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                Doug Wead's Children of the Presidents

                Triumph and tragedy 
                in the lives of the first families

                http://www.dougwead.com/  
                Here is the complete website on the children of the Presidents of the United States.  Snapshot biographies, trivia and commentary. Excerpts from Doug Wead's New York Times bestseller, All the Presidents' Children.

                Alice Roosevelt

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                Alice Roosevelt, the colorful and mischievous daughter of Theodore Roosevelt, was a celebrity in her time.  The number one hit song in the nation was about her.  A color was named after her.  When she walked down the grand staircase of the White House on her wedding day, women broke into sobs and some fainted, saying afterward that she was the most beautiful creature they had ever seen.

                Robert Todd Lincoln

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                Former President Taft, President Harding and Lincoln in 1922.
                Robert Todd Lincoln, seen above on the right at the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial,  was one of the most successful of presidential children.  He was one of the wealthiest men in American, serving as president of the Pullman Palace Car Company, the Microsoft of its day.  He was the Secretary of War under James Garfield and was Ambassador to the Court of St. James.  Heads of State visiting the United States often asked to meet with Abraham Lincoln's son.

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                Tricia Nixon Cox had the only White House Rose Garden wedding of a presidents' child.

                Susan Ford Bales

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                Susan Ford
                Susan Ford Bales, daughter of President Gerald Ford, is a photojournalist, New York Times bestselling mystery writer and  chairman of the board of the Betty Ford Clinic.  She was an understudy of Ansel Adams. Her pictures have appeared in many of the world's greatest publications.

                Michael Reagan

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                Ronald Reagan with his son, Michael, and grandkids
                The Reagan's were a modern family.  Maureen and Michael Reagan were children from the President's first marriage.  Patti 
                Davis and Ron Reagan, Jr. were the children of the President and First Lady, Nancy Reagan.  Michael is a successful author and television-radio commentator.

                Amy Carter

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                Amy Carter being introduced to Chairman Brezhnev
                Amy Carter, youngest daughter to President Jimmy Carter,  caught the imagination of the nation.  In 1980, the President mentioned her in the national debates, saying that he asked her to name the most important issue in the election and she had said nuclear disarmament.  It became an issue for some who joked that the president was getting his advice from his daughter.


                All the Presidents'  Children
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                Presidents Children

                Chelsea Clinton's Wedding

                Caroline Kennedy

                Jenna Bush Wedding

                Julie Eisenhower