; biological son of Severn Donelson |
Lyncoya Jackson | c. 1811 – July 1, 1828 | No spouse | Creek orphan adopted after the Battle of Tallushatchee; died of tuberculosis at the age of sixteen. |
- Andrew and Rachel also served as guardians to eight children:
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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John Samuel Donelson | before 1805 – 1817 | unknown | Orphaned nephews of Rachel, sons of Samuel Donelson who died in 1804 | |
Andrew Jackson Donelson | Aug 25, 1799 – June 26, 1871 | Emily Tennessee Donelson | ||
Elizabeth Martin Randolph | ||||
Daniel Smith Donelson | June 23, 1801 – Apr 17, 1863 | Margaret Donelson | ||
Andrew Jackson Hutchings | 1812–1841 | Mary Coffee | Orphaned grandnephew of Rachel | |
Caroline Butler | before 1804 – 1817 | unknown | Orphaned children of family friend Edward Butler[15] | |
Eliza Eleanor Butler | Apr 20, 1791–Nov 4, 1850 | John Donelson[lower-alpha 3] | ||
Edward George Washington Butler | Feb 22, 1800–Sep 5, 1888 | Frances Parke Lewis[lower-alpha 4] | ||
Anthony Wayne Butler | 1803–1824 | unknown |
Martin and Hannah Van Buren
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Abraham Van Buren | Nov 27, 1807 – Mar 15, 1873 | Angelica Singleton | 4 children | |
John Van Buren | Feb 10, 1810 – Oct 13, 1866 | Elizabeth Vanderpoel | Father of:
| |
Martin Van Buren Jr. | Dec 20, 1812 – Mar 19, 1855 | no spouse | died of tuberculosis | |
Winfield Scott Van Buren | 1814 | no spouse | died in infancy | |
Smith Thompson Van Buren | Jan 16, 1817 – 1876 | Ellen King James Henrietta Eckford Irving |
7 children between 2 wives | |
unnamed daughter[17] | c. 1818 | no spouse | stillborn |
with Anna Harrison
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Elizabeth Bassett Harrison nickname: Betsy |
Sep 29, 1796 – Sep 27, 1846 | John Cleves Short | ||
John Cleves Symmes Harrison | Oct 28, 1798 – Oct 30, 1830 | Clarissa Pike[lower-alpha 5] | 6 children | |
Lucy Singleton Harrison | Sep 1800 – Apr 7, 1826[18] | David K. Este[19] | 4 children | |
William Henry Harrison Jr. | Sep 3, 1802 – Feb 6, 1838[18] | Jane Findlay Irwin | 2 children | |
John Scott Harrison | Oct 4, 1804 – May 25, 1878 | Lucretia Knapp Johnson | 3 children | |
Elizabeth Ramsey Irwin | 10 children, including President Benjamin Harrison (1833 – 1901) | |||
Benjamin Harrison | 1806 – June 9, 1840[18] | Louisa Smith Bonner | ||
Mary Raney | ||||
Mary Symmes Harrison | Jan 22, 1809 – Nov 16, 1842[20] | John Henry Fitzhugh Thornton | ||
Carter Bassett Harrison | Oct 26, 1811 – Aug 12, 1839 | Mary Anne Sutherland | 1 child | |
Anna Tuthill Harrison | Oct 28, 1813 – July 5, 1845[20] | William Henry Harrison Taylor[lower-alpha 6] | ||
James Findlay Harrison | 1814 – 1817[20] | no spouse | died of unknown causes |
Alleged child with a slave
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Dilsia | 1809 – before 1900 | Unknown | Daughter conceived by one of his slaves.[21] |
with Letitia Tyler
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Mary Tyler | Apr 15, 1815 – June 17, 1847 | Henry Lightfoot Jones | ||
Robert Tyler | Sep 9, 1816 – Dec 3, 1877 | Elizabeth Priscilla Cooper | ||
John Tyler III | Apr 27, 1819 – Jan 26, 1896 | Martha Rochelle | ||
Letitia Tyler nickname: Letty |
May 11, 1821 – Dec 28, 1907 | James Allen Semple | no children | |
Elizabeth Tyler nickname: Lizzie |
July 11, 1823 – June 1, 1850 | William Nevison Waller | ||
Anne Contesse Tyler[22] | Apr 5 – July 1825 | no spouse | died in infancy | |
Alice Tyler | Mar 23, 1827 – June 8, 1854 | Henry Mandeville Denison | ||
Tazewell Tyler | Dec 6, 1830 – Jan 8, 1874 | Nannie Bridges |
Alleged child with a slave
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
John William Dunjee | 1833 – 1903 | Lydia Ann Taylor | allegedly the son of John Tyler; unproven as of 2011[23] |
with Julia Tyler
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
David Gardiner Tyler nickname: Gardie |
July 12, 1846 – Sep 5, 1927 | Mary Morris Jones | 5 children | |
John Alexander Tyler nickname: Alex |
Apr 7, 1848 – Sep 1, 1883 | Sarah Griswold Gardiner | ||
Julia Gardiner Tyler | Dec 25, 1849 – May 8, 1871 | William H. Spencer | ||
Lachlan Tyler | Dec 2, 1851 – Jan 26, 1902 | Georgia Webb Powell | ||
Lyon Gardiner Tyler | Aug 24, 1853 – Feb 12, 1935 | Anne Baker Tucker | Father of:
| |
Sue Ruffin | Father of:
Both Lyon Jr. and Harrison were still alive as of March 23, 2019, meaning John Tyler is, by far, the earliest president with living grandchildren.[24] | |||
Robert Fitzwalter Tyler | Mar 12, 1856 – Dec 30, 1927 | Fannie Glenn | at least 3 children | |
Pearl Tyler | June 20, 1860 – June 30, 1947 | William Munford Ellis |
James and Sarah Polk
The Polks are the only presidential couple to never have children while together, biologically, adopted, or from previous marriage.
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Marshall Tate Polk Jr. | May 15, 1831 – Feb 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 |
Zachary and Margaret Taylor
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Anne Margaret Mackall Taylor Wood | Apr 9, 1811 – Dec 2, 1875 | Dr. Robert Crooke Wood | Mother of four children, including John Taylor Wood (1830 – 1904) | |
Sarah Knox Taylor nickname: Knoxie |
Mar 6, 1814 – Sep 15, 1835[25] | Jefferson Finis Davis | died from malaria as a newlywed | |
Octavia Pannel Taylor[26] [lower-alpha 7] | Aug 15, 1816 – Sep 1820[25] | no spouse | died from malaria [lower-alpha 8] | |
Margaret Smith Taylor | July 17, 1819 – Oct 1820 | no spouse | died from malaria [lower-alpha 9] | |
Mary Elizabeth Taylor nickname: Betty |
Apr 20, 1824 – July 25, 1909 | William Wallace Smith Bliss | Betty Bliss served as President Taylor's White House hostess, as the First Lady was an invalid. | |
Philip Pendleton Dandridge | ||||
Richard Scott Taylor nickname: Dick |
Jan 27, 1826 – Apr 17, 1879[25] | Louise Marie Myrthe Bringier | Father of Richard, Zachary, Louise, Elizabeth, and Myrthe. |
Millard and Abigail Fillmore
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Millard Powers Fillmore | Apr 25, 1828 – Nov 15, 1889 | no spouse | ||
Mary Abigail Fillmore nickname: Abby |
Mar 27, 1832 – July 26, 1854 | no spouse | Served as Acting First Lady during her mother's illness |
Franklin and Jane Pierce
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Franklin Pierce Jr. | Feb 2 – Feb 4, 1836 | no spouse | died in infancy | |
Frank Robert Pierce | Aug 27, 1839 – Nov 14, 1843 | no spouse | died of typhus fever | |
Benjamin Pierce | Apr 13, 1841 – Jan 6, 1853 | no spouse | died in train accident in front of his parents, weeks before his father was inaugurated |
James Buchanan
- No biological children, and never married
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Mary Elizabeth Speer Lane | 1826 – 1855 | George Washington Baker | Adopted daughter; niece (daughter of sister Jane Buchanan and Elliot Tole Lane) | |
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:
|
Abraham and Mary Lincoln
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Robert Todd Lincoln | Aug 1, 1843 – July 26, 1926 | Mary Eunice Harlan | Served as Secretary of War under the administrations of James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur.
Father of:
| |
Edward Baker Lincoln nickname: Eddie |
Mar 10, 1846 – Feb 1, 1850 | no spouse | died of "chronic consumption" | |
William Wallace Lincoln nickname: Willie |
Dec 21, 1850 – Feb 20, 1862 | no spouse | died from typhoid fever | |
Thomas Lincoln III nickname: Tad |
Apr 4, 1853 – July 15, 1871 | no spouse | The cause of Tad Lincoln's death has been reported as possibly any one of the following:
|
Andrew and Eliza Johnson
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Martha Johnson | Oct 25, 1828 – July 10, 1901 | David Trotter Patterson | 2 children | |
Charles Johnson | Feb 19, 1830 – Apr 4, 1863 | no spouse | ||
Mary Johnson | May 8, 1832 – Apr 19, 1883 | Daniel Stover | ||
William Browne | ||||
Robert Johnson | Feb 22, 1834 – Apr 22, 1869 | no spouse | died from suicide | |
Andrew Johnson Jr. | Aug 5, 1852 – Mar 12, 1879 | Bessie May Kumbaugh |
Ulysses and Julia Grant
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Frederick Dent Grant | May 30, 1850 – Apr 12, 1912 | Ida Marie Honoré | Father of:
| |
Ulysses S. Grant Jr. nickname: Buck |
July 22, 1852 – Sep 25, 1929 | Frances Josephine Chaffee | Father of 5 children, including Ulysses Simpson Grant IV (1893 – 1977) | |
America Workman Will | no children | |||
Ellen Wrenshall Grant nickname: Nellie |
July 4, 1855 – Aug 30, 1922 | Algernon Charles Frederick Sartoris | Mother of:
| |
Frank Hatch Jones | ||||
Jesse Root Grant | Feb 6, 1858 – June 8, 1934 | Elizabeth Chapman | Father of two, including Chapman Grant (1887 – 1983) | |
Lillian Burns |
Rutherford and Lucy Hayes
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Sardis Birchard Austin Hayes | Nov 4, 1853 – Jan 24, 1926 | Mary Nancy Sherman | ||
James Webb Cook Hayes | Mar 20, 1856 – July 26, 1934 | Mary Otis Brinkerhoff Miller | ||
Rutherford Platt Hayes | June 24, 1858 – July 31, 1937 | Lucy Hayes Platt | ||
Joseph Thompson Hayes nickname: Jody |
Dec 21, 1861 – June 24, 1863 | no spouse | died of dysentery | |
George Crook Hayes | Sep 29, 1864 – May 4, 1866 | no spouse | died of scarlet fever | |
Frances Hayes nickname: Fanny |
Sep 2, 1867 – Mar 18, 1950 | Harry Eaton Smith | ||
Scott Russell Hayes | Feb 8, 1871 – May 6, 1923 | Maude Anderson | ||
Manning Force Hayes | Aug 1, 1873 – Aug 28, 1874[33] | no spouse | died in infancy |
James and Lucretia Garfield
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Eliza Arabella Garfield nickname: Trot |
July 3, 1860 – Dec 3, 1863 | no spouse | died of diphtheria[34] | |
Harry Augustus Garfield nickname: Hal |
Oct 11, 1863 – Dec 12, 1942 | Belle Hartford Mason | 4 children | |
James Rudolph Garfield | Oct 17, 1865 – Mar 24, 1950 | Helen Newell | He was Secretary of the Interior during Theodore Roosevelt's administration. Father of 4 children, including:
| |
Mary Garfield nickname: Mollie |
Jan 16, 1867 – Dec 30, 1947 | Joseph Stanley Brown | ||
Irvin McDowell Garfield | Aug 3, 1870 – July 18, 1951 | Susan Emmons | ||
Abram Garfield | Nov 21, 1872 – Oct 16, 1958 | Sarah Granger Williams | ||
Helen Grannis Matthews | ||||
Edward Garfield | Dec 25, 1874 – Oct 25, 1876 | no spouse | died of whooping cough |
Chester and Ellen Arthur
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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William Lewis Arthur | Dec 10, 1860 – July 7, 1863 | no spouse | died of "convulsions" | |
Chester Alan Arthur II | July 25, 1864 – July 18, 1937 | Myra Townsend | Father of Chester Alan "Gavin" Arthur III (1901-1972) | |
Rowena Graves | ||||
Ellen Hansbrough Herndon Arthur nickname: Nell |
Nov 21, 1871 – Sep 6, 1915 | Charles Pinkerton |
Grover Cleveland and Maria Halpin
- See also section on Grover and Frances Cleveland
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Oscar Folsom Cleveland | Sep 14, 1874 – 1947 | unknown name (married for ten years)[35] |
Illegitimate. Cleveland made payments to Maria Halpin after the boy was born.[36] Grover Cleveland acknowledged possibility he was Oscar Folsom Cleveland's father.[36] |
with Caroline Harrison
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Russell Benjamin Harrison | Aug 12, 1854 – Dec 13, 1936 | May Angeline Saunders | born Russell Farnum Lord Harrison
Father of 2, including William Henry Harrison (1896 – 1990) | |
Mary Scott Harrison nickname: Mamie |
Apr 3, 1858 – Oct 28, 1930 | James Robert McKee | served as acting First Lady
Mother of 2 | |
unnamed daughter | June 13, 1861 | no spouse | died in infancy |
with Mary Harrison
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Elizabeth Harrison Walker | Feb 21, 1897 – Dec 25, 1955 | James Blaine Walker | 1 daughter Jane |
Grover and Frances Cleveland
- See also section on Grover Cleveland and Maria Halpin
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Ruth Cleveland nickname: Baby Ruth |
Oct 3, 1891 – Jan 7, 1904 | no spouse | died of diphtheria | |
Esther Cleveland | Sep 9, 1893 – June 25, 1980 | William Sydney Bence Bosanquet | First presidential child to be born in the White House. Mother of 2 children, including Philippa Ruth Bosanquet (1920 – 2010) | |
Marion Cleveland | July 7, 1895 – Mar 10, 1977 | William Stanley Dell | ||
John Harlan Amen | ||||
Richard Folsom Cleveland nickname: Dick |
Oct 28, 1897 – Jan 10, 1974 | Ellen Douglas Gailor | 3 children | |
Jessie Maxwell Black | 3 children | |||
Francis Grover Cleveland | June 18, 1903 – Nov 8, 1995 | Alice Erdman | One daughter Marion (1925-2014) |
William and Ida McKinley
Child | Lifetime | Notes | |
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Katherine McKinley nickname: Katie |
Dec 25, 1871 – June 25, 1875 | died of typhoid fever | |
Ida McKinley | Apr 1 – Aug 22, 1873 | died in infancy |
20th century
with Alice Roosevelt
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Alice Lee Roosevelt nickname: Lee |
Feb 12, 1884 – Feb 20, 1980 | Nicholas Longworth IV | Mother of Paulina Longworth (1925 – 1957)[40] |
with Edith Roosevelt
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Theodore Roosevelt Jr. nickname: Ted |
Sep 13, 1887 – July 12, 1944 | Eleanor Butler Alexander | Governor General of the Philippines and Governor of Puerto Rico. Father of 4, including:
| |
Kermit Roosevelt | Oct 10, 1889 – June 4, 1943 | Belle Wyatt Willard[40] | Father of 4, including:
| |
Ethel Carow Roosevelt | Aug 13, 1891 – Dec 10, 1977 | Richard Derby | Mother of:
| |
Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt nickname: Archie |
Apr 10, 1894 – Oct 13, 1979 | Grace Lockwood | Father of 4, including:
| |
Quentin Roosevelt nickname: Quentyquee or Quinikins |
Nov 19, 1897 – July 14, 1918 | no spouse | died in combat in World War I |
William and Helen Taft
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Robert Alphonso Taft | Sep 8, 1889 – July 31, 1953 | Martha Wheaton Bowers | US senator and Majority Leader (1953) Father of:
| |
Helen Herron Taft Manning | Aug 1, 1891 – Feb 21, 1987 | Frederick Johnson Manning | Mother of:
| |
Charles Phelps Taft II | Sep 20, 1897 – June 24, 1983 | Eleanor Kellogg Chase | Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio Father of:
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Woodrow and Ellen Wilson
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Margaret Woodrow Wilson nickname: Nistha |
Apr 16, 1886 – Feb 12, 1944 | no spouse | Served as acting First Lady for a brief period | |
Jessie Woodrow Wilson | Aug 28, 1887 – Jan 15, 1933 | Francis Bowes Sayre Sr. | Mother of:
| |
Eleanor Randolph Wilson | Oct 16, 1889 – Apr 5, 1967 | William Gibbs McAdoo | Mother of:
|
with Florence Harding
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Marshall Eugene DeWolfe nickname: Pete |
Sep 22, 1880 – Jan 1, 1915 | Esther Naomi Neely | stepson from Florence's first marriage, to Henry Athenton DeWolfe |
with Nan Britton
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Elizabeth Ann Britton nickname: Emma or Ann |
Oct 22, 1919 – Nov 17, 2005 | Henry Edward Blaesing | Illegitimate daughter of Warren G. Harding, proven by DNA testing in 2015[41] |
Calvin and Grace Coolidge
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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John Coolidge | Sep 7, 1906 – May 31, 2000 | Florence Trumbull | Father of:
| |
Calvin Coolidge Jr. | Apr 13, 1908 – July 7, 1924 | no spouse | died of blood poisoning |
Herbert and Lou Hoover
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Herbert Clark Hoover Jr. | Aug 4, 1903 – July 9, 1969 | Margaret Ava Watson | Served as Under Secretary of State (October 4, 1954 - February 5, 1957) in the Eisenhower Administration. Variously named as "Herbert Hoover, Jr.,"[42] "Herbert Charles Hoover,"[43] and "Herbert Clark Hoover."[44]
Father of:
| |
Allan Henry Hoover | July 17, 1907 – Nov 4, 1993 | Margaret Coberly | Father of:
|
Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Anna Eleanor Roosevelt | May 3, 1906 – Dec 1, 1975 | Curtis Bean Dall | Mother of:
| |
Clarence John Boettiger | Mother of John Roosevelt Boettiger (b. 1939)[40] | |||
James Addison Halsted | ||||
James Roosevelt nickname: Jimmy |
Dec 23, 1907 – Aug 13, 1991 | Betsey Maria Cushing[40] | Father of 2 children, including:
| |
Romelle Theresa Schneider | Father of 3 children, including:
| |||
Gladys Irene Owens | 1 adopted child | |||
Mary Lena Winskill | 1 child | |||
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. (I) | Mar 18 – Nov 8, 1909 | no spouse | died as an infant | |
Elliott Roosevelt | Sep 23, 1910 – Oct 27, 1990 | Elizabeth Browning Donner | Father of William Donner Roosevelt (1932–2003)[40] | |
Ruth Josephine Googins | Father of: | |||
Faye Margaret Emerson | ||||
Minnewa Bell | ||||
Patricia Peabody | 1 child, adopted 4 stepchildren | |||
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. (II) | Aug 17, 1914 – Aug 17, 1988 | Ethel du Pont | Father of:
| |
Suzanne Perrin | Father of: | |||
Felicia Schiff Warburg | ||||
Patricia Luisa Oakes | Father of:
| |||
Linda McKay Stevenson | ||||
John Aspinwall Roosevelt | Mar 13, 1916 – Apr 27, 1981 | Anne Lindsay Clark | Father of: | |
Irene Elder Boyd |
Harry and Bess Truman
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Note | Place of Birth | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mary Margaret Truman | Feb 17, 1924 – Jan 29, 2008 | Elbert Clifton Daniel Jr. | Mother of:
|
Independence, Missouri |
Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | Place of Birth | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Doud Dwight Eisenhower nickname: Icky |
Sep 24, 1917 – Jan 2, 1921 | no spouse | died of scarlet fever | San Antonio, Texas | |
John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower | Aug 3, 1922 – Dec 21, 2013 | Barbara Jean Thompson | Served as United States Ambassador to Belgium from 1969 to 1971.
Father of:
|
Denver, Colorado | |
Joanne Thompson |
John and Jackie Kennedy
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | Place of Birth | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Arabella Kennedy | Aug 23, 1956 | no spouse | stillborn | ||
Caroline Bouvier Kennedy | born Nov 27, 1957 | Edwin Arthur Schlossberg | Served as United States Ambassador to Japan from 2013 to 2017.
Mother of:
|
Manhattan, New York | |
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr. nickname: John-John |
Nov 25, 1960 – July 16, 1999 | Carolyn Jeanne Bessette | Killed in a plane crash | Washington, D.C. | |
Patrick Bouvier Kennedy | Aug 7 – Aug 9, 1963 | no spouse | Died after a premature birth | Otis Air Force Base, Massachusetts |
Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | Place of Birth | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lynda Bird Johnson[45] | born Mar 19, 1944 | Charles Spittal Robb[45] | Currently the oldest living presidential child
Mother of: |
Washington, D.C. | |
Luci Baines Johnson[45] | born July 2, 1947 | Patrick John Nugent | Mother of:
| ||
Ian Johnstone Turpin |
Richard and Pat Nixon
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | Place of Birth | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patricia Nixon nickname: Tricia |
born Feb 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 34th President Dwight Eisenhower |
Mother of:
|
Washington, D.C. |
Gerald and Betty Ford
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | Place of Birth | |
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Michael Gerald Ford | born Mar 14, 1950 | Gayle Ann Brumbaugh | Father of:
|
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John Gardner Ford nickname: Jack |
born Mar 16, 1952 | Juliann Felando | Father of:
|
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Steven Meigs Ford | born May 19, 1956 | no spouse | East Grand Rapids, Michigan | ||
Susan Elizabeth Ford | born July 6, 1957 | Charles Vance | Mother of:
|
Washington, D.C. | |
Vaden Bales |
Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | Place of Birth | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
John William Carter nickname: Jack |
born July 3, 1947 | Juliet Langford | Father of:
|
Portsmouth, Virginia | |
Elizabeth Brasfield | |||||
James Earl Carter III nickname: Chip;Jim III and Jimmy Jr. |
born Apr 12, 1950 | Caron Griffin | Father of James Earl Carter IV (b. 1977) | Honolulu, Hawaii | |
Ginger Hodges | Father of Margaret Alicia Carter | ||||
Becky Payne | |||||
Donnel Jeffrey Carter nickname: Jeff |
born Aug 18, 1952 | Annette Jene Davis | Father of:
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New London, Connecticut | |
Amy Lynn Carter | born Oct 19, 1967 | James Gregory Wentzel | Mother of Hugo James Wentzel (b. 1999) | Plains, Georgia |
with Jane Wyman
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | Place of Birth | |
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Maureen Elizabeth Reagan | Jan 4, 1941 – Aug 8, 2001 | John Filippone | Los Angeles, California | ||
David Sills | |||||
Dennis C. Revell | Mother of:
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Michael Edward Reagan (adopted) | born Mar 18, 1945 | Pamela Gail Putnam | |||
Colleen Sterns | Father of:
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Christine Reagan | June 26, 1947 | died shortly after birth |
with Nancy Reagan
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Place of Birth | |
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Patti Davis | born Oct 21, 1952 | Paul Grilley | Los Angeles, California | |
Ronald Prescott Reagan nickname: Ron |
born May 20, 1958 | Doria Palmieri |
George H. W. and Barbara Bush
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 |
Dec 20, 1949 – Oct 11, 1953 | no spouse | died of leukemia | Compton, California | |
John Ellis Bush nickname: Jeb |
born Feb 11, 1953 | Columba Garnica Gallo | 43rd governor of Florida (1999–2007) Father of:
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Midland, Texas | |
Neil Mallon Bush | born Jan 22, 1955 | Sharon Smith | Father of:
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Maria Andrews | |||||
Marvin Pierce Bush | born Oct 22, 1956 | Margaret Conway Molster | Father of:
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Dorothy Walker Bush nickname: Doro |
born Aug 18, 1959 | William LeBlond | Mother of:
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Harris County, Texas | |
Robert P. Koch | Mother of:
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Bill and Hillary Clinton
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | Place of Birth | |
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Chelsea Victoria Clinton | born Feb 27, 1980 | Marc Mezvinsky | Mother of:
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Little Rock, Arkansas |
21st century
George W. and Laura Bush
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | Place of Birth | |
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Barbara Pierce Bush | born Nov 25, 1981 | Craig Coyne | Dallas, Texas | ||
Jenna Welch Bush | Henry Chase Hager | Mother of:
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Barack and Michelle Obama
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | Place of Birth | |
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Malia Ann Obama | born July 4, 1998 | Unmarried | Chicago, Illinois | ||
Natasha Obama Nickname: Sasha |
born June 10, 2001 | Unmarried |
with Ivana Trump
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | Place of Birth | |
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Donald John Trump Jr. Nickname: Don |
born December 31, 1977 | Vanessa Kay Haydon divorced |
Trustee of The Trump Organization along with Eric.
Father of:
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Manhattan, New York | |
Ivanka Marie Trump | born October 30, 1981 | Jared Corey Kushner | Senior Advisor to the President
Mother of:
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Eric Frederick Trump | born January 6, 1984 | Lara Lea Yunaska | Trustee of The Trump Organization along with Don Jr.
Father of:
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with Marla Maples
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | Place of Birth | |
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Tiffany Ariana Trump | born October 13, 1993 | Unmarried | West Palm Beach, Florida |
with Melania Trump
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | Place of Birth | |
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Barron William Trump | born March 20, 2006 | Unmarried | Youngest living child of any president.[46] | Manhattan, New York |
Living presidential children
As of June 2020, 31 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 |
President 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 E. 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 |
Governor Jeb Bush | February 11, 1953 | George H. W. Bush |
Neil Bush | January 22, 1955 | |
Steven Ford | May 19, 1956 | Gerald Ford |
Marvin P. Bush | October 22, 1956 | George H. W. Bush |
Susan Ford | 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 |
Donald Trump Jr. | December 31, 1977 | Donald Trump |
Chelsea Clinton | February 27, 1980 | Bill Clinton |
Ivanka Trump | October 30, 1981 | Donald Trump |
Barbara Pierce Bush | November 25, 1981 | George W. Bush |
Jenna Bush Hager | November 25, 1981 | |
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 John Eisenhower, the son of Dwight D. Eisenhower, who died on December 21, 2013. He was also the father-in-law of Julie Nixon Eisenhower, another presidential child.
Notes
- James Monroe wrote that his only son died on September 28, 1800. The date of September 28, 1801 that is said to appear on the James Spence Monroe gravestone in the St. John's Episcopal Church (Richmond, Virginia) churchyard is not contemporaneous to the child's death, the location of the actual grave remains unknown.[11]
- He had a mistress, Eliza Dolph, who had a child, but it is unclear who the baby's father was.
- John Donelson was not related to Rachel Donelson Jackson
- Frances Parke Lewis was the step great-granddaughter of George Washington[16]
- Clarissa Pike was the daughter of Zebulon Pike, who discovered Pike's Peak
- William Henry Harrison Taylor was Anna Tuthill Harrison's cousin
- Some sources spell this name as Octavia Pannill Taylor.[27]
- Octavia's illness was described by her father as "bilious fever."[28]
- Margaret's illness was described by her father as "bilious fever."[28]
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- Quinn, Sandra L.; Kanter, Sanford (1995). America's Royalty: All the Presidents' Children. Greenwood Publishing. p. 19.
- Quinn, Sandra L.; Kanter, Sanford (1995). America's Royalty: All the Presidents' Children. Greenwood Publishing. p. 21.
- "Lucy Jefferson (1782-1784)". monticello.org. Thomas Jefferson Foundation. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
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- Letter, April 10, 1788, James Monroe (Richmond, Virginia) to Thomas Jefferson (Paris)The Thomas Jefferson Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, D. C.: "...I think I mention'd to you in my last Mrs. M[onroe] had made us happy by giving us a daughter who is now 16 months old an[d] begins to talk..."
- February 3, 1840, The Observer (London, England), page 1: "BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS...DIED... [January] 27th, at her residence in the Champs Elysees, Paris, Mrs. Elizabeth K. M. Hay, relict of the late George Hay, Esq., of Virginia, and daughter of the late James Monroe, Esq., formerly President of the United States of America."
- Monroe, James. "James Spence Monroe". The Papers of James Monroe. University of Mary Washington. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
An unhappy event has occurr'd which has overwhelmed us with grief. At ten last night our beloved babe departed this life after several days sickness
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...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.
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- Wead, Doug (2004). All the Presidents' Children: Triumph and Tragedy in the Lives of America's First Families. Simon and Schuster. p. 348.
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- Doug Wead, All the President's Children: Triumph and Tragedy in the Lives of America's First Families, Atria Books, New York, 2003, ISBN 0-7434-4631-3
Further reading
- Larry D. Underwood. All the President's Children, Dageford Publishing, 2002, ISBN 1-886225-85-0 (a children's book)
- Quinn-Musgrove, Sandra L. and Kanter, Sanford, America's Royalty: All the President's Children, Olympic Marketing, ISBN 0-313-23645-3