List of children of presidents of the United States facts for kids

Children of U.S. presidents are the sons and daughters of the leaders of the United States. This list includes biological children, adopted children, and stepchildren. Sometimes, these children become famous in their own right. They often grow up around important political and social figures. Two presidential children, John Quincy Adams and George W. Bush, even became president themselves. John Scott Harrison is unique because he was the son of one president (William Henry Harrison) and the father of another (Benjamin Harrison).
Some presidents did not have any known biological children. These include George Washington, James Madison, Andrew Jackson, James K. Polk, and James Buchanan. However, some of their wives had children from earlier marriages. For example, Martha Washington and Dolley Madison had children before marrying their presidential husbands.
Being a child of a president can bring special opportunities. They might get government jobs or other advantages in politics. This is often due to family connections and wealth.
Contents
- Presidential Children Through History
- 18th Century Families
- 19th Century Families
- Thomas and Martha Jefferson's Family
- James and Dolley Madison's Family
- James and Elizabeth Monroe's Family
- John Quincy and Louisa Adams' Family
- Andrew and Rachel Jackson's Family
- Martin and Hannah Van Buren's Family
- William Henry and Anna Harrison's Family
- John and Letitia Tyler's Family
- John and Julia Tyler's Family
- James and Sarah Polk's Family
- Zachary and Margaret Taylor's Family
- Millard and Abigail Fillmore's Family
- Franklin and Jane Pierce's Family
- James Buchanan's Family
- Abraham and Mary Lincoln's Family
- Andrew and Eliza Johnson's Family
- Ulysses and Julia Grant's Family
- Rutherford and Lucy Hayes' Family
- James and Lucretia Garfield's Family
- Chester and Ellen Arthur's Family
- Grover and Frances Cleveland's Family
- Benjamin and Caroline Harrison's Family
- Benjamin and Mary Harrison's Family
- William and Ida McKinley's Family
- 20th Century Families
- Theodore and Alice Roosevelt's Family
- Theodore and Edith Roosevelt's Family
- William and Helen Taft's Family
- Woodrow and Ellen Wilson's Family
- Warren G. and Florence Harding's Family
- Calvin and Grace Coolidge's Family
- Herbert and Lou Hoover's Family
- Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt's Family
- Harry and Bess Truman's Family
- Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower's Family
- John and Jacqueline Kennedy's Family
- Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson's Family
- Richard and Pat Nixon's Family
- Gerald and Betty Ford's Family
- Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter's Family
- Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman's Family
- Ronald and Nancy Reagan's Family
- George H. W. and Barbara Bush's Family
- Bill and Hillary Clinton's Family
- 21st Century Families
- Living Presidential Children
Presidential Children Through History
This section looks at the children of U.S. presidents, organized by the century their fathers served.
18th Century Families
George and Martha Washington's Family
George Washington and Martha Washington did not have biological children together. Martha had four children from her first marriage to Daniel Parke Custis. Two of them died very young before she married George Washington.
- Daniel Parke Custis (born November 19, 1751 – died February 19, 1754)
- Frances Parke Custis (born April 12, 1753 – died April 1, 1757)
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John Parke Custis Nickname: Jacky |
November 27, 1754 – November 5, 1781 | Eleanor Calvert | Stepson; his father was Daniel Parke Custis.
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Martha Parke Custis Nickname: Patsy |
1756 – June 19, 1773 | No spouse | Stepdaughter; her father was Daniel Parke Custis. |
John and Abigail Adams' Family
John Adams and Abigail Adams had several children. Their son, John Quincy Adams, later became president.
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 four children. |
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John Quincy Adams 6th president (1825–1829) |
July 11, 1767 – February 23, 1848 | Louisa Catherine Johnson | He became the 6th president of the United States. |
Susanna Adams Nickname: Suky |
December 28, 1768 – February 4, 1770 | No spouse | Died from an unknown illness. | |
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Charles Adams | May 29, 1770 – November 30, 1800 | Sarah Smith | Father of two daughters. |
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Thomas Boylston Adams | September 15, 1772 – March 13, 1832 | Ann Harrod | Father of seven children. |
Elizabeth Adams | July 11, 1777 | No spouse | Born stillborn. |
19th Century Families
Thomas and Martha Jefferson's Family
Thomas Jefferson and Martha Jefferson had six children together.
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Martha Jefferson Nickname: Patsy |
September 27, 1772 – October 10, 1836 | Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. | Mother of twelve children. |
Jane Randolph Jefferson | April 3, 1774 – September 1775 | No spouse | Died young from unknown causes. | |
May 28 – June 14, 1777 | Died as a baby. | |||
Mary Jefferson Nickname: Polly or Maria |
August 1, 1778 – April 17, 1804 | John Wayles Eppes | Mother of three children. | |
Lucy Elizabeth Jefferson (I) | November 30, 1780 – April 15, 1781 | No spouse | Died from an illness. | |
Lucy Elizabeth Jefferson (II) | May 8, 1782 – about October 13, 1784 | Died from whooping cough. |
Martha Jefferson also had a son, John Skelton, with her first husband Bathurst Skelton. He died before she married Jefferson.
James and Dolley Madison's Family
James Madison and Dolley Madison did not have biological children together. Dolley had two sons from her first marriage. James Madison helped raise the older son.
James and Elizabeth Monroe's Family
James Monroe and Elizabeth Monroe had three children.
John Quincy and Louisa Adams' Family
John Quincy Adams and Louisa Adams had four children.
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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George Washington Adams | April 12, 1801 – April 30, 1829 | None | Died by drowning after jumping from a boat. |
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John Adams II | July 4, 1803 – October 23, 1834 | Mary Catherine Hellen | Father of two daughters. |
June 22, 1806 | No spouse | Born stillborn. | ||
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Charles Francis Adams | August 18, 1807 – November 21, 1886 | Abigail Brown Brooks | Served as Ambassador to the United Kingdom. Father of seven children, including Henry Brooks Adams. |
Louisa Catherine Adams | August 12, 1811 – September 15, 1812 | No spouse | Died in Saint Petersburg, Russia from an unknown illness. |
Andrew and Rachel Jackson's Family
Andrew Jackson and Rachel Jackson did not have biological children. They informally adopted four children and also served as guardians for many others.
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Andrew Jackson Jr. | December 4, 1808 – April 17, 1865 | Sarah Yorke | Biological child of Rachel's brother, adopted as a baby. Father of five children. |
Lyncoya Jackson | about 1811 – July 1, 1828 | No spouse, no children | A Muscogee boy who survived the Battle of Tallushatchee. He died of tuberculosis at age 16. | |
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Andrew Jackson Donelson | August 25, 1799 – June 26, 1871 | Emily Tennessee Donelson | Orphaned nephew of Rachel. |
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Daniel Smith Donelson | June 23, 1801 – April 17, 1863 | Margaret Donelson | Orphaned nephew of Rachel. |
Martin and Hannah Van Buren's Family
Martin Van Buren and Hannah Van Buren had six children.
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Abraham Van Buren II | November 1807 – March 15, 1873 | Angelica Singleton | Father of five children. |
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John Van Buren | February 18, 1810 – October 13, 1866 | Elizabeth Vanderpoel | Father of one daughter. |
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 as a baby. | ||
Smith Thompson Van Buren | January 16, 1817 – December 10, 1876 | Ellen King James Henrietta Eckford Irving |
Father of seven children between his two wives. | |
1818 or about 1807 | No spouse | Born stillborn. |
William Henry and Anna Harrison's Family
William Henry Harrison and Anna Harrison had ten children.
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Elizabeth Bassett Harrison Nickname: Betsy |
September 29, 1796 – September 27, 1846 | John Cleves Short | Mother of one child. | |
John Cleves Symmes Harrison | October 28, 1798 – October 30, 1830 | Clarissa Pike | Father of five children. | |
Lucy Singleton Harrison | September 1800 – April 7, 1826 | David K. Este | Mother of three children. | |
William Henry Harrison Jr. | September 3, 1802 – February 6, 1838 | Jane Findlay Irwin | Father of three children. | |
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John Scott Harrison | October 4, 1804 – May 25, 1878 | Lucretia Knapp Johnson | Father of three children. |
Elizabeth Ramsey Irwin | Father of ten children, including the 23rd president, Benjamin Harrison. | |||
Benjamin Harrison | 1806 – June 9, 1840 | Louisa Smith Bonner | Father of two children. | |
Mary Raney | Father of three children. | |||
Mary Symmes Harrison | January 22, 1809 – November 16, 1842 | John Henry Fitzhugh Thornton | Mother of six children. | |
Carter Bassett Harrison | October 26, 1811 – August 12, 1839 | Mary Anne Sutherland | Father of one child. | |
Anna Tuthill Harrison | October 28, 1813 – July 5, 1845 | William Henry Harrison Taylor | Mother of seven children. | |
James Findlay Harrison | 1814–1817 | No spouse | Died young from unknown causes. |
John and Letitia Tyler's Family
John Tyler and Letitia Tyler had eight children.
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Mary Tyler | April 15, 1815 – June 17, 1847 | Henry Lightfoot Jones | Mother of two children. | |
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Robert Tyler | September 9, 1816 – December 3, 1877 | Elizabeth Priscilla Cooper | Father of eight children. |
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John Tyler Jr. | April 27, 1819 – January 26, 1896 | Martha Rochelle | Father of three children. |
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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 | Mother of five children. | |
Anne Contesse Tyler | April 5 – July 1825 | No spouse | Died as a baby. | |
Alice Tyler | March 23, 1827 – June 8, 1854 | Henry Mandeville Denison | Mother of one daughter. | |
Tazewell Tyler | December 6, 1830 – January 8, 1874 | Nannie Bridges | Father of one daughter. |
John and Julia Tyler's Family
After Letitia's death, John Tyler married Julia Tyler. They had seven children.
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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David Gardiner Tyler Nickname: Gardie |
July 12, 1846 – September 5, 1927 | Mary Morris Jones | Father of five children. |
John Alexander Tyler Nickname: Alex |
April 7, 1848 – September 1, 1883 | Sarah Griswold Gardiner | Father of two children. | |
Julia Gardiner Tyler | December 25, 1849 – May 8, 1871 | William H. Spencer | Mother of Julia Tyler Spencer Cheever. | |
Lachlan Tyler | December 2, 1851 – January 26, 1902 | Georgia Webb Powell | No children. | |
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Lyon Gardiner Tyler | August 24, 1853 – February 12, 1935 | Anne Baker Tucker | Father of three children. |
Sue Ruffin | Father of three children, including Lyon Gardiner Tyler Jr. and Harrison Ruffin Tyler. | |||
Robert Fitzwalter Tyler | March 12, 1856 – December 30, 1927 | Fannie Glenn | Father of at least three children. | |
Margaret Pearl Tyler | June 20, 1860 – June 30, 1947 | William Munford Ellis | Mother of eight children. |
James and Sarah Polk's Family
James Polk and Sarah Polk were the only presidential couple who never had children, either biological, adopted, or from previous marriages. They did take in two legal wards.
Zachary and Margaret Taylor's Family
Zachary Taylor and Margaret Taylor had six children.
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. | |
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Sarah Knox Taylor Nickname: Knoxie |
March 6, 1814 – September 15, 1835 | Jefferson F. Davis | Died from malaria shortly after getting married. |
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. | ||
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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 because her mother was ill. |
Philip Pendleton Dandridge | ||||
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Richard Taylor Nickname: Dick |
January 27, 1826 – April 17, 1879 | Louise Marie Myrthe Bringier | Father of five children. |
Millard and Abigail Fillmore's Family
Millard Fillmore and Abigail Fillmore had two children.
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Millard Powers Fillmore Nickname: Powers |
April 25, 1828 – November 15, 1889 | No spouse and no children | He was the last living descendant of President Fillmore. |
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Mary Abigail Fillmore Nickname: Abby |
March 27, 1832 – July 26, 1854 | She served as the 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's Family
Franklin Pierce and Jane Pierce had three sons, but all died young.
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Franklin Pierce Jr. | February 2–5, 1836 | No spouse | Died from birth complications. | |
Frank Robert Pierce | August 27, 1839 – November 14, 1843 | Died of typhus. | ||
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Benjamin Pierce Nickname: Benny |
April 13, 1841 – January 6, 1853 | Died in a train accident in front of his parents, just weeks before his father became president. |
James Buchanan's Family
James Buchanan never married or had children. He was the legal guardian of two nieces.
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Mary Elizabeth Speer Lane | 1826–1855 | George Washington Baker | Adopted daughter; she was his niece. | |
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Harriet Rebecca Lane | May 9, 1830 – July 3, 1903 | Henry Elliott Johnston | Adopted daughter; she was his niece. She served as acting First Lady. Mother of two sons. |
Abraham and Mary Lincoln's Family
Abraham Lincoln and Mary Lincoln had four sons, but only one lived to adulthood.
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. Father of three children. |
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Edward Baker Lincoln Nickname: Eddie |
March 10, 1846 – February 1, 1850 | No spouse | Died of a long-term illness. |
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William Wallace Lincoln Nickname: Willie |
December 21, 1850 – February 20, 1862 | Died from typhoid fever. | |
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Thomas Lincoln III Nickname: Tad |
April 4, 1853 – July 15, 1871 | The cause of Tad Lincoln's death is thought to be tuberculosis or a heart problem. |
Andrew and Eliza Johnson's Family
Andrew Johnson and Eliza Johnson had five children.
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Martha Johnson | October 25, 1828 – July 10, 1901 | David Trotter Patterson | Mother of two children. |
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Charles Johnson | February 19, 1830 – April 4, 1863 | No spouse and no children | |
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Mary Johnson | May 8, 1832 – April 19, 1883 | Daniel Stover | Mother of three children. |
William R. Brown | ||||
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Robert Johnson | February 22, 1834 – April 22, 1869 | No spouse and no children | |
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Andrew Johnson Jr. Nickname: Frank |
August 5, 1852 – March 12, 1879 | Bessie May Rumbough | No children. |
Ulysses and Julia Grant's Family
Ulysses S. Grant and Julia Grant had four children.
Rutherford and Lucy Hayes' Family
Rutherford B. Hayes and Lucy Hayes had eight children.
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Birchard Austin Hayes | November 4, 1853 – January 24, 1926 | Mary Nancy Sherman | Father of five children. |
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James Webb Cook Hayes Nickname: Webb |
March 20, 1856 – July 26, 1934 | Mary Otis Brinkerhoff Miller | No children. |
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Rutherford Platt Hayes | June 24, 1858 – July 31, 1927 | Lucy Hayes Platt | Father of three children. |
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 | Mother of one 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 as a baby from dysentery. |
James and Lucretia Garfield's Family
James A. Garfield and Lucretia Garfield had seven children.
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Eliza Arabella Garfield Nickname: Trot |
July 3, 1860 – December 3, 1863 | No spouse | Died of diphtheria. | |
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Harry Augustus Garfield Nickname: Hal |
October 11, 1863 – December 12, 1942 | Belle Hartford Mason | Father of four children. |
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James Rudolph Garfield | October 17, 1865 – March 24, 1950 | Helen Newell | Was Secretary of the Interior. Father of four children. |
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Mary Garfield Nickname: Mollie |
January 16, 1867 – December 30, 1947 | Joseph Stanley-Brown | Mother of three children. |
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Irvin McDowell Garfield | August 3, 1870 – July 18, 1951 | Susan Emmons | Father of three children. |
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Abram Garfield | November 21, 1872 – October 16, 1958 | Sarah Granger Williams | Father of two children. |
Helen Grannis Matthews | No children. | |||
Edward Garfield | December 25, 1874 – October 25, 1876 | No spouse | Died of whooping cough. |
Chester and Ellen Arthur's Family
Chester A. Arthur and Ellen Arthur had three children.
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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William Lewis Arthur | December 10, 1860 – July 7, 1863 | No spouse | Died of convulsions. | |
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Chester Alan Arthur II Nickname: Alan |
July 25, 1864 – July 18, 1937 | Myra Townsend | Father of two children. |
Rowena Graves | ||||
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Ellen Hansbrough Herndon Arthur Nickname: Nell |
November 21, 1871 – September 6, 1915 | Charles Pinkerton | No children. |
Grover and Frances Cleveland's Family
Grover Cleveland and Frances Cleveland had five children.
Benjamin and Caroline Harrison's Family
Benjamin Harrison and Caroline Harrison had three children.
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Russell Benjamin Harrison | August 12, 1854 – December 13, 1936 | May Angeline Saunders | Father of two children. |
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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 two children. |
Unnamed daughter | June 13, 1861 | No spouse | Born stillborn. |
Benjamin and Mary Harrison's Family
After Caroline's death, Benjamin Harrison married Mary Harrison. They had one daughter.
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Elizabeth Harrison Walker | February 21, 1897 – December 25, 1955 | James Blaine Walker | Mother of two children. |
William and Ida McKinley's Family
William McKinley and Ida McKinley had two daughters, both of whom died young.
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Katherine McKinley Nickname: Katie |
December 25, 1871 – June 25, 1875 | No spouse | Died of typhoid fever. |
Ida McKinley | April 1 – August 22, 1873 | No spouse | Died as a baby. |
20th Century Families
Theodore and Alice Roosevelt's Family
Theodore Roosevelt had one daughter with his first wife, 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. |
Theodore and Edith Roosevelt's Family
Theodore Roosevelt had five more children with his second wife, Edith Roosevelt.
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Theodore Roosevelt Jr. Nickname: Ted |
September 13, 1887 – July 12, 1944 | Eleanor Butler Alexander | Served as Governor General of the Philippines. Father of four children. |
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Kermit Roosevelt | October 10, 1889 – June 4, 1943 | Belle Wyatt Willard | Father of four children. |
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Ethel Carow Roosevelt | August 13, 1891 – December 10, 1977 | Richard Derby | Mother of four children. |
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Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt Nickname: Archie |
April 10, 1894 – October 13, 1979 | Grace Lockwood | Father of four children. |
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Quentin Roosevelt Nickname: Quentyquee or Quinikins |
November 19, 1897 – July 14, 1918 | No spouse and no children | Died in combat during World War I. |
William and Helen Taft's Family
William Howard Taft and Helen Taft had three children.
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Robert Alphonso Taft | September 8, 1889 – July 31, 1953 | Martha Wheaton Bowers | A U.S. senator and Senate Majority Leader. Father of four children. |
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Helen Herron Taft Nickname: Helene |
August 1, 1891 – February 21, 1987 | Frederick Johnson Manning | Mother of two children. |
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Charles Phelps Taft II Nickname: Charlie |
September 20, 1897 – June 24, 1983 | Eleanor Kellogg Chase | Served as Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio. Father of seven children. |
Woodrow and Ellen Wilson's Family
Woodrow Wilson and Ellen Wilson had three daughters.
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 short time. |
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Jessie Woodrow Wilson | August 28, 1887 – January 15, 1933 | Francis Bowes Sayre Sr. | Mother of three children. |
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Eleanor Randolph Wilson | October 16, 1889 – April 5, 1967 | William Gibbs McAdoo | Mother of two children. |
Wilson's second wife, Edith Wilson, had one son from her first marriage who died as a baby before she married Wilson.
Warren G. and Florence Harding's Family
Warren G. Harding and Florence Harding had one stepson.
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Marshall Eugene DeWolfe Nickname: Pete |
September 22, 1880 – January 1, 1915 | Esther Naomi Neely | Stepson from Florence's first marriage. Father of two children. |
Calvin and Grace Coolidge's Family
Calvin Coolidge and Grace Coolidge had two sons.
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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John Coolidge | September 7, 1906 – May 31, 2000 | Florence Trumbull | Father of two daughters. |
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Calvin Coolidge Jr. | April 13, 1908 – July 7, 1924 | No spouse | Died of blood poisoning. |
Herbert and Lou Hoover's Family
Herbert Hoover and Lou Hoover had two sons.
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. Father of three children. |
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Allan Henry Hoover | July 17, 1907 – November 4, 1993 | Margaret Coberly | Father of three children. |
Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt's Family
Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt had six children.
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | |
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Anna Eleanor Roosevelt | May 3, 1906 – December 1, 1975 | Curtis Bean Dall | Mother of two children. |
Clarence John Boettiger | Mother of John Roosevelt Boettiger. | |||
James Addison Halsted | No children with James Halsted. | |||
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James Roosevelt Nickname: Jimmy |
December 23, 1907 – August 13, 1991 | Betsey Maria Cushing | Father of two children. |
Romelle Theresa Schneider | Father of three children. | |||
Gladys Irene Owens | Father of Hall Delano Roosevelt. | |||
Mary Lena Winskill | Father of Rebecca Mary Roosevelt. | |||
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. (I) | March 18, 1909 – November 8, 1909 | No spouse | Died as a baby. | |
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Elliott Roosevelt | September 23, 1910 – October 27, 1990 | Elizabeth Browning Donner | Father of William Donner Roosevelt. |
Ruth Josephine Googins | Father of three children. | |||
Faye Margaret Emerson | No children with Faye Emerson. | |||
Minnewa Bell | No children with Minnewa Bell. | |||
Patricia Peabody Whitehead | Father of Livingston Delano Roosevelt. He also adopted four stepchildren. | |||
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. (II) | August 17, 1914 – August 17, 1988 | Ethel du Pont | Father of two children. |
Suzanne Perrin | Father of two children. | |||
Felicia Schiff Warburg | No children with Felicia Warburg Roosevelt. | |||
Patricia Luisa Oakes | Father of John Alexander Roosevelt. | |||
Linda McKay Stevenson | No children with Linda Stevenson Roosevelt. | |||
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John Aspinwall Roosevelt II | March 13, 1916 – April 27, 1981 | Anne Lindsay Clark | Father of four children. |
Irene Elder Boyd | No children with Irene Boyd Roosevelt. |
Harry and Bess Truman's Family
Harry S. Truman and Bess Truman had one daughter.
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 four children. | Independence, Missouri |
Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower's Family
Dwight D. Eisenhower and Mamie Eisenhower had two sons.
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 |
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John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower | August 3, 1922 – December 21, 2013 | Barbara Jean Thompson | Served as Ambassador to Belgium. Father of four children. | Denver, Colorado |
Joanne Thompson | No children. |
John and Jacqueline Kennedy's Family
John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy had four children, but only one lived to adulthood.
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | Place of birth | |
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Arabella Kennedy | August 23, 1956 | No spouse | Stillborn daughter. | Newport Hospital, Rhode Island |
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Caroline Bouvier Kennedy | Born November 27, 1957 | Edwin Arthur Schlossberg | Served as Ambassador to Japan and Ambassador to Australia. Mother of three children. | Manhattan, New York |
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr. Nickname: John-John |
November 25, 1960 – July 16, 1999 | Carolyn Jeanne Bessette | No children. Died in a plane crash. | Washington, D.C. |
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Patrick Bouvier Kennedy | August 7–9, 1963 | no spouse | Died after being born too early. | Otis Air Force Base, Massachusetts |
Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson's Family
Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson had two daughters.
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | Place of birth | |
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Lynda Bird Johnson | Born March 19, 1944 | Charles Spittal Robb | She is currently the oldest living presidential child. Mother of three children. | Washington, D.C. |
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Lucy Baines Johnson Nickname: Luci |
Born July 2, 1947 | Patrick John Nugent | Mother of four children. | |
Ian Johnstone Turpin | One stepson. |
Richard and Pat Nixon's Family
Richard Nixon and Pat Nixon had two daughters.
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. | Whittier, California |
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Julie Nixon | Born July 5, 1948 | Dwight David Eisenhower II son of John Eisenhower and grandson of President Dwight Eisenhower |
Mother of three children. | Washington, D.C. |
Gerald and Betty Ford's Family
Gerald Ford and Betty Ford had four children.
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | Place of birth | |
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Michael Gerald Ford | Born March 14, 1950 | Gayle Ann Brumbaugh | Father of three children. | East Grand Rapids, Michigan |
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John Gardner Ford Nickname: Jack |
Born March 16, 1952 | Juliann Felando | Father of two children. | |
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Steven Meigs Ford | Born May 19, 1956 | No spouse | No children. | |
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Susan Elizabeth Ford | Born July 6, 1957 | Charles Vance | Mother of two children. | Washington, D.C. |
Vaden Bales | No children with Vaden Bales. |
Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter's Family
Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter had four children.
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 two children. | Portsmouth, Virginia | |
Elizabeth Brasfield | Two stepchildren. | ||||
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James Earl Carter III Nickname: Chip, Jim III, and Jimmy Jr. |
Born April 12, 1950 | Caron Griffin | Father of James Earl Carter IV. | Honolulu, Hawaii |
Ginger Hodges | Father of Margaret Alicia Carter. | ||||
Becky Payne | One stepson. | ||||
Donnel Jeffrey Carter Nickname: Jeff |
Born August 18, 1952 | Annette Jene Davis (1952–2021) | Father of three children. | New London, Connecticut | |
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Amy Lynn Carter | Born October 19, 1967 | James Gregory Wentzel | Mother of Hugo James Wentzel. | Plains, Georgia |
John Joseph "Jay" Kelly | Mother of Errol Carter Kelly. |
Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman's Family
Ronald Reagan had three children with his first wife, 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 Margaret "Rita" Mirembe Revell (adopted). | ||||
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Michael Edward Reagan (adopted)
Nickname: Mike |
Born March 18, 1945 | Pamela Gail Putnam | No children. | |
Colleen Sterns | Father of two children. | ||||
Christine Reagan | June 26, 1947 – June 27, 1947 | No spouse | Died shortly after birth. |
Ronald and Nancy Reagan's Family
Ronald Reagan had two children with his second wife, 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 |
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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's Family
George H. W. Bush and Barbara Bush had six children.
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 | Served as the 46th governor of Texas and 43rd president of the United States. | New Haven, Connecticut |
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Pauline Robinson Bush Nickname: Robin |
December 20, 1949 – October 11, 1953 | No spouse | Died of leukemia. | Compton, California |
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John Ellis Bush Nickname: Jeb |
Born February 11, 1953 | Columba Garnica Gallo | Served as the 43rd governor of Florida. Father of three children. | Midland, Texas |
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Neil Mallon Bush | Born January 22, 1955 | Sharon Smith | Father of three children. | |
Maria Manass Andrews | Three stepchildren. | ||||
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Marvin Pierce Bush | Born October 22, 1956 | Margaret Conway Molster | Father of two adopted children. | |
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Dorothy Walker Bush Nickname: Doro |
Born August 18, 1959 | William LeBlond | Mother of two children. | Harris County, Texas |
Robert P. Koch | Mother of two children. |
Bill and Hillary Clinton's Family
Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton had one daughter.
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | Place of birth | |
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Chelsea Victoria Clinton | Born February 27, 1980 | Marc Mezvinsky | Mother of three children. | Little Rock, Arkansas |
21st Century Families
George W. and Laura Bush's Family
George W. Bush and Laura Bush had two daughters.
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | Place of birth | |
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Barbara Pierce Bush | Born November 25, 1981 | Craig Louis Coyne | Mother of two children. | Dallas, Texas |
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Jenna Welch Bush | Henry Chase Hager | Mother of three children. |
Barack and Michelle Obama's Family
Barack Obama and Michelle Obama have two daughters.
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | Place of birth | |
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Malia Ann Obama | Born July 4, 1998 | Unmarried | Chicago, Illinois | |
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Natasha Marian Obama Nickname: Sasha |
Born June 10, 2001 |
Donald and Ivana Trump's Family
Donald Trump had three children with his first wife, 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 |
He helps manage The Trump Organization. Father of five children. | Manhattan, New York |
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Ivana Marie Trump Nickname: Ivanka |
Born October 30, 1981 | Jared Corey Kushner | Served as a Senior Advisor to the President. Mother of three children. | |
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Eric Frederick Trump | Born January 6, 1984 | Lara Lea Yunaska | He helps manage The Trump Organization. Father of two children. |
Donald Trump and Marla Maples' Family
Donald Trump had one daughter with Marla Maples.
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | Place of birth | |
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Tiffany Ariana Trump | Born October 13, 1993 | Michael Boulos | Mother of Alexander Trump Boulos. | West Palm Beach, Florida |
Donald and Melania Trump's Family
Donald Trump has one son with Melania Trump.
Child | Lifetime | Spouse | Notes | Place of birth | |
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Barron William Trump | Born March 20, 2006 | Unmarried | He is the youngest living child of any president. | Manhattan, New York |
Joe and Neilia Hunter Biden's Family
Joe Biden had three children with his first wife, 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 | Served as Attorney General of Delaware. Father of two children. | Wilmington, Delaware |
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Robert Hunter Biden Nickname: Hunter |
Born February 4, 1970 | Kathleen Buhle Divorced |
Father of three children. | |
Lunden Roberts | Father of Navy Joan Roberts. | ||||
Melissa Cohen | Father of Joseph Robinette "Beau" Biden IV. | ||||
Naomi Christina Biden Nickname: Amy |
November 8, 1971 – December 18, 1972 | No spouse | Died in a car accident with her mother. |
Joe and Jill Biden's Family
Joe Biden has one daughter with his second wife, 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 July 2025, there are 33 known living children of U.S. presidents. They are listed below from oldest to youngest. The children of the current president, Donald Trump, are highlighted. 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 Bush | October 22, 1956 | George H. W. Bush |
Susan Ford Bales | July 6, 1957 | Gerald Ford |
Caroline Kennedy | November 27, 1957 | John F. Kennedy |
Ron Reagan | May 20, 1958 | Ronald Reagan |
Dorothy Bush Koch | August 18, 1959 | George H. W. Bush |
Amy Carter | October 19, 1967 | Jimmy Carter |
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 pass away was Beau Biden, the oldest son of Joe Biden. He died on May 30, 2015, at age 46, before his father became president. The most recent presidential child to pass away who lived during their father's presidency was John Eisenhower, the only surviving son of Dwight D. Eisenhower. He died on December 21, 2013, at age 91. He was also the father-in-law of Julie Nixon Eisenhower, who is also a presidential child.