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List of children of presidents of the United States

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Theodore Roosevelt and Edith Carow Roosevelt with their children. Children from left to right: Quentin Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt Jr., Archibald Roosevelt, Alice Longworth, Kermit Roosevelt, and Ethel Roosevelt Derby.

The following people are children of U.S. presidents, including stepchildren, wards, and alleged extramarital children. All full names with 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.

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. 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.

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

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George Washington

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with Martha Washington

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No children together. Martha Washington had four children with Daniel Parke Custis. The two oldest (who died before her marriage to George Washington) are:
  1. Daniel Parke Custis (November 19, 1751 – February 19, 1754)
  2. Frances Parke Custis (April 12, 1753 – April 1, 1757)
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
John Parke Custis John Parke Custis
Nickname: Jacky 		November 27, 1754 – November 5, 1781 Eleanor Calvert Stepson; father was Daniel Parke Custis

Father of:

Patsy Parke Custis Martha Parke Custis
Nickname: Patsy 		1756 – June 19, 1773 no spouse Stepdaughter; father was Daniel Parke Custis

Alleged illegitimate children

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Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
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

John and Abigail Adams

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Main article: Adams political family
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Nabby Smith Abigail Adams
Nickname: Nabby or Amelia 		July 14, 1765 – August 15, 1813 William Stephens Smith Mother of:
  • William Steuben Smith (1787–1850)
  • John Adams Smith (1788–1854)
  • Thomas Hollis Smith (1790–1791)
  • Caroline Amelia Smith (1795–1852)
J.Q. Adams 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 Charles Adams May 29, 1770 – November 30, 1800 Sarah Smith Father of:
  • Susanna Boylston Adams (1796–1884)
  • Abigail Louisa Smith Adams (1798–1836)
Thomas Boylston Adams Thomas Boylston Adams September 15, 1772 – March 13, 1832 Ann Harrod Father of:
  • Abigail Smith Adams (1806–1845)
  • Thomas Boylston Adams (1809–1837)
  • Elizabeth Coombs Adams (1809–1903)
  • Frances Foster Adams (1811–1812)
  • Isaac Hull Adams (1813–1900)
  • John Quincy Adams (1815–1854)
  • Joseph Harrod Adams (1817–1853)
Elizabeth Adams July 11, 1777 no spouse stillborn

19th century

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Thomas Jefferson

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with Martha Jefferson

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Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Patsy Randolph Martha Jefferson
Nickname: Patsy 		September 27, 1772 – October 10, 1836 Thomas Mann Randolph Jr.

Mother of:

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:
  • Baby Girl Eppes (1799–1800)
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]
Martha Jefferson also had one son with her first husband Bathurst Skelton, who died before her marriage to Jefferson: John Skelton (November 7, 1767 – June 10, 1771)

with Sally Hemings

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Children with Sally Hemings; see Jefferson DNA data
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
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:
  • Unnamed Son Hemings (dates unknown)
  • Sarah Hemings (1835-1884)
  • Thomas Eston Hemings (1839-1865)
  • Harriet Hemings (1842-1926)
  • Mary Ann Hemings (1843-1921)
  • William Beverly Hemings (1847-1910)
  • James Madison Hemings (1849-1922)
  • Julia Ann Hemings (1851-1867)
  • Ellen Wayles Hemings (1856-1940)
Eston Hemings May 21, 1808 – January 3, 1856 Julia Ann Isaacs Father of:
  • John Wayles Jefferson (1835–1892)
  • Anna Wayles Jefferson (1837-1866)
  • Beverly Frederick Jefferson (1839-1908)
Thomas Woodson, the father of Lewis Woodson and Sarah Jane Woodson, was also claimed to be a child of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings. However, DNA testing of the male Jefferson line and the male Woodson line showed no link.

James and Dolley Madison

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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
John Payne Todd 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[9]

James and Elizabeth Monroe

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Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Elizabeth Kortright Monroe 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 Maria Hester Monroe April 8, 1802 – June 20, 1850 Samuel Laurence Gouverneur Mother of:
  • Hester Gouverneur (1821-1821)
  • James Monroe Gouverneur (1822–1885)
  • Elizabeth Kortright Gouverneur (1824–1868)
  • Samuel Laurence Gouverneur, Jr. (1826–1880)

John Quincy and Louisa Adams

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Main article: Adams political family
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
George Washington Adams George Washington Adams April 12, 1801 – April 30, 1829 none[b] Jumped off of a boat and drowned
John Adams II John Adams II July 4, 1803 – October 23, 1834 Mary Catherine Hellen Father of:
  • Mary Louisa (December 2, 1828 – July 16, 1859)
  • Georgiana Frances (September 10, 1830 – November 20, 1839)
unnamed son[14] June 22, 1806 no spouse stillborn
Charles Adams Charles Francis Adams August 18, 1807 – November 21, 1886 Abigail Brown Brooks

Served as United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1861–1868)
Father of:

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]

Andrew and Rachel Jackson

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No biological children together, informally adopted four, three of whom were Native American children captured during Jackson's Indian campaigns. Andrew and Rachel also served as guardians at least eight other children, although there were a total of 36 individuals who could be considered wards of the Jacksons. According to researcher Rachel Meredith, "Andrew Jr. was the only ward that he and Rachel considered to be a child of theirs."[17]
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Andrew Jackson Jr. Andrew Jackson Jr.[c] 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:

  • Rachel Jackson (1832-1923)
  • Andrew Jackson III (1834-1906)
  • Samuel Jackson (1837-1863)
  • Thomas Jefferson Jackson (1841-1841)
  • Robert Armstrong Jackson (1843-1843)
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 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 Andrew Jackson Donelson August 25, 1799 – June 26, 1871 Emily Tennessee Donelson
Elizabeth Martin Randolph
Daniel Smith Donelson Daniel Smith Donelson June 23, 1801 – April 17, 1863 Margaret Donelson
John Hutchings Jr. 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)[d]
Edward G. W. Butler Edward George Washington Butler February 22, 1800 – September 5, 1888 Frances Parke Lewis[e]
Anthony Wayne Butler 1803–September 1824 Unmarried, no issue

Martin and Hannah Van Buren

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Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Abraham Van Buren Abraham Van Buren II November 1807 – March 15, 1873 Angelica Singleton 4 children
John Van Buren John Van Buren February 18, 1810 – October 13, 1866 Elizabeth Vanderpoel Father of:
  • Anna Van Buren (1842–1923)
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

William Henry Harrison

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with Anna Harrison

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Main article: Harrison family of Virginia
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
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[f] 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 Harrison 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[g] 7 children
James Findlay Harrison 1814–1817[26] no spouse died of unknown causes

alleged children with Dilsia (a slave)

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Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Dilsia Harrison 1809–before 1900 unknown Daughter conceived by one of his slaves.[28]
Marie Harrison 1840–1875 no spouse Had 4 children with Augustus C. Ware (1830–1872). Grandmother of Walter Francis White, head of the NAACP.
Four others, given names unknown (Harrison)

John Tyler

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with Letitia Tyler

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Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
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

alleged child with a slave

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Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
John Dunjee John William Dunjee 1833–1903 Lydia Ann Taylor allegedly the son of John Tyler; unproven as of 2011[31]
Father of:

with Julia Tyler

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Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Gardie Tyler 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 Tyler Lyon Gardiner Tyler August 24, 1853 – February 12, 1935 Anne Baker Tucker Father of:
  • Julia Gardiner Tyler (1881–1965)
  • Elizabeth Gilmour Tyler (1885–1976)
  • John Tyler (1889–1969)
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

James and Sarah Polk

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The Polks remain the only presidential couple to never have children while together, biologically, adopted, or from previous marriage.

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Marshal Polk 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 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

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Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Ann Mackall Taylor April 9, 1811 – December 2, 1875 Dr. Robert Crooke Wood Mother of 4, including John Taylor Wood (1830–1904)
Sarah Taylor 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] [h] August 16, 1816 – September 3, 1820[33] no spouse died from malaria [i]
Margaret Smith Taylor July 17, 1819 – October 1820 died from malaria [j]
Mary Taylor Bliss 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 Richard Taylor
Nickname: Dick 		January 27, 1826 – April 17, 1879[33] Louise Marie Myrthe Bringier Father of Richard, Zachary, Louise, Elizabeth, and Myrthe.

Millard and Abigail Fillmore

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Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Millard Powers Fillmore Millard Powers Fillmore
Nickname: Powers 		April 25, 1828 – November 15, 1889 No spouse and no children Last living descendant of President Fillmore.[37]
Abby Fillmore 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.
Fillmore's second wife was Caroline Fillmore but they had no children.

Franklin and Jane Pierce

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Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
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 with his mother Jane 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

James Buchanan

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No biological children, and never married but had two nieces of whom he was the legal guardian
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Mary Elizabeth Speer Lane 1826–1855 George Washington Baker Adopted daughter;
niece (daughter of sister Jane Buchanan and Elliot Tole Lane)
Harriet 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:

  • James Buchanan Johnston (1866–1881)
  • Henry Elliott Johnston (1870–1882)

Abraham and Mary Lincoln

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Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Robert Lincoln 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:

Eddie Lincoln Edward Baker Lincoln
Nickname: Eddie 		March 10, 1846 – February 1, 1850 no spouse died of "chronic consumption"
Willie Lincoln William Wallace Lincoln
Nickname: Willie 		December 21, 1850 – February 20, 1862 died from typhoid fever
Tad Lincoln 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:

Andrew Johnson

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with Eliza McCardle Johnson

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Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Martha Johnson Martha Johnson October 25, 1828 – July 10, 1901 David Trotter Patterson Martha Johnson Patterson § Descendants:
  • Andrew Johnson Patterson (1857–1932)
  • Mary Belle Patterson Landstreet (1859–1891)[42]
Charles Johnson Charles Johnson February 19, 1830 – April 4, 1863 No spouse and no children
Mary Johnson Stover Brown Mary Johnson May 8, 1832 – April 19, 1883 Daniel Stover Mary Johnson Stover § Descendants
  • Eliza Johnson "Lillie" Stover Maloney (1855–1892)
  • Sarah Drake Stover Bachman (1857–1886)
  • Andrew Johnson Stover (1860–1923)
William R. Brown
Robert Johnson 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

Possible children by Dolly Johnson

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Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Elizabeth Johnson March 1846 – October 3, 1905 George Forby Nine children
Florence Johnson Florence Johnson May 1850 – September 5, 1920 Henry Smith Four children
Unknown (Johnson) Per USNPS, there may have been a third-born child who died young.[43]
William Andrew Johnson 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.[44]

Ulysses and Julia Grant

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Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Frederick Grant Frederick Dent Grant May 30, 1850 – April 12, 1912 Ida Marie Honoré Father of:
Buck Grant Ulysses S. Grant Jr.
Nickname: Buck 		July 22, 1852 – September 25, 1929 Frances Josephine "Fannie" Chaffee Father of 5:
  • Miriam Grant (1881-1940)
  • Chaffee Grant (1883-1940)
  • Julia Dent Grant (1885-1964)
  • Fannie Grant (1889-1924)
  • Ulysses Simpson Grant IV (1893–1977)
America Rosa Workman Will No children
Nellie Grant Ellen Wrenshall Grant
Nickname: Nellie 		July 4, 1855 – August 30, 1922 Algernon Charles Frederick Sartoris Mother of:
  • Grant Grenville Edward Sartoris (1875–1876)
  • Algernon Edward Sartoris (1877–1928)
  • Vivien May Sartoris (1879–1933)
  • Rosemary Alice Sartoris (1880–1914)
Frank Hatch Jones No children
Jesse Root Grant Jesse Root Grant II February 6, 1858 – June 8, 1934 Elizabeth Mary Chapman Father of:
Lillian Burns Wilkins No children

Rutherford and Lucy Hayes

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Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Birchard Austin Hayes November 4, 1853 – January 24, 1926 Mary Nancy Sherman Father of:
  • Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1887-1888)
  • Sherman Otis Hayes (1889-1949)
  • Webb Cook Hayes II (1890-1957)
  • Walter Sherman Hayes (1893-1976)
  • Scott Russell Hayes (1894-1968)
Webb Hayes James Webb Cook Hayes
Nickname: Webb 		March 20, 1856 – July 26, 1934 Mary Otis Brinkerhoff Miller No children
Rutherford Platt Hayes Rutherford Platt Hayes June 24, 1858 – July 31, 1927 Lucy Hayes Platt Father of;
  • Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1896-1902)
  • William Platt Hayes (1897-1976)
  • Birchard Platt Hayes (1902-1958)
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;
  • Dalton Smith Hayes (1898-1950)
Scott Russell Hayes Scott Russell Hayes February 8, 1871 – May 6, 1923 Maude Anderson No children
Manning Force Hayes August 1, 1873 – August 28, 1874[45] no spouse died in infancy, as a result of dysentery[46]

James and Lucretia Garfield

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Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Eliza Arabella Garfield
Nickname: Trot 		July 3, 1860 – December 3, 1863 no spouse died of diphtheria[47]
Hal Garfield Harry Augustus Garfield
Nickname: Hal 		October 11, 1863 – December 12, 1942 Belle Hartford Mason Father of 4 children:
  • James Garfield (1889-1976)
  • Mason Garfield (1892-1945)
  • Lucretia Garfield (1894-1968)
  • Stanton Garfield (1895-1979)
James Garfield James Rudolph Garfield October 17, 1865 – March 24, 1950 Helen Newell He was Secretary of the Interior during Theodore Roosevelt's administration.
Father of:
  • John Newell Garfield (1892–1931)
  • James Abram Garfield (1894-1969)
  • Newell Garfield (1895–1975)
  • Rudolph Hills Garfield (1899–1946)
Mollie Garfield Mary Garfield
Nickname: Mollie 		January 16, 1867 – December 30, 1947 Joseph Stanley-Brown Mother of:[48]
  • Rudolph Stanley-Brown (1889–1944)
  • Ruth Stanley-Brown (1892–1981)
  • Margaret "Peggy" Stanley-Brown (1895–1958)
Irvin McDowell Garfield Irvin McDowell Garfield August 3, 1870 – July 18, 1951 Susan Emmons Father of 3:
  • Eleanor Garfield (1908-2002)
  • Jane Garfield (1910-2004)
  • Irvin McDowell Garfield Jr. (1913-1985)
Abram Garfield Abram Garfield November 21, 1872 – October 16, 1958 Sarah Granger Williams Father of:
  • Edward Williams Garfield (1899-1979)
  • Mary Louise Garfield (1903-1991)
Helen Grannis Matthews
Edward Garfield December 25, 1874 – October 25, 1876 no spouse died of whooping cough

Chester and Ellen Arthur

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Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
William Lewis Arthur December 10, 1860 – July 7, 1863 no spouse died of convulsions
Chester Alan Arthur II Chester Alan Arthur II
Nickname: Alan 		July 25, 1864 – July 18, 1937 Myra Townsend Father of:
Rowena Graves
Nellie Herndon Arthur Ellen Hansbrough Herndon Arthur
Nickname: Nell 		November 21, 1871 – September 6, 1915 Charles Pinkerton No children

Grover Cleveland and Maria Halpin

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See also section on Grover and Frances Cleveland
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Oscar Folsom Cleveland September 14, 1874 – March 9, 1947 unknown name

(married for ten years)[49]

Illegitimate son. Cleveland made payments to Maria Halpin after the boy was born.[50]

Grover Cleveland acknowledged possibility he was Oscar Folsom Cleveland's father.[50]
During the 1884 presidential race the controversy prompted Cleveland's opponents to adopt the chant, "Ma, ma, where's my pa?"[51][52]
The child was adopted as "James E. King Jr" into the family of Dr. James King.[49][52][53]

Benjamin Harrison

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Main article: Harrison family of Virginia

with Caroline Harrison

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Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Russell Benjamin Harrison Russell Benjamin Harrison August 12, 1854 – December 13, 1936 May Angeline Saunders Born Russell Farnum Lord Harrison

Father of:

Mamie McKee Mary Scott Harrison
Nickname: Mamie 		April 3, 1858 – October 28, 1930 James Robert McKee Served as acting First Lady

Mother of:

  • Benjamin Harrison McKee (1887–1958)
  • Mary Lodge McKee Reisinger (1888–1967)
unnamed daughter June 13, 1861 no spouse stillborn

with Mary Harrison

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Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Elizabeth Harrison Elizabeth Harrison Walker February 21, 1897 – December 25, 1955 James Blaine Walker Mother of:
  • Benjamin Harrison Walker (1921 - 1995)
  • Jane Harrison Walker Garfield (1929 - 2020)

Grover and Frances Cleveland

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See also section on Grover Cleveland and Maria Halpin
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Ruth Cleveland Ruth Cleveland
Nickname: Baby Ruth 		October 3, 1891 – January 7, 1904 no spouse died of diphtheria
Esther Cleveland Esther Cleveland September 9, 1893 – June 25, 1980 William Sydney Bence Bosanquet First presidential child to be born in the White House.
Mother of:
  • Marion Frances Daniel, née Bosanquet (1919–2016)
  • Philippa Foot, née Bosanquet (1920–2010)
Marion Cleveland Marion Cleveland July 7, 1895 – March 10, 1977 William Stanley Dell Mother of Frances Folsom Dell (1920–2005)[54]
John Harlan Amen Mother of Grover Cleveland Amen (1932–1997)
Richard F. Cleveland Richard Folsom Cleveland
Nickname: Dick 		October 28, 1897 – January 10, 1974 Ellen Douglas Gailor Father of:
  • Ann Mary Cleveland (1925–2015)
  • Thomas Grover Cleveland (1927–2020)
  • Charlotte Gailor Cleveland (1930–2007)
Jessie Maxwell Black Father of:
  • Frances Black Cleveland (born 1946)
  • George Maxwell Cleveland (born 1952)
  • Margaret Folsom Cleveland (1956–2021)
Francis Cleveland July 18, 1903 – November 8, 1995 Alice Erdman Father of Marion C. Cleveland (1925–2014)

William and Ida McKinley

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Child Lifetime Notes
Katie McKinley Katherine McKinley
Nickname: Katie 		December 25, 1871 – June 25, 1875 died of typhoid fever
Ida McKinley April 1 – August 22, 1873 died in infancy

20th century

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Theodore Roosevelt

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Main article: Roosevelt family

with Alice Roosevelt

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Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Alice Roosevelt Alice Lee Roosevelt
Nickname: Lee 		February 12, 1884 – February 20, 1980 Nicholas Longworth Mother of Paulina Longworth (1925–1957),[55] with William Borah

with Edith Roosevelt

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Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Ted Roosevelt 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:
Kermit Roosevelt Kermit Roosevelt October 10, 1889 – June 4, 1943 Belle Wyatt Willard[55] Father of:
Ethel Roosevelt Ethel Carow Roosevelt August 13, 1891 – December 10, 1977 Richard Derby Mother of:
Archie Roosevelt Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt
Nickname: Archie 		April 10, 1894 – October 13, 1979 Grace Lockwood Father of:
Quentin Roosevelt Quentin Roosevelt
Nickname: Quentyquee or Quinikins 		November 19, 1897 – July 14, 1918 No spouse and no children died in combat in World War I

William and Helen Taft

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Main article: Taft family
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Robert Taft Robert Alphonso Taft September 8, 1889 – July 31, 1953 Martha Wheaton Bowers US senator (1939–1953) and Majority Leader (1953)
Father of:
Helen Taft with her father Helen Herron Taft
Nickname: Helene 		August 1, 1891 – February 21, 1987 Frederick Johnson Manning Mother of:
  • Helen Taft Manning (1921–2013)
  • Caroline Manning (1925–2020)
Charles Taft with his father Charles Phelps Taft II
Nickname: Charlie 		September 20, 1897 – June 24, 1983 Eleanor Kellogg Chase Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio
Father of:
  • Eleanor Kellogg Taft (1918–2004)
  • Sylvia Howard Taft (1920–2008)
  • Seth Chase Taft (1922–2013)
  • Lucia Chase Taft (1924–1955)
  • Cynthia Herron Taft (1928–2013)
  • Rosalyn Rawson Taft (1930–1941)
  • Peter Rawson Taft III (b. 1936)

Woodrow and Ellen Wilson

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Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Margaret Wilson Margaret Woodrow Wilson
Nickname: Nistha 		April 16, 1886 – February 12, 1944 no spouse Served as acting First Lady for a brief period
Jessie Wilson Jessie Woodrow Wilson August 28, 1887 – January 15, 1933 Francis Bowes Sayre Sr. Mother of:
Eleanor Wilson Eleanor Randolph Wilson October 16, 1889 – April 5, 1967 William Gibbs McAdoo Mother of:
  • Ellen Wilson McAdoo (1915–1946)
  • Mary Faith McAdoo (1920–1988)
Wilson's second wife Edith Wilson, with her first husband Norman Galt, had one son, who died in infancy before her marriage to Wilson.

Warren G. Harding

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with Florence Harding

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Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
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:
  • Eugenia DeWolfe (1911–1978)
  • George Warren DeWolfe (1914–1968)

with Nan Britton

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Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
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.[56] Mother of:
  • Thomas Jay Blaesing (born 1947)
  • James Edward Blaesing (born 1950)
  • Philip Alan Blaesing (born 1954)

Calvin and Grace Coolidge

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Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
John Coolidge John Coolidge September 7, 1906 – May 31, 2000 Florence Trumbull Father of:
  • Cynthia Coolidge Jeter (1933–1989)
  • Lydia Coolidge Sayles (1939–2001)
Calvin Coolidge Calvin Coolidge Jr. April 13, 1908 – July 7, 1924 no spouse died of blood poisoning

Herbert and Lou Hoover

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Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
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.,"[57] "Herbert Charles Hoover,"[58] and "Herbert Clark Hoover."[59]

Father of:

  • Margaret Ann Hoover (1926–2011)
  • Herbert "Pete" Hoover III (1927–2010)
  • Joan Leslie Hoover (1930–2002)
Allan Henry Hoover July 17, 1907 – November 4, 1993 Margaret Coberly Father of:
  • Allan Henry Hoover Jr. (1938–2013)
  • Andrew Hoover (b. 1940)
  • Lou Henry Hoover (1943–2012)

Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt

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Main article: Roosevelt family
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Anna Roosevelt Anna Eleanor Roosevelt May 3, 1906 – December 1, 1975 Curtis Bean Dall Mother of:
Clarence John Boettiger Mother of John Roosevelt Boettiger (b. 1939)[55]
James Addison Halsted No children with James Halsted
James Roosevelt II James Roosevelt
Nickname: Jimmy 		December 23, 1907 – August 13, 1991 Betsey Maria Cushing[55] Father of:
Romelle Theresa Schneider Father of:
  • James Roosevelt Jr. (born 1945)
  • Michael Anthony Roosevelt (born 1946)
  • Anna Eleanor "Anne" Roosevelt (born 1948) [55]
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 Elliott Roosevelt September 23, 1910 – October 27, 1990 Elizabeth Browning Donner Father of William Donner Roosevelt (1932–2003)[55]
Ruth Josephine Googins Father of:
  • Ruth "Lindsley" Chandler Roosevelt (1934–2018)[55]
  • Elliott "Tony" Roosevelt Jr. (b. 1936)[55]
  • David Boynton Roosevelt (1942–2022)[60]
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 Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. (II) August 17, 1914 – August 17, 1988 Ethel du Pont Father of:
Suzanne Perrin Father of:
  • Nancy Suzanne Roosevelt (b. 1952)[55]
  • Laura Delano Roosevelt (b. 1959)[55]
Felicia Schiff Warburg No children with Felicia Warburg Roosevelt
Patricia Luisa Oakes Father of John Alexander Roosevelt (b. 1977)[55]
Linda McKay Stevenson No children with Linda Stevenson Roosevelt
John Roosevelt John Aspinwall Roosevelt II March 13, 1916 – April 27, 1981 Anne Lindsay Clark Father of:
  • Haven Clark Roosevelt (b. 1940)[55]
  • Anne Sturgis "Nina" Roosevelt (b. 1942)[55]
  • Sara Delano "Sally" Roosevelt (1946–1960)[55]
  • Joan Lindsay Roosevelt (1952–1997)[55]
Irene Elder Boyd No children with Irene Boyd Roosevelt

Harry and Bess Truman

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Child Lifetime Spouse Note Place of birth
Margaret Truman Mary Margaret Truman February 17, 1924 – January 29, 2008 Elbert Clifton Daniel Jr. Mother of:
  • Clifton Truman Daniel (b. 1957)
  • William Wallace Daniel (1959–2000)
  • Harrison Gates Daniel (b. 1963)
  • Thomas Washington Daniel (b. 1966)
 Independence, Missouri

Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower

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Main article: Family of Dwight D. Eisenhower
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of birth
Doud Eisenhower Doud Dwight Eisenhower
Nickname: Icky 		September 24, 1917 – January 2, 1921 no spouse died of scarlet fever San Antonio, Texas
John Eisenhower 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

John and Jackie Kennedy

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Main article: Kennedy political family
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of birth
Arabella Kennedy Arabella Kennedy August 23, 1956 no spouse stillborn daughter
Caroline Kennedy 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 Kennedy 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 Patrick Bouvier Kennedy August 7–9, 1963 no spouse Died after a premature birth Otis Air Force Base, Massachusetts

Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson

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Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of birth
Lynda Bird Robb Lynda Bird Johnson[61] born March 19, 1944 Charles Spittal Robb[61] Currently the oldest living presidential child

Mother of:

  • Lucinda Desha Robb (b. 1968)[61]
  • Catherine Lewis Robb (b. 1970)[61]
  • Jennifer Wickliffe Robb (b. 1978)[61]
 Washington, D.C.
Luci Johnson Lucy Baines Johnson[61]
Nickname: Luci 		born July 2, 1947 Patrick John Nugent Mother of:
  • Patrick Lyndon Nugent (b. 1967)
  • Nicole Marie Nugent (b. 1970)
  • Rebekah Johnson Nugent (b. 1974)
  • Claudia Taylor Nugent (b. 1976)
Ian Johnstone Turpin No children with Ian Turpin. One stepson: Stuart Leonard Turpin (b. 1978)

Richard and Pat Nixon

[edit]
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of birth
Tricia Cox Patricia Nixon
Nickname: Tricia 		born February 21, 1946 Edward Ridley Finch Cox Mother of Christopher Nixon Cox (b. 1979) Whittier, California
Julie Eisenhower 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.

Gerald and Betty Ford

[edit]
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of birth
Michael Ford Michael Gerald Ford born March 14, 1950 Gayle Ann Brumbaugh Father of:
  • Sarah Joyce Ford (b. 1979)
  • Rebekah Elizabeth Ford (b. 1982)
  • Hannah Gayle Ford (b. 1985)
 East Grand Rapids, Michigan
Jack Ford John Gardner Ford
Nickname: Jack 		born March 16, 1952 Juliann Felando Father of:
  • Christian Gerald Ford (b. 1997)
  • Jonathan August Ford (b. 1999)
Steven Ford Steven Meigs Ford born May 19, 1956 No spouse No children
Susan Bales Susan Elizabeth Ford born July 6, 1957 Charles Vance Mother of:
  • Tyne Mary Vance (b. 1980)
  • Heather Elizabeth Vance (b. 1983)
 Washington, D.C.
Vaden Bales No children with Vaden Bales

Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter

[edit]
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of birth
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 James Earl Carter III
Nickname: Chip, Jim III, and Jimmy Jr. 		born April 12, 1950 Caron Griffin Father of:
  • James Earl Carter IV (b. 1977)[62]
 Honolulu, Hawaii
Ginger Hodges Father of:
  • Margaret Alicia Carter (b. 1987)[62]
Becky Payne No children with Becky Payne Carter
Donnel Jeffrey Carter
Nickname: Jeff 		born August 18, 1952 Annette Jene Davis (1952–2021) Father of:
  • Joshua Jeffrey Carter (b. 1984)[62]
  • Jeremy Davis Carter (1987–2015)
  • James Carlton Carter (b. 1991)[62]
 New London, Connecticut
Amy Carter Amy Lynn Carter born October 19, 1967 James Gregory Wentzel Mother of Hugo James Wentzel (b. 1999)[62] Plains, Georgia
John Joseph "Jay" Kelly Mother of Errol Carter Kelly

Ronald Reagan

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with Jane Wyman

[edit]
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of birth
Maureen Reagan 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 Reagan Michael Edward Reagan (adopted)

Nickname: Mike

born March 18, 1945 Pamela Gail Putnam No children
Colleen Sterns Father of:
  • Cameron Michael Reagan (b. 1978)
  • Ashley Marie Reagan (b. 1983)
Christine Reagan June 26, 1947 – June 27, 1947 no spouse Died shortly after birth

with Nancy Reagan

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Child Lifetime Spouse Place of birth
Patti Davis Patricia Ann Davis
Nickname: Patti 		born October 21, 1952 Paul Grilley

No children

Los Angeles, California
Ron Reagan Ronald Prescott Reagan
Nickname: Ron 		born May 20, 1958 Doria Palmieri

No children

Federica Basangi

No children

George H. W. and Barbara Bush

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Main article: Bush family
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of birth
George Bush 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
Robin Bush Pauline Robinson Bush
Nickname: Robin 		December 20, 1949 – October 11, 1953 no spouse died of leukemia Compton, California
John Bush John Ellis Bush
Nickname: Jeb 		born February 11, 1953 Columba Garnica Gallo 43rd governor of Florida (1999–2007)

Father of:

Midland, Texas
Neil Bush Neil Mallon Bush born January 22, 1955 Sharon Smith Father of:
Maria Manass Andrews Three stepchildren from Maria A. Bush's first marriage:
  • Elizabeth Dwen "Lizzie" Andrews (born 1991)
  • Robert "Pace" Andrews II (born 1994)
  • Thomas Alexander "Alex" Andrews (born 2001)
Marvin Bush Marvin Pierce Bush born October 22, 1956 Margaret Conway Molster Father of:
  • Marshall Lloyd Bush (b. 1986) (adopted)
  • Charles Walker Bush (b. 1989) (adopted)
Dorothy Koch Dorothy Walker Bush
Nickname: Doro 		born August 18, 1959 William LeBlond Mother of:
  • Samuel Bush "Sam" LeBlond (b. 1984)
  • Nancy Ellis "Ellie" LeBlond (b. 1986)
 Harris County, Texas
Robert P. Koch Mother of:
  • Robert David Koch (b. 1993)
  • Georgia Grace "Gigi" Koch (b. 1996)

Bill and Hillary Clinton

[edit]
Main article: Clinton family
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of birth
Chelsea Clinton Chelsea Victoria Clinton born February 27, 1980 Marc Mezvinsky Mother of:
  • Charlotte Clinton Mezvinsky (b. 2014)
  • Aidan Clinton Mezvinsky (b. 2016)
  • Jasper Clinton Mezvinsky (b. 2019)
 Little Rock, Arkansas

21st century

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George W. and Laura Bush

[edit]
Main article: Bush family
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of birth
Barbara Bush Barbara Pierce Bush born November 25, 1981 Craig Louis Coyne Mother of:
  • Cora Georgia Coyne (b. 2021)
  • Edward Finn Coyne (b. 2024)
 Dallas, Texas
Jenna Hager Jenna Welch Bush Henry Chase Hager Mother of:
  • Margaret Laura "Mila" Hager (b. 2013)
  • Poppy Louise Hager (b. 2015)
  • Henry "Hal" Harold Hager (b. 2019)

Barack and Michelle Obama

[edit]
Main article: Family of Barack Obama
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of birth
Malia Obama Malia Ann Obama born July 4, 1998 Unmarried Chicago, Illinois
Sasha Obama Natasha Marian Obama
Nickname: Sasha 		born June 10, 2001

Donald Trump

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Main article: Family of Donald Trump

with Ivana Trump

[edit]
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of birth
Donald Trump Jr. 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:

  • Kai Madison Trump (b. 2007)
  • Donald John Trump III (b. 2009)
  • Tristan Milos Trump (b. 2011)
  • Spencer Frederick Trump (b. 2012)
  • Chloe Sophia Trump (b. 2014)
 Manhattan, New York
Ivanka Trump Ivana Marie Trump
Nickname: Ivanka 		born October 30, 1981 Jared Corey Kushner Senior Advisor to the President (2017–2021)

Mother of:

  • Arabella Rose Kushner (b. 2011)
  • Joseph Frederick Kushner (b. 2013)
  • Theodore James Kushner (b. 2016)
Eric Trump Eric Frederick Trump born January 6, 1984 Lara Lea Yunaska Trustee of The Trump Organization along with Don Jr.

Father of:

  • Eric Luke Trump (b. 2017)
  • Carolina Dorothy Trump (b. 2019)

with Marla Maples

[edit]
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of birth
Tiffany Trump Tiffany Ariana Trump born October 13, 1993 Michael Boulos No children West Palm Beach, Florida

with Melania Trump

[edit]
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of birth
Barron Trump Barron William Trump born March 20, 2006 Unmarried Youngest living child of any president.[63] Manhattan, New York

Joe Biden

[edit]
Main article: Family of Joe Biden

with Neilia Hunter Biden

[edit]
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of birth
Beau Biden Joseph Robinette Biden III
Nickname: Beau 		February 3, 1969 – May 30, 2015 Hallie Olivere

Attorney General of Delaware (2007–2015)

Father of:

  • Natalie Naomi Biden (b. 2004)
  • Robert Hunter Biden II (b. 2006)
 Wilmington, Delaware
Hunter Biden Robert Hunter Biden
Nickname: Hunter 		born February 4, 1970 Kathleen Buhle
divorced

Father of:

  • Naomi King Biden (b. 1993)
  • Finnegan James Biden (b. 2000)
  • Roberta Mabel "Maisy" Biden (b. 2001)
Lunden Roberts

Father of:

  • Navy Joan Roberts (b. 2018)[64]
Melissa Cohen

Father of:

  • Joseph Robinette "Beau" Biden IV (b. 2020)
Naomi Christina Biden
Nickname: Amy 		November 8, 1971 – December 18, 1972 no spouse Died in a car accident with her mother

with Jill Biden

[edit]
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of birth
Ashley Biden Ashley Blazer Biden born June 8, 1981 Howard David Krein No children Wilmington, Delaware

Living presidential children

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As of November 2024, 33 presidential children are living. In order of their ages, they are:

  Current first child

Name Birth President
Lynda Bird Johnson Robb (1944-03-19) March 19, 1944 (age 80) Lyndon B. Johnson
Michael Reagan (1945-03-18) March 18, 1945 (age 79) Ronald Reagan
Tricia Nixon Cox (1946-02-21) February 21, 1946 (age 78) Richard Nixon
George W. Bush (1946-07-06) July 6, 1946 (age 78) George H. W. Bush
Luci Baines Johnson (1947-07-02) July 2, 1947 (age 77) Lyndon B. Johnson
Jack Carter (1947-07-03) July 3, 1947 (age 77) Jimmy Carter
Julie Nixon Eisenhower (1948-07-05) July 5, 1948 (age 76) Richard Nixon
Michael Gerald Ford (1950-03-14) March 14, 1950 (age 74) Gerald Ford
James Earl Carter III (1950-04-12) April 12, 1950 (age 74) Jimmy Carter
John Gardner Ford (1952-03-16) March 16, 1952 (age 72) Gerald Ford
Jeff Carter (1952-08-18) August 18, 1952 (age 72) Jimmy Carter
Patti Davis (1952-10-21) October 21, 1952 (age 72) Ronald Reagan
Jeb Bush (1953-02-11) February 11, 1953 (age 71) George H. W. Bush
Neil Bush (1955-01-22) January 22, 1955 (age 69)
Steven Ford (1956-05-19) May 19, 1956 (age 68) Gerald Ford
Marvin P. Bush (1956-10-22) October 22, 1956 (age 68) George H. W. Bush
Susan Ford Bales (1957-07-06) July 6, 1957 (age 67) Gerald Ford
Caroline Kennedy (1957-11-27) November 27, 1957 (age 66) John F. Kennedy
Ronald Prescott Reagan (1958-05-20) May 20, 1958 (age 66) Ronald Reagan
Dorothy Bush Koch (1959-08-18) August 18, 1959 (age 65) George H. W. Bush
Amy Carter (1967-10-19) October 19, 1967 (age 57) Jimmy Carter
Hunter Biden (1970-02-04) February 4, 1970 (age 54) Joe Biden
Donald Trump Jr. (1977-12-31) December 31, 1977 (age 46) Donald Trump
Chelsea Clinton (1980-02-27) February 27, 1980 (age 44) Bill Clinton
Ashley Biden (1981-06-08) June 8, 1981 (age 43) Joe Biden
Ivanka Trump (1981-10-30) October 30, 1981 (age 43) Donald Trump
Barbara Pierce Bush (1981-11-25) November 25, 1981 (age 42) George W. Bush
Jenna Bush Hager
Eric Trump (1984-01-06) January 6, 1984 (age 40) Donald Trump
Tiffany Trump (1993-10-13) October 13, 1993 (age 31)
Malia Obama (1998-07-04) July 4, 1998 (age 26) Barack Obama
Sasha Obama (2001-06-10) June 10, 2001 (age 23)
Barron Trump (2006-03-20) March 20, 2006 (age 18) Donald Trump

The most recent presidential child to die was Beau Biden, the eldest son of Joe Biden, who died on May 30, 2015, at the age of 46, before his father became president. The most recent presidential child to die who lived during their father's presidency was John Eisenhower, the only surviving son of Dwight D. Eisenhower, who died on December 21, 2013, at the age of 91. He was also the father-in-law of Julie Nixon Eisenhower, another presidential child.

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ 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.[13]
  2. ^ He had a mistress, Eliza Dolph, who had a child, but it is unclear who the baby's father was.
  3. ^ Jackson Sr. described Jr. as "adopted" but there is no surviving documentation in legislative or judicial records of a formal adoption.[18]
  4. ^ John Donelson IV was a nephew of Rachel Donelson Jackson.[21]
  5. ^ Frances Parke Lewis was the step great-granddaughter of George Washington[22]
  6. ^ Clarissa Pike was the daughter of Zebulon Pike, who discovered Pike's Peak
  7. ^ William Henry Harrison Taylor was Anna Tuthill Harrison's cousin
  8. ^ Some sources spell this name as Octavia Pannill Taylor.[35]
  9. ^ Octavia's illness was described by her father as "bilious fever."[36]
  10. ^ Margaret's illness was described by her father as "bilious fever."[36]

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Sources
  • Bonnie Angelo, First Families: The Impact of the White House on Their Lives, ISBN 0-06-056356-7
  • William A. Degregorio, The Complete Book of U.S. Presidents, Wings Books, 1991
  • Doug Wead, All the President's Children: Triumph and Tragedy in the Lives of America's First Families, Atria Books, New York, 2003, ISBN 0-7434-4631-3

Further reading

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  • 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
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