List of children of the Presidents of the United States

This is a list of children of U.S. Presidents, including stepchildren and alleged illegitimate children. All full names with married names are given. Currently there are 26 living presidential children, the oldest Lynda Byrd Johnson Robb, the youngest Sasha Obama. The earliest President with a living child is John F. Kennedy; his daughter is Caroline Bouvier Kennedy.

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 amongst political and social leaders and the wealthier classes, and they are more likely to be scrutinized as part of celebrity culture. Additionally, as individuals they frequently have significant influence on other notable family members. So, for instance, a child who may appear otherwise non-notable as an individual may, in fact, have had a significant influence on the child's parent: acting as a sounding board, or having behavioral issues that affected the parent's beliefs or performance.

As a class, the children of presidents have also occasioned significant study. Study has generally followed two paths: The issue of what access and inclusion within the circles of power does to individuals' lives, aspirations, and outcomes;[1] and the issue of their influence on society and politics.[2]

18th century

George and Martha Washington

No children together. The following were raised by Washington as his own:
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
John Parke Custis
nickname: Jacky
Nov. 27, 1754 – Nov. 5, 1781 Eleanor Calvert Stepson; father was Daniel Parke Custis

Father of:

Martha Parke Custis
nickname: Patsy
1756 – June 19, 1773 not married Stepdaughter; father was Daniel Parke Custis
Eleanor Parke Custis
nickname: Nelly
Mar. 31, 1779 – July 15, 1852 Lawrence Lewis Adopted daughter; daughter of stepson John Parke Custis
George Washington Parke Custis
nickname: Wash
Apr. 30, 1781 – Oct. 10, 1857 Mary Lee Fitzhugh Legal ward; son of stepson John Parke Custis

Father of:

John and Abigail Adams

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Abigail Adams
nickname: Nabby or Amelia
July 14, 1765 – Aug. 15, 1813 William Stephens Smith Mother of:
  • William Steuben Smith
  • John Adams Smith
  • Thomas Hollis Smith
  • Caroline Amelia Smith
John Quincy Adams July 11, 1767 – February 23, 1848 Louisa Catherine Johnson 6th President of the United States, see below at John Quincy and Louisa Adams
Grace Susanna Adams Dec. 28, 1768 – Feb. 4, 1770 no spouse Affectionately called "Suky", died aged one year.
Charles Adams May 29, 1770 – Nov. 30, 1800 Sarah Smith Father of:
  • Susanna Boylston (1796  1884)
  • Abigail Louisa Smith (1798  1836)
Thomas Boylston Adams Sep. 15, 1772 – Mar. 13, 1832 Ann Harrod  
Elizabeth Adams July 11, 1777 no spouse stillborn

19th century

Thomas Jefferson

with Martha Jefferson

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Martha Washington Jefferson
nickname: Patsy
Sep. 27, 1772  Oct. 10, 1836 Thomas Mann Randolph, Jr.

Mother of:

Jane Randolph Jefferson Apr. 3, 1774  Sep. 1775 no spouse died of a heart attack
Peter Jefferson May 28 – June 14, 1777 no spouse died in infancy
Mary Jefferson
nickname: Polly or Maria
Aug. 1, 1778  Apr. 17, 1804 John Wayles Eppes Mother of Francis Wayles Eppes VII (1801  1881)
Lucy Elizabeth Jefferson (I) Nov. 3, 1780  Apr. 15, 1781 no spouse died of an unspecified illness
Lucy Elizabeth Jefferson (II) May 8, 1782  Oct. 13, 1784 no spouse died of "teething, worms, and whooping cough"

with Sally Hemings

Alleged children with Sally Hemings; see Jefferson DNA data
Child Lifetime Spouse Children
Thomas Jefferson Hemings
nickname: Tom
1790  1879 Jemima Price Father of:
Harriet Hemings (I) 1795  1797 no spouse died of unknown causes
Edy Hemings 1796 no spouse died in infancy
William Beverly Hemings Apr.1, 1798  1873 Darek Joseph one daughter, unknown name
Thenia Hemings 1799  1802 no spouse died in early childhood
Harriet Hemings (II) May 22, 1801 – 1863 unknown  
James Madison Hemings Jan. 18, 1805  Nov. 26, 1877 Mary Hughes McCoy  
Eston Hemings May 21, 1808  Jan. 3, 1856 Julia Ann Isaacs Father of John Wayles Jefferson (1835  1892)

James and Dolley Madison

No children together, but raised the older of Dolley's 2 sons from her first marriage:

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
John Payne Todd Feb. 29, 1792  Jan. 16, 1852 Greta Bunce raised by James Madison; father was John Todd, Jr.
William Temple Todd July 4 – Oct. 24, 1793 no spouse died in infancy

James and Elizabeth Monroe

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Elizabeth Kortright Monroe Dec. 5, 1786  Jan. 27, 1840 George Hay  
James Spence Monroe May 1799  Sep. 28, 1801 no spouse died of unknown causes
Maria Hester Monroe May 20, 1803  1850 Samuel Laurence Gouverneur  

John Quincy and Louisa Adams

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
George Washington Adams Apr. 12, 1801  Apr. 30, 1829 none  died after suicide
John Adams II July 4, 1803  Oct. 23, 1834 Mary Catherine Hellen  
Carolina Adams 18061812 no spouse  
Charles Francis Adams Aug. 18, 1807  Nov. 21, 1886 Abigail Brown Brooks

Father of:

Louisa Catherine Adams Aug 12, 1811  Sep. 15, 1812 no spouse died from "winter illness"

Andrew and Rachel Jackson

No biological children together, adopted two:
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Andrew Jackson, Jr. Dec. 4, 1808  Apr. 17, 1865 Sarah Yorke adopted at birth; biological son of Severn Donelson
Lyncoya Jackson 1811  June 1, 1828 no spouse adopted Creek Indian orphan,[3] died of tuberculosis
Andrew and Rachel also served as guardians to eight children:
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
John Samuel Donelson before 1805 – 1817 unknown Orphaned nephews of Rachel, sons of Samuel Donelson who died in 1804
Andrew Jackson Donelson Aug. 25, 1799 – June 26, 1871 Emily Tennessee Donelson
Elizabeth Martin Randolph
Daniel Smith Donelson June 23, 1801 – Apr. 17, 1863 Margaret Donelson
Andrew Jackson Hutchings 1812–1841 Mary Coffee Orphaned grandnephew of Rachel
Caroline Butler before 1804 – 1817 unknown Orphaned children of family friend Edward Butler
Eliza Eleanor Butler 1791–1850 unknown
Edward George Butler 1800–1888 unknown
Anthony Wayne Butler 1803–1824 unknown

Martin and Hannah Van Buren

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Abraham Van Buren Nov. 27, 1807  Mar. 15, 1873 Angelica Singleton  
John Van Buren Feb. 10, 1810  Oct. 13, 1866 Elizabeth Van der Poel  
Martin Van Buren, Jr. Dec. 20, 1812  Mar. 19, 1855 no spouse  
Winfield Scott Van Buren [4] 1814  
Smith Thompson Van Buren Jan. 16, 1817  1876 Ellen King James
Henrietta Eckford Irving
7 children between 2 wives
unnamed daughter [5] (stillborn, date unknown)  

William Henry Harrison

with Anna Harrison

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Elizabeth Bassett Harrison
nickname: Betsy
Sep. 29, 1796  Sep. 27, 1846 John Cleves Short  
John Cleves Symmes Harrison Oct. 28, 1798  Oct. 30, 1830 Clarissa Pike 6 children
Lucy Singleton Harrison Sep. 5, 1800  Apr. 7, 1826 David K. Estes 4 children
William Henry Harrison, Jr. Sep. 3, 1802  Sep. 6, 1838 Jane Findlay Irwin 2 children
John Scott Harrison Oct. 4, 1804  May 25, 1878 Lucretia Knapp Johnson 3 children
Elizabeth Ramsey Irwin 10 children, including Benjamin Harrison (1833  1901)
Benjamin Harrison May 5, 1806  June 9, 1840 Louisa Smith Bonner  
Mary Raney  
Mary Symmes Harrison Jan. 28, 1809  Nov. 16, 1842 John Henry Fitzhugh Thornton  
Carter Bassett Harrison Oct. 26, 1811  Aug. 12, 1839 Mary Anne Sutherland  
Anna Tuthill Harrison Oct. 28, 1813  July 5, 1865 William Henry Harrison Taylor  
James Findlay Harrison May 15, 1814  Apr. 6, 1819 no spouse died of unknown causes

with a slave

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Dilsia 1809  before 1900 Unknown Daughter conceived by one of his slaves.[6]

John Tyler

with Letitia Tyler

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Mary Tyler Apr. 15, 1815  June 17, 1847 Henry Lightfoot Jones  
Robert Tyler Sep. 9, 1816  Dec. 3, 1877 Elizabeth Priscilla Cooper  
John Tyler V Apr. 27, 1819  Jan. 26, 1896 Martha Rochelle  
Letitia Tyler
nickname: Letty
May 11, 1821  Dec. 28, 1907 James Allen Semple no children
Elizabeth Tyler
nickname: Lizzie
July 11, 1823  June 1, 1850 William Nevison Waller  
Anne Contesse Tyler Apr. 5 July 1825 no spouse died in infancy
Alice Tyler Mar. 23, 1827  June 8, 1854 Henry Mandeville Denison  
Tazewell Tyler Dec. 6, 1830  Jan. 8, 1874 Nannie Bridges  

Alleged child with a slave

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
John William Dunjee 1833  1903 Lydia Ann Taylor allegedly the son of John Tyler; unproven as of 2011[7]

with Julia Tyler

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
David Gardiner Tyler
nickname: Gardie
July 12, 1846  Sep. 5, 1927 Mary Morris Jones  
John Alexander Tyler
nickname: Alex
Apr. 7, 1848  Sep. 1, 1883 Sarah Griswold Gardiner  
Julia Gardiner Tyler Dec. 25, 1849  May 8, 1871 William H. Spencer  
Lachlan Tyler Dec. 2, 1851  Jan 26, 1902 Georgia Webb Powell  
Lyon Gardiner Tyler Aug. 24, 1853  Feb. 12, 1935 Anne Baker Tucker Father of:
  • John Tyler
  • Elizabeth Gilmour Tyler
  • Julia Gardiner Tyler
Sue Ruffin Father of:
  • Lyon Gardiner Tyler, Jr.
  • Harrison Ruffin Tyler
  • Henry Tyler

As of 2016, Lyon Jr. and Harrison are both still alive, meaning John Tyler remains, by far, the earliest president with living grandchildren.[8]

Robert Fitzwalter Tyler Mar. 12, 1856  Dec. 30, 1927 Fannie Glenn at least 3 children
Pearl Tyler June 20, 1860  June 30, 1947 William Munford Ellis  

James and Sarah Polk

No biological children

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Marshall Tate Polk, Jr. May 15, 1831  Feb. 29, 1884 Evalina McNeal Bills Legal ward; nephew, son of brother Marshall Tate Polk

Zachary and Margaret Taylor

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Ann Margaret Mackall Taylor Apr. 9, 1811  Dec. 2, 1875 Dr. Robert Crooke Wood Mother of four children, including John Taylor Wood (1830  1904)
Sarah Knox Taylor
nickname: Knoxie
1814  Sep. 15, 1835 Jefferson Finis Davis died from malaria as a newlywed
Octavia Pannill Taylor Aug. 18, 1816  July 8, 1820 no spouse died from malaria
Margaret Smith Taylor July 17, 1819  Oct. 1820 no spouse died from malaria
Mary Elizabeth Taylor
nickname: Betty
Apr. 20, 1824  July 25, 1909 William Wallace Smith Bliss Betty Bliss served as President Taylor's White House hostess, as the First Lady was an invalid.
Philip Pendleton Dandridge  
Richard Taylor
nickname: Dick
Jan. 27, 1826  Apr. 12, 1879 Louise Marie Myrthe Bringier Planter, military historian, Lieutenant General in the Confederate Army, and author of the book Destruction and Reconstruction (1879)

Millard and Abigail Fillmore

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Millard Powers Fillmore Apr. 25, 1828  Nov. 15, 1889 no spouse  
Mary Abigail Fillmore
nickname: Abby
Mar. 27, 1832  July 26, 1854 no spouse Served as Acting First Lady during her mother's illness

Franklin and Jane Pierce

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Franklin Pierce, Jr. Feb. 2 Feb. 4, 1836 no spouse died in infancy
Franklin Robert Pierce Aug. 27, 1839  Nov. 14, 1843 no spouse died of typhus fever
Benjamin Pierce Apr. 13, 1841  Jan. 6, 1853 no spouse died in train accident in front of his parents, weeks before his father was inaugurated

James Buchanan

No biological children, and never married
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Mary Elizabeth Speer Lane 1826  1855 George Washington Baker Adopted daughter;
niece (daughter of sister Jane Buchanan and Elliot Tole Lane)
Harriet Rebecca Lane May 9, 1830  July 3, 1903 Henry Elliott Johnston Adopted daughter;
niece (daughter of sister Jane Buchanan and Elliot Tole Lane);
served as Acting First Lady

Mother of:

  • James Buchanan Johnston
  • Henry Elliott Johnston

Abraham and Mary Lincoln

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Robert Todd Lincoln Aug. 1, 1843  July 26, 1926 Mary Eunice Harlan Father of:
Edward Baker Lincoln
nickname: Eddie
Mar. 10, 1846  Feb. 1, 1850 no spouse died of "chronic consumption"
William Wallace Lincoln
nickname: Willie
Dec. 21, 1850  Feb. 20, 1862 no spouse died from typhoid fever
Thomas Lincoln
nickname: Tad
Apr. 4, 1853  July 15, 1871 no spouse died from tuberculosis

Andrew and Eliza Johnson

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Martha Johnson Oct. 25, 1828  July 10, 1901 David Trotter Patterson  
Charles Johnson Feb. 19, 1830  Apr. 4, 1863 no spouse  
Mary Johnson May 8, 1832  Apr. 19, 1883 Daniel Stover  
William Browne
Robert Johnson Feb. 22, 1834  Apr. 22, 1869 no spouse died after suicide
Andrew Johnson, Jr. Aug. 5, 1852  Mar. 12, 1879 Bessie May Kumbaugh  

Ulysses and Julia Grant

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Frederick Dent Grant May 30, 1850  Apr. 12, 1912 Ida Marie Honoré Father of:
Ulysses S. Grant, Jr.
nickname: Buck
July 22, 1852  Sep. 25, 1929 Frances Josephine Chaffee Father of 5 children, including Ulysses Simpson Grant IV (1893  1977)
America Workman Will no children
Ellen Wrenshall Grant
nickname: Nellie
July 4, 1855  Aug. 30, 1922 Algernon Charles Frederick Sartoris Mother of:
  • Grant Grenville Edward Sartoris (1875  1876)
  • Algernon Edward Sartoris (1877  1907)
  • Vivien May Sartoris (1879  1933)
  • Rosemary Alice Sartoris (1880  1914)
Frank Hatch Jones  
Jesse Root Grant Feb. 6, 1858  June 8, 1934 Elizabeth Chapman Father of two, including Chapman Grant (1887  1983)
Lillian Burns

Rutherford and Lucy Hayes

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Sardis Birchard Austin Hayes Nov. 4, 1853  Jan. 24, 1926 Mary Nancy Sherman  
James Webb Cook Hayes Mar. 20, 1856  July 26, 1934 Mary Otis Brinkerhoff Miller  
Rutherford Platt Hayes June 24, 1858  July 31, 1937 Lucy Hayes Platt  
Joseph Thompson Hayes
nickname: Jody
Dec. 21, 1861  June 24, 1863 no spouse died of dysentery
George Crook Hayes Sep. 29, 1864  May 24, 1866 no spouse died of scarlet fever
Frances Hayes
nickname: Fanny
Sep. 2, 1867  Mar. 18, 1950 Harry Eaton Smith  
Scott Russell Hayes Feb. 8, 1871  May 6, 1923 Maude Anderson  
Manning Force Hayes Aug. 1, 1873  Aug. 28, 1874 no spouse died in infancy

James and Lucretia Garfield

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Eliza Arabella Garfield
nickname: Trot
July 3, 1860  Dec. 3, 1863 no spouse died of diphtheria in infancy
Harry Augustus Garfield
nickname: Hal
Oct. 11, 1863  Dec. 12, 1942 Belle Hartford Mason  
James Rudolph Garfield Oct. 17, 1865  Mar. 24, 1950 Helen Newell Father of:
  • John Newell Garfield (18921931)
  • Newell Garfield (18951975)
  • Rudolph Hills Garfield (18991946)
Mary Garfield
nickname: Mollie
Jan. 16, 1867  Dec. 30, 1947 Joseph Stanley-Brown  
Irvin McDowell Garfield Aug. 3, 1870  July 18, 1951 Susan Emmons  
Abram Garfield Nov. 21, 1872  Oct. 16, 1958 Sarah Granger Williams  
Helen Grannis Matthews  
Edward Garfield Dec. 26, 1874  Oct. 25, 1876 no spouse died of whooping cough

Chester and Ellen Arthur

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
William Lewis Arthur Dec. 10, 1860  July 7, 1863 no spouse died of "convulsions"
Chester Alan Arthur II July 25, 1864  July 18, 1937 Myra Townsend Father of Gavin Arthur
Rowena Graves
Ellen Hansbrough Herndon Arthur
nickname: Nell
Nov. 21, 1871  Sep. 6, 1915 Charles Pinkerton  

Grover Cleveland and Maria Halpin

See also section on Grover and Frances Cleveland
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Oscar Folsom Cleveland Sep. 14, 1874  1947 unknown name

(married for ten years)[9]

Illegitimate. Cleveland made payments to Maria Halpin after the boy was born.[10]

Grover Cleveland acknowledged possibility he was Oscar Folsom Cleveland's father.[10]
During the 1884 presidential race the controversy prompted Cleveland's opponents to adopt the chant, "Ma, ma, where's my pa?"[11][12]
The child was adopted as "James E. King Jr" into the family of Dr. James King.[9][12][13]

Benjamin Harrison

with Caroline Harrison

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Russell Benjamin Harrison Aug. 12, 1854  Dec. 13, 1936 May Angeline Saunders born Russell Farnum Lord Harrison

Father of 2, including William Henry Harrison (1896  1990)

Mary Scott Harrison
nickname: Mamie
Apr. 3, 1858  Oct. 28, 1930 James Robert McKee served as acting First Lady
unnamed daughter June 13, 1861 no spouse died in infancy

with Mary Harrison

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Elizabeth Harrison Walker Feb. 21, 1897  Dec. 25, 1955 James Blaine Walker

Grover and Frances Cleveland

See also section on Grover Cleveland and Maria Halpin
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Ruth Cleveland
nickname: Baby Ruth
Oct. 3, 1891  Jan. 7, 1904 no spouse died of diphtheria
Esther Cleveland Sep. 9, 1893  June 25, 1980 William Sydney Bence Bosanquet First Presidential child to be born in the White House.
Mother of Philippa Ruth Bosanquet (1920  2010)
Marion Cleveland July 7, 1895  Mar. 10, 1977 William Stanley Dell  
John Harlan Amen
Richard Folsom Cleveland
nickname: Dick
Oct. 28, 1897  Jan. 10, 1974 Ellen Douglas Gailor  
Jessie Maxwell Black
Francis Grover Cleveland June 18, 1903  Nov. 8, 1995 Alice Erdman

William and Ida McKinley

Child Lifetime Notes
Katherine McKinley
nickname: Katie
Dec. 25, 1871  June 25, 1875 died of typhoid fever
Ida McKinley Apr. 1 Aug. 22, 1873 died in infancy

20th century

Theodore Roosevelt

Main article: Roosevelt family

with Alice Roosevelt

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Alice Lee Roosevelt
nickname: Princess Alice
Feb. 12, 1884  Feb. 20, 1980 Nicholas Longworth IV Mother of Paulina Longworth (1925  1957)

with Edith Roosevelt

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Theodore Roosevelt, III
nickname: Ted
Sep. 13, 1887  July 12, 1944 Eleanor Butler Alexander Father of:
Kermit Roosevelt Oct. 10, 1889  June 4, 1943 Belle Wyatt Willard Father of:
Ethel Carow Roosevelt Aug. 13, 1891  Dec. 10, 1977 Richard Derby Mother of:
  • Richard Jr. (1914  1922)
  • Edith Roosevelt Derby (1917  2008)
  • Sarah Alden (1920  1999)
  • Judith Quentin Derby (1923  1973)
Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt
nickname: Archie
Apr. 10, 1894  Oct. 13, 1979 Grace Lockwood Father of:
Quentin Roosevelt
nickname: Quentyquee or Quinikins
Nov. 19, 1897  July 14, 1918 no spouse died in combat in World War I

William and Helen Taft

Main article: Taft family
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Robert Alphonso Taft Sep. 8, 1889  July 31, 1953 Martha Wheaton Bowers Father of:
Helen Herron Taft Manning Aug. 1, 1891  Feb. 21, 1987 Frederick Johnson Manning Mother of:
  • Helen Taft Manning (1921– 2013)
  • Caroline Manning (b. 1925)
Charles Phelps Taft II Sep. 20, 1897  June 24, 1983 Eleanor Kellogg Chase Father of:
  • Eleanor Kellogg Taft
  • Sylvia Howard Taft
  • Lucia Chase Taft
  • Cynthia Herron Taft
  • Rosalyn Rawson Taft
  • Seth Chase Taft (1922  2013)
  • Peter Rawson Taft III

Woodrow and Ellen Wilson

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Margaret Woodrow Wilson
nickname: Nistha
Apr. 16, 1886 – Feb. 12, 1944 no spouse Served as acting First Lady for a brief period
Jessie Woodrow Wilson Aug. 28, 1887 – Jan. 15, 1933 Francis Bowes Sayre, Sr. Mother of Francis Bowes Sayre Jr.
Eleanor Randolph Wilson Oct. 16, 1889 – Apr. 5, 1967 William Gibbs McAdoo  

Warren G. Harding

with Florence Harding

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Marshall Eugene DeWolfe
nickname: Pete
Sep. 22, 1880 – Jan. 1, 1915 Esther Naomi Neely stepson from Florence's first marriage, to Henry Athenton DeWolfe

with Nan Britton

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Elizabeth Ann Britton
nickname: Emma or Ann
Oct. 22, 1919 – Nov. 17, 2005 Henry Edward Blaesing Illegitimate daughter of Warren G. Harding, proven by DNA testing in 2015[14]

Calvin and Grace Coolidge

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

Herbert and Lou Hoover

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Herbert Clark Hoover, Jr. Aug. 4, 1903 – July 9, 1969 Margaret Ava Watson Served as Under Secretary of State (October 4, 1954 - February 5, 1957) in the Eisenhower Administration. Variously named as "Herbert Hoover, Jr.,"[15] "Herbert Charles Hoover,"[16] and "Herbert Clark Hoover."[17]
Allan Henry Hoover July 17, 1907 – Nov. 4, 1993 Margaret Coberly  

Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt

Main article: Roosevelt family
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt May 3, 1906 – Dec. 1, 1975 Curtis Bean Dall Mother of:
Clarence John Boettiger Mother of John Roosevelt Boettiger (b. 1939)
James Addison Halsted  
James Roosevelt
nickname: Jimmy
Dec. 23, 1907 – Aug. 13, 1991 Betsey Maria Cushing Father of Sara Delano Roosevelt (b. 1932)
Romelle Theresa Schneider Father of James Roosevelt, Jr. (b. 1945)
Gladys Irene Owens  
Mary Lena Winskill  
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr. (I) Mar. 18 – Nov. 1, 1909 no spouse died as an infant
Elliott Roosevelt Sep. 23, 1910 – Oct. 27, 1990 Elizabeth Browning Donner Father of William Donner Roosevelt (1932–2003)
Ruth Josephine Googins Father of:
  • Ruth Chandler Roosevelt (Lindsley) (b. 1934)
  • Elliott "Tony" Roosevelt Jr. (b. 1936)
  • David Boynton Roosevelt (b. 1942)
Faye Margaret Emerson  
Minnewa Bell  
Patricia Peabody  
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr. (II) Aug. 17, 1914 – Aug. 17, 1988 Ethel du Pont Father of:
Suzanne Perrin  
Felicia Schiff Warburg  
Patricia Luisa Oakes  
Linda McKay Stevenson  
John Aspinwall Roosevelt Mar. 13, 1916 – Apr. 27, 1981 Anne Lindsay Clark Father of:
  • Haven Clark Roosevelt
  • Anne Sturgis "Nina" Roosevelt (b. 1942)
  • Sara Delano "Sally" Roosevelt (1946–1960)
  • Joan Lindsay Roosevelt (1952–1997)
Irene Elder Boyd

Harry and Bess Truman

Child Lifetime Spouse Note Place of Birth
Mary Margaret Truman Feb. 17, 1924 – Jan. 29, 2008 Elbert Clifton Daniel, Jr. Mother of:
  • 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

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of Birth
Doud Dwight Eisenhower
nickname: Icky
Sep. 24, 1917 – Jan. 2, 1921 no spouse died of scarlet fever San Antonio, Texas
John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower Aug. 3, 1922 – Dec. 21, 2013 Barbara Jean Thompson

Father of:

Denver, Colorado
Joanne Thompson

John and Jackie Kennedy

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of Birth
Arabella Kennedy Aug. 23, 1956 no spouse stillborn
Caroline Bouvier Kennedy born Nov. 27, 1957 Edwin Arthur Schlossberg Current United States Ambassador to Japan. Eldest living child of the earliest President with a living child.

Mother of:

Manhattan, New York
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr.
nickname: John-John
Nov. 25, 1960  July 16, 1999 Carolyn Jeanne Bessette killed in an airplane crash Washington, D.C.
Patrick Bouvier Kennedy Aug. 7 – Aug. 9, 1963 no spouse died after a premature birth Otis Air Force Base, Massachusetts

Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of Birth
Lynda Bird Johnson born Mar. 19, 1944 Charles Spittal Robb Currently the oldest living presidential child

Mother of:

  • Lucinda Desha Robb (b. 1968)
  • Catherine Lewis Robb (b. 1970)
  • Jennifer Wickliffe Robb (b. 1978)
Washington, D.C.
Luci Baines Johnson 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)
Washington, D.C.
Ian Johnstone Turpin

Richard and Pat Nixon

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of Birth
Patricia Nixon
nickname: Tricia
born Feb. 21, 1946 Edward Ridley Finch Cox Mother of Christopher Nixon Cox (b. 1979) Whittier, California
Julie Nixon born July 5, 1948 Dwight David Eisenhower II Mother of: Washington, D.C.

Gerald and Betty Ford

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

Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of Birth
John William Carter
nickname: Jack
born July 3, 1947 Juliet Langford Father of: Portsmouth, Virginia
Elizabeth Brasfield  
James Earl Carter III
nickname: Chip
born Apr. 12, 1950 Caron Griffin Father of James Earl Carter IV (b. 1977) Honolulu, Hawaii
Ginger Hodges Father of Margaret Alicia Carter
Becky Payne
Donnel Jeffrey Carter
nickname: Jeff
born Aug. 18, 1952 Annette Jene Davis Father of:
  • Joshua Jeffrey Carter
  • Jeremy Davis Carter (1987-2015)
  • James Carlton Carter
New London, Connecticut
Amy Lynn Carter born Oct 19, 1967 James Gregory Wentzel Mother of Hugo James Wentzel (b. 1999) Plains, Georgia

Ronald Reagan

with Jane Wyman

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of Birth
Maureen Elizabeth Reagan Jan. 4, 1941 – Aug. 8, 2001 John Filippone   Los Angeles, California
David Sills  
Dennis C. Revell  
Michael Edward Reagan (adopted) born Mar. 18, 1945 Pamela Gail Putnam Los Angeles, California
Colleen Sterns Father of:
  • Cameron Reagan (b. 1978)
  • Ashley Reagan (b. 1983)
Christine Reagan June 26, 1947 died shortly after birth

with Nancy Reagan

Child Lifetime Spouse Place of Birth
Patti Davis born Oct. 21, 1952 Paul Grilley (19841990) Los Angeles, California
Ronald Prescott Reagan
nickname: Ron
born May 20, 1958 Doria Palmieri (until her death in 2014). Los Angeles, California

George H. W. and Barbara Bush

Main article: Bush family
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of Birth
George Walker Bush born July 6, 1946 Laura Lane Welch 43rd President of the United States; see below at George W. and Laura Bush

Eldest living child of a living president.

New Haven, Connecticut
Pauline Robinson Bush
nickname: Robin
Dec. 20, 1949 – Oct. 11, 1953 died of leukemia Compton, California
John Ellis Bush
nickname: Jeb
born Feb. 11, 1953 Columba Garnica Gallo Father of: Midland, Texas
Neil Mallon Bush born Jan. 22, 1955 Sharon Smith Father of: Midland, Texas
Maria Andrews  
Marvin Pierce Bush born Oct. 22, 1956 Margaret Conway Molster Father of:
  • Marshall Lloyd Bush (b. 1986) (adopted)
  • Charles Walker Bush (b. 1989) (adopted)
Midland, Texas
Dorothy Walker Bush
nickname: Doro
born Aug. 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

Main article: Clinton family
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of Birth
Chelsea Victoria Clinton born Feb. 27, 1980 Marc Mezvinsky Mother of:
  • Charlotte Clinton Mezvinsky (b. 2014)
  • Aidan Clinton Mezvinsky (b. 2016)
Little Rock, Arkansas

21st century

George W. and Laura Bush

Main article: Bush family
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of Birth
Barbara Pierce Bush born Nov. 25, 1981 Unmarried Dallas, Texas
Jenna Welch Bush born Nov. 25, 1981 Henry Chase Hager Mother of:
  • Margaret Laura Hager (b. 2013)
  • Poppy Louise Hager (b. 2015)
Dallas, Texas

Barack and Michelle Obama

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of Birth
Malia Ann Obama born July 4, 1998 Unmarried Chicago, Illinois
Natasha Obama
nickname: Sasha
born June 10, 2001 Unmarried Youngest living child of any President Chicago, Illinois

Living presidential children

As of November 2016, 26 presidential children are living. In order of their ages, they are:

Bolded names indicate members of the 44th and current President's children.

References

  1. See, e.g., Angelo, First Families.
  2. See, e.g., Zwicker, "America's Royalty", Presidential Studies Quarterly.
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  9. 1 2 Sibley, Katherine A.S., ed. (2016). A Companion to First Ladies. John Wiley & Sons,. p. 269.
  10. Matthew Yglesias (January 15, 2010). "Historic Sex Scandals". ThinkProgress. Retrieved July 2, 2014.
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  16. "Herbert Clark Hoover (1903-1969)". Office of the Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs, United States Department of State. Retrieved 2010-08-25.

Further reading

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