List of children of presidents of the United States



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.

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:


 * 1) Daniel Parke Custis (November 19, 1751 – February 19, 1754)
 * 2) 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.

alleged child with Venus (a slave)

 * Thomas Posey was also rumored to be the illegitimate son of George Washington. His actual parentage is unclear.

with Martha Jefferson

 * 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


 * 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:

Andrew and Rachel Jackson

 * No biological children together, adopted two:


 * Andrew and Rachel also served as guardians to eight children:

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

Millard and Abigail Fillmore

 * Fillmore's second wife was Caroline Fillmore but they had no children.

James Buchanan

 * No biological children, and never married but had two nieces of whom he was the legal guardian

Grover Cleveland and Maria Halpin

 * See also section on Grover and Frances Cleveland

Grover and Frances Cleveland

 * See also section on Grover Cleveland and Maria Halpin

Woodrow and Ellen Wilson

 * Wilson's second wife Edith Wilson, with her first husband Norman Galt, had one son, who died in infancy before her marriage to Wilson.

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

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.