List of children of presidents of the United States facts for kids
The following people are children of U.S. presidents, including stepchildren and alleged illegitimate 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; and the issue of their influence on society and politics.
Contents
- 18th century
- 19th century
- Thomas Jefferson
- James and Dolley Madison
- James and Elizabeth Monroe
- John Quincy and Louisa Adams
- Andrew and Rachel Jackson
- Martin and Hannah Van Buren
- William Henry Harrison
- John Tyler
- James and Sarah Polk
- Zachary and Margaret Taylor
- Millard and Abigail Fillmore
- Franklin and Jane Pierce
- James Buchanan
- Abraham and Mary Lincoln
- Andrew Johnson and Eliza McCardle Johnson
- Ulysses and Julia Grant
- Rutherford and Lucy Hayes
- James and Lucretia Garfield
- Chester and Ellen Arthur
- Grover Cleveland and Maria Halpin
- Benjamin Harrison
- Grover and Frances Cleveland
- William and Ida McKinley
- 20th century
- Theodore Roosevelt
- William and Helen Taft
- Woodrow and Ellen Wilson
- Warren G. Harding
- Calvin and Grace Coolidge
- Herbert and Lou Hoover
- Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt
- Harry and Bess Truman
- Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower
- John and Jackie Kennedy
- Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson
- Richard and Pat Nixon
- Gerald and Betty Ford
- Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter
- Ronald Reagan
- George H. W. and Barbara Bush
- Bill and Hillary Clinton
- 21st century
- Living presidential children
- See also
18th century
George Washington
with Martha Washington
- No children together. Martha Washington had four children with Daniel Parke Custis. The two oldest (who died before her marriage to George Washington) are:
- Daniel Parke Custis (November 19, 1751 – February 19, 1754)
- Frances Parke Custis (April 12, 1753 – April 1, 1757)
The last two children were Martha’s grandchildren by her son John, who came to live with their grandparents after the death of their father. John’s two oldest children, Elizabeth and Martha, remained with their mother.
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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John Parke Custis Nickname: Jacky |
November 27, 1754 – November 5, 1781 | Eleanor Calvert | Stepson; father was Daniel Parke Custis
Father of:
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Martha Parke Custis Nickname: Patsy |
1756 – June 19, 1773 | no spouse | Stepdaughter; father was Daniel Parke Custis | |
Elizabeth Parke Custis Nickname: Eliza |
August 21, 1776 – December 31, 1831 | Thomas Law | Daughter of stepson John Parke Custis
Mother of:
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Martha Parke Custis Nickname: Patsy |
December 31, 1777 – July 13, 1854 | Thomas Peter | Daughter of stepson John Parke Custis
Mother of:
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Eleanor Parke Custis Nickname: Nelly |
March 31, 1779 – July 15, 1852 | Lawrence Lewis | Foster Daughter; daughter of stepson John Parke Custis
Mother of:
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George Washington Parke Custis Nickname: Wash |
April 30, 1781 – October 10, 1857 | Mary Lee Fitzhugh | Legal ward; son of stepson John Parke Custis
Father of:
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alleged child with Venus (a slave)
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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West Ford | c. 1784–1863 | Priscilla Ford | Venus was enslaved by Washington's brother, John Augustine Washington. Ford family lore states that West Ford’s father was President Washington. No DNA testing conducted. Granted his freedom in 1805. Fathered four children with wife. Grandfather of Major George W. Ford.
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- Thomas Posey was also rumored to be the illegitimate son of George Washington. His actual parentage is unclear.
John and Abigail Adams
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Abigail Adams Nickname: Nabby or Amelia |
July 14, 1765 – August 15, 1813 | William Stephens Smith | Mother of:
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John Quincy Adams 6th president (1825–1829) |
July 11, 1767 – February 23, 1848 | Louisa Catherine Johnson | 6th president of the United States, see below at John Quincy and Louisa Adams | |
Susanna Adams Nickname: Suky |
December 28, 1768 – February 4, 1770 | no spouse | died of an unknown illness | |
Charles Adams | May 29, 1770 – November 30, 1800 | Sarah Smith | Father of:
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Thomas Boylston Adams | September 15, 1772 – March 13, 1832 | Ann Harrod | Father of:
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Elizabeth Adams | July 11, 1777 | no spouse | stillborn |
19th century
Thomas Jefferson
with Martha Jefferson
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Martha Jefferson Nickname: Patsy |
September 27, 1772 – October 10, 1836 | Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. |
Mother of 12, including:
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Jane Randolph Jefferson | April 3, 1774 – September 1775 | no spouse | died of unknown causes | |
unnamed son | 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 3, including:
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Lucy Elizabeth Jefferson (I) | November 30, 1780 – April 15, 1781 | no spouse | died of an unspecified illness | |
Lucy Elizabeth Jefferson (II) | May 8, 1782 – ca. October 13, 1784 | died of whooping cough |
- Martha Jefferson also had one son with her first husband Bathurst Skelton, who died before her marriage to Jefferson:
1. John Skelton (November 7, 1767 – June 10, 1771)
with Sally Hemings
- Children with Sally Hemings; see Jefferson DNA data
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes |
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Harriet Hemings (I) | October 5, 1795 – December 7, 1797 | no spouse | died of unknown causes |
William Beverly Hemings | April 1, 1798 – after 1822 | a white woman in Maryland | one daughter, unknown name |
Unnamed Daughter Hemings | ca. December 7, 1799 – ca. 1800 | no spouse | died in early childhood |
Harriet Hemings (II) | May 22, 1801 – after 1822 | unknown | unknown |
James Madison Hemings | January 18, 1805 – November 26, 1877 | Mary Hughes McCoy | Father of 10, including:
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Eston Hemings | May 21, 1808 – January 3, 1856 | Julia Ann Isaacs | Father of 3, including:
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- 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
No children together, but raised the older of Dolley's 2 sons from her first marriage to John Todd:
James and Elizabeth Monroe
John Quincy and Louisa Adams
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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George Washington Adams | April 12, 1801 – April 30, 1829 | none | Jumped off of a boat and drowned | |
John Adams II | July 4, 1803 – October 23, 1834 | Mary Catherine Hellen | Father of:
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unnamed son | June 22, 1806 | no spouse | stillborn | |
Charles Francis Adams | August 18, 1807 – November 21, 1886 | Abigail Brown Brooks |
Served as United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1861–1868)
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Louisa Catherine Adams | August 12, 1811 – September 15, 1812 | no spouse | died in St. Petersburg, Russia from an unknown illness while her father was serving as Minister to Russia |
Andrew and Rachel Jackson
- No biological children together, adopted two:
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Andrew Jackson Jr. | December 4, 1808 – April 17, 1865 | Sarah Yorke | adopted at birth; biological son of Severn Donelson, brother of Rachel Jackson
Father of 5, including;
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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 | August 25, 1799 – June 26, 1871 | Emily Tennessee Donelson | ||
Elizabeth Martin Randolph | ||||
Daniel Smith Donelson | June 23, 1801 – April 17, 1863 | Margaret Donelson | ||
Andrew Jackson Hutchings | 1812–1841 | Mary Coffee | Orphaned grandnephew of Rachel | |
Caroline Butler | before 1804 – 1817 | unknown | Orphaned children of family friend Edward Butler | |
Eliza Eleanor Butler | April 20, 1791 – November 4, 1850 | John Donelson | ||
Edward George Washington Butler | February 22, 1800 – September 5, 1888 | Frances Parke Lewis | ||
Anthony Wayne Butler | 1803–1824 | unknown |
Martin and Hannah Van Buren
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Abraham Van Buren II | November 1807 – March 15, 1873 | Angelica Singleton | 4 children | |
John Van Buren | February 18, 1810 – October 13, 1866 | Elizabeth Vanderpoel | Father of:
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Martin Van Buren Jr. Nickname: Matt |
December 20, 1812 – March 19, 1855 | No spouse and no children | died of tuberculosis | |
Winfield Scott Van Buren | 1814 | died in infancy | ||
Smith Thompson Van Buren | January 16, 1817 – December 10, 1876 | Ellen King James Henrietta Eckford Irving |
7 children between 2 wives | |
unnamed daughter | 1818 or about 1807 | no spouse | stillborn |
William Henry Harrison
with Anna Harrison
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Elizabeth Bassett Harrison Nickname: Betsy |
September 29, 1796 – September 27, 1846 | John Cleves Short | 1 child | |
John Cleves Symmes Harrison | October 28, 1798 – October 30, 1830 | Clarissa Pike | 6 children | |
Lucy Singleton Harrison | September 1800 – April 7, 1826 | David K. Este | 4 children | |
William Henry Harrison Jr. | September 3, 1802 – February 6, 1838 | Jane Findlay Irwin | 3 children | |
John Scott Harrison | October 4, 1804 – May 25, 1878 | Lucretia Knapp Johnson | 3 children | |
Elizabeth Ramsey Irwin | 10 children, including 23rd president (1889–1893) Benjamin Harrison (1833–1901) | |||
Benjamin Harrison | 1806 – June 9, 1840 | Louisa Smith Bonner | 2 children | |
Mary Raney | 3 children | |||
Mary Symmes Harrison | January 22, 1809 – November 16, 1842 | John Henry Fitzhugh Thornton | 6 children | |
Carter Bassett Harrison | October 26, 1811 – August 12, 1839 | Mary Anne Sutherland | 1 child | |
Anna Tuthill Harrison | October 28, 1813 – July 5, 1845 | William Henry Harrison Taylor | 7 children | |
James Findlay Harrison | 1814–1817 | no spouse | died of unknown causes |
alleged children with Dilsia (a slave)
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Dilsia Harrison | 1809–before 1900 | unknown | Daughter conceived by one of his slaves. | |
Marie Harrison | 1840–1875 | no spouse | Had 4 children with Augustus C. Ware (1830–1872). Grandmother of Walter Francis White, head of the NAACP. | |
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John Tyler
with Letitia Tyler
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Mary Tyler | April 15, 1815 – June 17, 1847 | Henry Lightfoot Jones | 2 children | |
Robert Tyler | September 9, 1816 – December 3, 1877 | Elizabeth Priscilla Cooper | 8 children | |
John Tyler Jr. | April 27, 1819 – January 26, 1896 | Martha Rochelle | 3 children | |
Letitia Christian Tyler Nickname: Letty |
May 11, 1821 – December 28, 1907 | James Allen Semple | no children | |
Elizabeth Tyler Nickname: Lizzie |
July 11, 1823 – June 1, 1850 | William Nevison Waller | 5 children | |
Anne Contesse Tyler | April 5 – July 1825 | no spouse | died in infancy | |
Alice Tyler | March 23, 1827 – June 8, 1854 | Henry Mandeville Denison | 1 child | |
Tazewell Tyler | December 6, 1830 – January 8, 1874 | Nannie Bridges | 1 daughter |
alleged child with a slave
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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John William Dunjee | 1833–1903 | Lydia Ann Taylor | allegedly the son of John Tyler; unproven as of 2011 Father of:
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with Julia Tyler
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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David Gardiner Tyler Nickname: Gardie |
July 12, 1846 – September 5, 1927 | Mary Morris Jones | 5 children | |
John Alexander Tyler Nickname: Alex |
April 7, 1848 – September 1, 1883 | Sarah Griswold Gardiner | 2 children | |
Julia Gardiner Tyler | December 25, 1849 – May 8, 1871 | William H. Spencer | Julia Tyler Spencer Cheever (1871–1955, born via coffin birth) | |
Lachlan Tyler | December 2, 1851 – January 26, 1902 | Georgia Webb Powell | no children | |
Lyon Gardiner Tyler | August 24, 1853 – February 12, 1935 | Anne Baker Tucker | Father of:
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Sue Ruffin | Father of:
Harrison is still alive as of December 3, 2020, making John Tyler the earliest president with still-living grandchildren. |
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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 | Mother of 8 |
James and Sarah Polk
The Polks remain the only presidential couple to never have children while together, biologically, adopted, or from previous marriage.
Zachary and Margaret Taylor
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Ann Mackall Taylor | April 9, 1811 – December 2, 1875 | Dr. Robert Crooke Wood | Mother of four children, including John Taylor Wood (1830–1904) | |
Sarah Knox Taylor Nickname: Knoxie |
March 6, 1814 – September 15, 1835 | Jefferson F. Davis | died from malaria as a newlywed | |
Octavia Pannel Taylor | August 16, 1816 – September 3, 1820 | no spouse | died from malaria | |
Margaret Smith Taylor | July 17, 1819 – October 1820 | died from malaria | ||
Mary Elizabeth Taylor Nickname: Betty |
April 20, 1824 – July 25, 1909 | William Wallace Smith Bliss | Betty Bliss served as President Taylor's White House hostess, as the First Lady was an invalid. | |
Philip Pendleton Dandridge | ||||
Richard Taylor Nickname: Dick |
January 27, 1826 – April 17, 1879 | 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 Nickname: Powers |
April 25, 1828 – November 15, 1889 | No spouse and no children | Last living descendant of President 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
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Franklin Pierce Jr. | February 2–5, 1836 | no spouse | died from complications to his birth | |
Frank Robert Pierce | August 27, 1839 – November 14, 1843 | died of typhus fever after contracting it along with his brother | ||
Benjamin Pierce Nickname: Benny |
April 13, 1841 – January 6, 1853 | died in a train accident in front of his parents, weeks before his father was inaugurated |
James Buchanan
- No biological children, and never married but had two nieces of whom he was the legal guardian
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) |
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Harriet Rebecca Lane | May 9, 1830 – July 3, 1903 | Henry Elliott Johnston | Adopted daughter; niece (daughter of sister Jane Buchanan and Elliot Tole Lane); served as Acting First Lady Mother of:
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Abraham and Mary Lincoln
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Robert Todd Lincoln | August 1, 1843 – July 26, 1926 | Mary Eunice Harlan | Served as Secretary of War under the administrations of James A. Garfield and Chester A. Arthur.
Father of:
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Edward Baker Lincoln Nickname: Eddie |
March 10, 1846 – February 1, 1850 | no spouse | died of "chronic consumption" | |
William Wallace Lincoln Nickname: Willie |
December 21, 1850 – February 20, 1862 | died from typhoid fever | ||
Thomas Lincoln III Nickname: Tad |
April 4, 1853 – July 15, 1871 | The cause of Tad Lincoln's death has been reported as possibly any one of the following: |
Andrew Johnson and Eliza McCardle Johnson
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Martha Johnson | October 25, 1828 – July 10, 1901 | David Trotter Patterson | List of children of presidents of the United States § Notes:
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Charles Johnson | February 19, 1830 – April 4, 1863 | No spouse and no children | ||
Mary Johnson | May 8, 1832 – April 19, 1883 | Daniel Stover | List of children of presidents of the United States § Notes
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William R. Brown | ||||
Robert Johnson | February 22, 1834 – April 22, 1869 | No spouse and no children | ||
Andrew Johnson Jr. Nickname: Frank |
August 5, 1852 – March 12, 1879 | Bessie May Kumbaugh | No children |
Ulysses and Julia Grant
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Frederick Dent Grant | May 30, 1850 – April 12, 1912 | Ida Marie Honoré | Father of:
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Ulysses S. Grant Jr. Nickname: Buck |
July 22, 1852 – September 25, 1929 | Frances Josephine "Fannie" Chaffee | Father of 5 children, including:
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America Rosa Workman Will | No children | |||
Ellen Wrenshall Grant Nickname: Nellie |
July 4, 1855 – August 30, 1922 | Algernon Charles Frederick Sartoris | Mother of:
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Frank Hatch Jones | No children | |||
Jesse Root Grant II | February 6, 1858 – June 8, 1934 | Elizabeth Mary Chapman | Father of two, including
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Lillian Burns Wilkins | No children |
Rutherford and Lucy Hayes
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Birchard Austin Hayes | November 4, 1853 – January 24, 1926 | Mary Nancy Sherman | Father of 5 including;
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James Webb Cook Hayes Nickname: Webb |
March 20, 1856 – July 26, 1934 | Mary Otis Brinkerhoff Miller | No children | |
Rutherford Platt Hayes | June 24, 1858 – July 31, 1927 | Lucy Hayes Platt | 3 children, including;
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Joseph Thompson Hayes Nickname: Jody |
December 21, 1861 – June 24, 1863 | no spouse | died of dysentery | |
George Crook Hayes | September 29, 1864 – May 4, 1866 | died of scarlet fever | ||
Frances Hayes Nickname: Fanny |
September 2, 1867 – March 18, 1950 | Harry Eaton Smith | 1 child;
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Scott Russell Hayes | February 8, 1871 – May 6, 1923 | Maude Anderson | No children | |
Manning Force Hayes | August 1, 1873 – August 28, 1874 | no spouse | died in infancy, as a result of dysentery |
James and Lucretia Garfield
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Eliza Arabella Garfield Nickname: Trot |
July 3, 1860 – December 3, 1863 | no spouse | died of diphtheria | |
Harry Augustus Garfield Nickname: Hal |
October 11, 1863 – December 12, 1942 | Belle Hartford Mason | Father of 4 children:
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James Rudolph Garfield | October 17, 1865 – March 24, 1950 | Helen Newell | He was Secretary of the Interior during Theodore Roosevelt's administration. Father of 4 children, including:
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Mary Garfield Nickname: Mollie |
January 16, 1867 – December 30, 1947 | Joseph Stanley-Brown | Mother of:
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Irvin McDowell Garfield | August 3, 1870 – July 18, 1951 | Susan Emmons | Father of 3, including;
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Abram Garfield | November 21, 1872 – October 16, 1958 | Sarah Granger Williams | 2 children, including;
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Helen Grannis Matthews | ||||
Edward Garfield | December 25, 1874 – October 25, 1876 | no spouse | died of whooping cough |
Chester and Ellen Arthur
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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William Lewis Arthur | December 10, 1860 – July 7, 1863 | no spouse | died of convulsions | |
Chester Alan Arthur II Nickname: Alan |
July 25, 1864 – July 18, 1937 | Myra Townsend | Father of 2:
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Rowena Graves | ||||
Ellen Hansbrough Herndon Arthur Nickname: Nell |
November 21, 1871 – September 6, 1915 | Charles Pinkerton | No children |
Grover Cleveland and Maria Halpin
- See also section on Grover and Frances Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
with Caroline Harrison
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Russell Benjamin Harrison | August 12, 1854 – December 13, 1936 | May Angeline Saunders | Born Russell Farnum Lord Harrison
Father of 2, including:
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Mary Scott Harrison Nickname: Mamie |
April 3, 1858 – October 28, 1930 | James Robert McKee | Served as acting First Lady
Mother of:
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unnamed daughter | June 13, 1861 | no spouse | stillborn |
with Mary Harrison
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 |
October 3, 1891 – January 7, 1904 | no spouse | died of diphtheria | |
Esther Cleveland | September 9, 1893 – June 25, 1980 | William Sydney Bence Bosanquet | First presidential child to be born in the White House. Mother of:
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Marion Cleveland | July 7, 1895 – March 10, 1977 | William Stanley Dell | Mother of Frances Folsom Dell (1920–2005) | |
John Harlan Amen | Mother of Grover Cleveland Amen (1932–1997) | |||
Richard Folsom Cleveland Nickname: Dick |
October 28, 1897 – January 10, 1974 | Ellen Douglas Gailor | Father of:
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Jessie Maxwell Black | Father of 3, including:
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Francis Cleveland | June 18, 1903 – November 8, 1995 | Alice Erdman | Father of Marion C. Cleveland (1925–2014) |
William and Ida McKinley
Child | Lifetime | Notes | |
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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
Theodore Roosevelt
with Alice Roosevelt
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Alice Lee Roosevelt Nickname: Lee |
February 12, 1884 – February 20, 1980 | Nicholas Longworth | Mother of Paulina Longworth (1925–1957), with William Borah |
with Edith Roosevelt
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Theodore Roosevelt Jr. Nickname: Ted |
September 13, 1887 – July 12, 1944 | Eleanor Butler Alexander | Governor General of the Philippines and Governor of Puerto Rico. Father of:
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Kermit Roosevelt | October 10, 1889 – June 4, 1943 | Belle Wyatt Willard | Father of:
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Ethel Carow Roosevelt | August 13, 1891 – December 10, 1977 | Richard Derby | Mother of:
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Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt Nickname: Archie |
April 10, 1894 – October 13, 1979 | Grace Lockwood | Father of:
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Quentin Roosevelt Nickname: Quentyquee or Quinikins |
November 19, 1897 – July 14, 1918 | No spouse and no children | died in combat in World War I |
William and Helen Taft
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Robert Alphonso Taft | September 8, 1889 – July 31, 1953 | Martha Wheaton Bowers | US senator (1939–1953) and Majority Leader (1953) Father of:
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Helen Herron Taft Nickname: Helene |
August 1, 1891 – February 21, 1987 | Frederick Johnson Manning | Mother of:
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Charles Phelps Taft II Nickname: Charlie |
September 20, 1897 – June 24, 1983 | Eleanor Kellogg Chase | Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio Father of:
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Woodrow and Ellen Wilson
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Margaret Woodrow Wilson Nickname: Nistha |
April 16, 1886 – February 12, 1944 | no spouse | Served as acting First Lady for a brief period | |
Jessie Woodrow Wilson | August 28, 1887 – January 15, 1933 | Francis Bowes Sayre Sr. | Mother of:
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Eleanor Randolph Wilson | October 16, 1889 – April 5, 1967 | William Gibbs McAdoo | Mother of:
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- 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
with Florence Harding
with Nan Britton
Calvin and Grace Coolidge
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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John Coolidge | September 7, 1906 – May 31, 2000 | Florence Trumbull | Father of:
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Calvin Coolidge Jr. | April 13, 1908 – July 7, 1924 | no spouse | died of blood poisoning |
Herbert and Lou Hoover
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Herbert Charles Hoover | August 4, 1903 – July 9, 1969 | Margaret Ava Watson | Served as Under Secretary of State (October 4, 1954 – February 5, 1957) in the Eisenhower Administration.
Variously named as "Herbert Hoover, Jr.," "Herbert Charles Hoover," and "Herbert Clark Hoover." Father of:
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Allan Henry Hoover | July 17, 1907 – November 4, 1993 | Margaret Coberly | Father of:
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Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Anna Eleanor Roosevelt | May 3, 1906 – December 1, 1975 | Curtis Bean Dall | Mother of:
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Clarence John Boettiger | Mother of
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James Addison Halsted | No children with James Halsted | |||
James Roosevelt Nickname: Jimmy |
December 23, 1907 – August 13, 1991 | Betsey Maria Cushing | Father of:
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Romelle Theresa Schneider | Father of 3 children, including:
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Gladys Irene Owens | 1 adopted child - Hall Delano Roosevelt (born and adopted 1959) | |||
Mary Lena Winskill | 1 child - Rebecca Mary Roosevelt (born 1971) | |||
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. (I) | March 18, 1909 – November 8, 1909 | no spouse | died as an infant | |
Elliott Roosevelt | September 23, 1910 – October 27, 1990 | Elizabeth Browning Donner | Father of William Donner Roosevelt (1932–2003) | |
Ruth Josephine Googins | Father of:
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Faye Margaret Emerson | No children with Faye Emerson | |||
Minnewa Bell | No children with Minnewa Bell | |||
Patricia Peabody Whitehead | 1 child: Livingston Delano Roosevelt (born March 16, 1962; died March 21, 1962). Adopted 4 stepchildren from Patricia Peabody Roosevelt's first marriage. | |||
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. (II) | August 17, 1914 – August 17, 1988 | Ethel du Pont | Father of:
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Suzanne Perrin | Father of:
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Felicia Schiff Warburg | No children with Felicia Warburg Roosevelt | |||
Patricia Luisa Oakes | Father of:
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Linda McKay Stevenson | No children with Linda Stevenson Roosevelt | |||
John Aspinwall Roosevelt II | March 13, 1916 – April 27, 1981 | Anne Lindsay Clark | Father of:
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Irene Elder Boyd | No children with Irene Boyd Roosevelt |
Harry and Bess Truman
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Note | Place of birth | |
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Mary Margaret Truman | February 17, 1924 – January 29, 2008 | Elbert Clifton Daniel Jr. | Mother of:
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Independence, Missouri |
Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | Place of birth | |
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Doud Dwight Eisenhower Nickname: Icky |
September 24, 1917 – January 2, 1921 | no spouse | died of scarlet fever | San Antonio, Texas | |
John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower | August 3, 1922 – December 21, 2013 | Barbara Jean Thompson | United States Ambassador to Belgium (1969–1971)
Father of:
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Denver, Colorado | |
Joanne Thompson | No children |
John and Jackie Kennedy
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | Place of birth | |
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Arabella Kennedy | August 23, 1956 | no spouse | stillborn daughter | ||
Caroline Bouvier Kennedy | born November 27, 1957 | Edwin Arthur Schlossberg | United States Ambassador to Japan (2013–2017) and United States Ambassador to Australia (2022–present)
Mother of:
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Manhattan, New York | |
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr. Nickname: John-John |
November 25, 1960 – July 16, 1999 | Carolyn Jeanne Bessette | No children Killed in a plane crash |
Washington, D.C. | |
Patrick Bouvier Kennedy | August 7–9, 1963 | no spouse | Died after a premature birth | Otis Air Force Base, Massachusetts |
Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | Place of birth | |
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Lynda Bird Johnson | born March 19, 1944 | Charles Spittal Robb | Currently the oldest living presidential child
Mother of:
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Washington, D.C. | |
Lucy Baines Johnson Nickname: Luci |
born July 2, 1947 | Patrick John Nugent | Mother of:
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Ian Johnstone Turpin | No children with Ian Turpin. One stepson: Stuart Leonard Turpin (born 1978) |
Richard and Pat Nixon
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | Place of birth | |
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Patricia Nixon Nickname: Tricia |
born February 21, 1946 | Edward Ridley Finch Cox | Mother of Christopher Nixon Cox (b. 1979) | Whittier, California | |
Julie Nixon | born July 5, 1948 | Dwight David Eisenhower II son of John Eisenhower and grandson of President Dwight Eisenhower |
Mother of:
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Washington, D.C. |
Gerald and Betty Ford
Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | Place of birth | |
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John William Carter Nickname: Jack |
born July 3, 1947 | Juliet “Judy” Langford | Father of:
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Portsmouth, Virginia | |
Elizabeth Brasfield | Two stepchildren: John Chuldenko and Sarah Chuldenko Reynolds | ||||
James Earl Carter III Nickname: Chip, Jim III, and Jimmy Jr. |
born April 12, 1950 | Caron Griffin | Father of:
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Honolulu, Hawaii | |
Ginger Hodges | Father of:
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Becky Payne | No children with Becky Payne Carter | ||||
Donnel Jeffrey Carter Nickname: Jeff |
born August 18, 1952 | Annette Jene Davis (1952–2021) | Father of:
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New London, Connecticut | |
Amy Lynn Carter | born October 19, 1967 | James Gregory Wentzel | Mother of:
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Plains, Georgia | |
John Joseph "Jay" Kelly | Mother of Errol Carter Kelly |
Ronald Reagan
with Jane Wyman
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | Place of birth | |
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Maureen Elizabeth Reagan | January 4, 1941 – August 8, 2001 | John Filippone | No children | Los Angeles, California | |
David Sills | No children | ||||
Dennis C. Revell | Mother of:
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Michael Edward Reagan (adopted) | born March 18, 1945 | Pamela Gail Putnam | No children | ||
Colleen Sterns | Father of:
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Christine Reagan | June 26, 1947 – June 27, 1947 | no spouse | Died shortly after birth |
with Nancy Reagan
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Place of birth | |
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Patricia Ann Davis Nickname: Patti |
born October 21, 1952 | Paul Grilley
No children |
Los Angeles, California | |
Ronald Prescott Reagan Nickname: Ron |
born May 20, 1958 | Doria Palmieri
No children |
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Federica Basangi
No children |
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 |
December 20, 1949 – October 11, 1953 | no spouse | died of leukemia | Compton, California | |
John Ellis Bush Nickname: Jeb |
born February 11, 1953 | Columba Garnica Gallo | 43rd governor of Florida (1999–2007) Father of:
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Midland, Texas | |
Neil Mallon Bush | born January 22, 1955 | Sharon Smith | Father of:
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Maria Manass Andrews | Three stepchildren from Maria A. Bush's first marriage:
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Marvin Pierce Bush | born October 22, 1956 | Margaret Conway Molster | Father of:
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Dorothy Walker Bush Nickname: Doro |
born August 18, 1959 | William LeBlond | Mother of:
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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 February 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 November 25, 1981 | Craig Louis Coyne | Mother of:
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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 Marian Obama Nickname: Sasha |
born June 10, 2001 |
Donald Trump
with Ivana Trump
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | Place of birth | |
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Donald John Trump Jr. Nickname: Don Jr. |
born December 31, 1977 | Vanessa Kay Haydon divorced |
Trustee of The Trump Organization along with Eric.
Father of:
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Manhattan, New York | |
Ivana Marie Trump Nickname: Ivanka |
born October 30, 1981 | Jared Corey Kushner | Senior Advisor to the President (2017–2021)
Mother of:
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Eric Frederick Trump | born January 6, 1984 | Lara Lea Yunaska | Trustee of The Trump Organization along with Don Jr.
Father of:
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with Marla Maples
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | Place of birth | |
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Tiffany Ariana Trump | born October 13, 1993 | Michael Boulos | No children | West Palm Beach, Florida |
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. | Manhattan, New York |
Joe Biden
with Neilia Hunter Biden
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | Place of birth | |
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Joseph Robinette Biden III Nickname: Beau |
February 3, 1969 – May 30, 2015 | Hallie Olivere |
Attorney General of Delaware (2007–2015) Father of:
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Wilmington, Delaware | |
Robert Hunter Biden Nickname: Hunter |
born February 4, 1970 | Kathleen Buhle divorced |
Father of:
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Lunden Roberts |
Father of:
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Melissa Cohen |
Father of:
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Naomi Christina Biden Nickname: Amy |
November 8, 1971 – December 18, 1972 | no spouse | Died in a car accident with her mother |
with Jill Biden
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | Place of birth | |
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Ashley Blazer Biden | born June 8, 1981 | Howard David Krein | No children | Wilmington, Delaware |
Living presidential children
As of November 2024, 33 presidential children are living. In order of their ages, they are:
Current first child
Name | Birth | President |
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Lynda Bird Johnson Robb | March 19, 1944 | Lyndon B. Johnson |
Michael Reagan | March 18, 1945 | Ronald Reagan |
Tricia Nixon Cox | February 21, 1946 | Richard Nixon |
George W. Bush | July 6, 1946 | George H. W. Bush |
Luci Baines Johnson | July 2, 1947 | Lyndon B. Johnson |
Jack Carter | July 3, 1947 | Jimmy Carter |
Julie Nixon Eisenhower | July 5, 1948 | Richard Nixon |
Michael Gerald Ford | March 14, 1950 | Gerald Ford |
James Earl Carter III | April 12, 1950 | Jimmy Carter |
John Gardner Ford | March 16, 1952 | Gerald Ford |
Jeff Carter | August 18, 1952 | Jimmy Carter |
Patti Davis | October 21, 1952 | Ronald Reagan |
Jeb Bush | February 11, 1953 | George H. W. Bush |
Neil Bush | January 22, 1955 | |
Steven Ford | May 19, 1956 | Gerald Ford |
Marvin P. Bush | October 22, 1956 | George H. W. Bush |
Susan Ford Bales | July 6, 1957 | Gerald Ford |
Caroline Kennedy | November 27, 1957 | John F. Kennedy |
Ronald Prescott Reagan | May 20, 1958 | Ronald Reagan |
Dorothy Bush Koch | August 18, 1959 | George H. W. Bush |
Amy Carter | October 19, 1967 | Jimmy Carter |
Hunter Biden | February 4, 1970 | Joe Biden |
Donald Trump Jr. | December 31, 1977 | Donald Trump |
Chelsea Clinton | February 27, 1980 | Bill Clinton |
Ashley Biden | June 8, 1981 | Joe Biden |
Ivanka Trump | October 30, 1981 | Donald Trump |
Barbara Pierce Bush | November 25, 1981 | George W. Bush |
Jenna Bush Hager | ||
Eric Trump | January 6, 1984 | Donald Trump |
Tiffany Trump | October 13, 1993 | |
Malia Obama | July 4, 1998 | Barack Obama |
Sasha Obama | June 10, 2001 | |
Barron Trump | March 20, 2006 | Donald Trump |
The most recent presidential child to die was Beau Biden, the eldest son of Joe Biden, who died on May 30, 2015, at the age of 46, before his father became president. The most recent presidential child to die who lived during their father's presidency was John Eisenhower, the only surviving son of Dwight D. Eisenhower, who died on December 21, 2013, at the age of 91. He was also the father-in-law of Julie Nixon Eisenhower, another presidential child.
See also
- List of children of vice presidents of the United States