List of children of presidents of the United States

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This is a list of children of U.S. presidents with stepchildren, adopted children, and alleged illegitimate children included. Full names are given including middle, maiden and married names. This list also includes the children's spouses and any known children they had and a “?” for an unknown number of children.

Presidential children have been studied individually, and as a group. As individuals, they are more often notable than most individuals: they know many political and social leaders and are part of the richer, upper classes. They are more likely to be viewed as a part of celebrity culture. Also, as individuals they frequently have significant influence on other notable family members. A child who may appear otherwise non-notable may have affected the parent's beliefs or performance.

No children together. Martha's first husband, Daniel Parke Custis (October 15, 1711 – July 8, 1757), had four children, two of whom were still living at the time of her marriage to Washington (those who did not survive were Daniel Parke Custis, Jr. [November 19, 1751 – February 19, 1754] and Frances Parke Custis [April 12, 1753 – April 1, 1757]):

  • John “Jacky” Parke Custis (stepson) (November 27, 1754 – November 5, 1781)
    • m. Eleanor Calvert. His wife remarried and took two oldest of four children. The other two, “Nelly” and “Wash”, were raised but not formally adopted by George and Martha (see below).
  • Martha “Patsy” Parke Custis (stepdaughter) (1756 – June 19, 1773) no children, died from epilepsy

Martha's grandchildren who were raised by the Washingtons:

  • Abigail “Nabby” Adams Smith (July, 14, 1765 – August 15, 1813), also nicknamed "Amelia"
    • m. William Stephens Smith, 4 children
  • John Quincy Adams (July 11, 1767 – February 23, 1848) 6th U.S. President
  • Susanna Adams (December 28, 1768 – February 4, 1770), cause of death unknown
  • Charles Adams (May 29, 1770 – November 30, 1800)
    • m. Sally Smith, 2 children
  • Thomas Boylston Adams (September 15, 1772 – March 12, 1832)
    • m. Ann Harold, 7 children
  • Elizabeth Adams (July 11, 1777) stillborn
    • Martha had one son, John Wayles Skelton (November 7, 1767 – June 10, 1771) with her first husband Bathurst Skelton (1744–1768). John died months before her marriage to Jefferson.
  • Martha “Patsy” Washington Jefferson Randolph (September 27, 1772 – October 10, 1836)
  • Jane Randolph Jefferson (April 3, 1774 – September 1775), named after her paternal grandmother, cause of death unknown
  • unnamed son (May 28, 1777 – June 14, 1777)
  • Mary “Polly” “Maria” Jefferson Eppes (August 1, 1778 – April 17, 1804)
    • m. John Wayles Eppes, 3 children
  • Lucy Elizabeth (I) Jefferson (November 3, 1780 – April 15, 1781), died from illness
  • Lucy Elizabeth (II) Jefferson (May 8, 1782 – October 13, 1784), died from "teething, worms and Whooping Cough" as the doctor wrote

Alleged children of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings

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  • Tom Hemings (1790–?) (Evidence concerning this child is contradictory.)
  • Harriet Hemings (I) (October 5, 1795 – December 1797)
  • Beverly Hemings (possibly born William Beverly Hemings) (April 1, 1798 – after 1873)
    • m. (wife's name unknown), 1 child
  • daughter (possibly named Thenia, after Hemings's deceased sister) (December 7, 1799 – ca. 1802)
  • Harriet Hemings (II) (May 1801 – after 1863)
    • m. (husband's name unknown), several children
  • Madison Hemings (possibly born James Madison Hemings) (January 1805 – 1877)
    • m. Mary Hughes McCoy, 10 children
  • Eston Hemings (possibly born Thomas Eston Hemings) (May 1808 – 1856)
    • m. Julia Ann Isaacs, 3 children

No children together, but raised Dolley's son from her first marriage

  • John Payne Todd (stepson) (February 29, 1792 – 1852) was the first son of Dolley's first husband, John Todd, Jr. (1764–1793). Their second son William Temple Todd (b./d. 1793) died the same year as his father in a yellow fever epidemic.
  • George Washington Adams (April 12, 1801 – April 30, 1829)
  • John Adams II (July 4, 1803 – October 23, 1834)
    • m. Mary Catherine Hellen
  • unnamed son (died shortly after birth, 1806)
  • Charles Francis Adams, Sr. (August 18, 1807 – November 21, 1886)
    • m. Abigail Brown Brooks
  • Louisa Catherine Adams (1811–1812), born and died from winter illness in Russia; birth and death dates never recorded

No biological children together, adopted two:

  • Andrew Jackson Jr. (December 4, 1808 – 1865) (adopted at birth, twin of Thomas Jefferson Donelson, and a nephew of Rachel, son of Severn Donelson)
    • m. Sarah Yorke, 5 children
  • Lyncoya Jackson (c. 1812 – June 1, 1828) (adopted orphaned Creek Indian) [2] Archived 2012-05-16 at the Wayback Machine

Also guardians of eight additional children including:

  • Orphaned nephews of Rachel, sons of Samuel Donelson who died in 1804;
  • Orphaned grandnephew of Rachel;
    • Andrew Jackson Hutchings (1812–1841)
  • Orphaned children of family friend Edward Butler;
    • Caroline Butler
    • Eliza Butler
    • Edward Butler
    • Anthony Butler

Alleged son of John Tyler and a slave

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No natural children, but raised Polk's nephew as their ward:

After the death of James, Sarah was guardian of:

  • No children together
  • Franklin Pierce, Jr. (February 2, 1836 – February 5, 1836), cause of death unknown
  • Frank Robert Pierce (August 27, 1839 – November 14, 1843), died from typhus fever
  • Benjamin “Bennie” Pierce (April 13, 1841 – January 16, 1853), died in train accident in front of his parents, weeks before his father was inaugurated

No children; served as guardian to two nieces:

  • Mary Elizabeth Speer Lane (1826–1855)
    • m. George Baker
  • Harriet Rebecca Lane (May 9, 1830 – July 3, 1903)
    • m. Henry Elliott Johnston, 2 children
  • Birchard Austin Hayes (November 4, 1853 – January 24, 1926)
    • m. Mary Sherman, 5 children
  • James Webb Cook Hayes (March 20, 1856 – July 26, 1934)
    • m. Mary Otis Miller, no children
  • Rutherford Platt Hayes (June 24, 1858 – July 21, 1927)
    • m. Lucy Hayes Platt, 3 children
  • Joseph “Jody” Thompson Hayes (December 21, 1861 – June 24, 1863), died of dysentery
  • George Crook Hayes (September 29, 1864 – May 24, 1866), died of scarlet fever
  • Fanny Hayes Smith (September 2, 1867 – March 18, 1950)
    • m. Mary Eaton Smith, one child
  • Scott Russell Hayes (February 8, 1871 – May 6, 1923)
    • m. Maude Anderson, no children
  • Manning Force Hayes (August 1, 1873 – August 28, 1874), died of unknown causes

Alleged son of Grover Cleveland and Maria Crofts Halpin

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  • Oscar Folsom Cleveland, (September 1874 – ?), adopted by James and Sarah King of Buffalo, New York before his fifth birthday; his name was changed to James E. King. Here, evidence becomes sketchy: he may have become a physician, died before the age of 30, and been buried in Warren, Pennsylvania.
  • Katherine “Katie” McKinley (December 25, 1871 – June 25, 1875), died of typhoid fever
  • Ida McKinley (daughter) (April 1, 1873 – August 22, 1873), died of unknown causes
  • No children together (Mrs. Wilson and her first husband, Norman Galt, had a son in 1903 who died a few days after birth.)
  • No children together
  • Marshall Eugene “Pete” DeWolfe (stepson) (September 22, 1880 – January 1, 1915), was the son of Flossie's first husband, Henry Athenton (Pete) DeWolfe, whom she divorced
    • m. Esther Naomi Neely, 2 children

Alleged daughter of Warren Harding and Nan Britton

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  • Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Dall Boettiger Halstead (May 3, 1906 – December 1, 1975)
    • m. Curtis Bean Dall, 2 children, divorced
    • m. (Clarence) John Boettiger, 1 child, divorced
    • m. James Addison Halstead, no children
  • James “Jimmy” Roosevelt (December 23, 1907 – August 13, 1991) (debate: 3 or 7 children total)
    • m. Betsey Maria Cushing, 2 children, divorced
    • m. Romelle Theresa Schneider, 3 children, divorced
    • m. Gladys Irene Kitchenmaster Owens, 1 adopted child, divorced
    • m. Mary Lena Winskill, 1 child
  • Franklin Roosevelt (March 18, 1909 – November 8, 1909)
  • Elliott Roosevelt (September 23, 1910 – October 27, 1990)
    • m. Elizabeth Browning Donner, 1 child, divorced
    • m. Ruth Josephine Googins, 3 children, divorced
    • m. Faye Margaret Emerson (actress), no children, divorced
    • m. Minnewa Bell Burnside Gray Ross, no children, divorced
    • m. Patricia Peabody Whitehead, adopted her 4 children, 1 child together who died an infant
  • Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr. (August 17, 1914 – August 17, 1988)
    • m. Ethel du Pont, 2 children (including FDR III), divorced
    • m. Suzanne Perrin, 2 children, divorced
    • m. Felicia Schiff Warburg Sarnoff, no children, divorced
    • m. Patricia Luisa Oakes, 1 child, divorced
    • m. Linda McKay Stevenson Weicker, no children
  • John Aspinwall Roosevelt (March 13, 1916 – April 27, 1981)
    • m. Anne Lindsay Clark, 4 children, divorced
    • m. Irene Boyd McAlpin, no children
 
Margaret Truman
  • Steven Mark Brown (December 27, 1950 – September 28, 1990) filed lawsuit for a share of LBJ's estate; died of cancer before suit was resolved
 
Tricia Nixon Cox
 
Susan Ford
 
Amy Carter

Marriage with Jane Wyman

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  • Maureen Elizabeth Reagan Filippone Sills Revell (Adopted) (January 4, 1941 – August 3, 2001)
    • m. John Filippone, no children (div.)
    • m. David Sills, no children (div.)
    • m. Dennis Revell, one adopted child
  • Michael Reagan (adopted) (March 18, 1945 – )
    • m. Pamela Putnam, no children (div.)
    • m. Colleen Sterns, 2 children
  • Christine Reagan (June 27, 1947 – June 28, 1947) born too early to survive
 
Chelsea Clinton
 
Barbara and Jenna Bush
 
The Obama family in the Oval Office in December 2011
  • Malia Ann Obama (July 4, 1998 – )
  • Sasha Obama (June 10, 2001 – )

Marriage with Marla Maples

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  • Barron Trump (March 20, 2006 - )

References

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  • Bonnie Angelo, First Families: The Impact of the White House on Their Lives, ISBN 0060563567
  • 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 1886225850 (a children's book)
  • Quinn-Musgrove, Sandra L. and Kanter, Sanford, America's Royalty: All the President's Children, Olympic Marketing, ISBN 0313236453

Other websites

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