21. President Chester Alan Arthur (1881-1885)
Nell Arthur, the First Lady.
William Lewis Arthur
He was born December 10, 1860 and died on July 7, 1863. William died of convulsions at the age of two. Chester Alan Arthur II He was born July 25, 1864 and died of a heart attack on July 17, 1937. He made a career out of using his father's name and hobnobbing with celebrities in Europe. "Alan" Arthur married twice and had one child.
Ellen Herndon "Nell" Arthur Pinkerton
She was born November 21, 1871 and died on September 6, 1915. Nell was nine years old when her family moved into the White House. The press respected her father's wish that his only daughter grow up in complete privacy. She married Charles Pinkerton, lived in upstate New York and died at age 43 from surgical complications.
He was born December 10, 1860 and died on July 7, 1863. William died of convulsions at the age of two. Chester Alan Arthur II He was born July 25, 1864 and died of a heart attack on July 17, 1937. He made a career out of using his father's name and hobnobbing with celebrities in Europe. "Alan" Arthur married twice and had one child.
Ellen Herndon "Nell" Arthur Pinkerton
She was born November 21, 1871 and died on September 6, 1915. Nell was nine years old when her family moved into the White House. The press respected her father's wish that his only daughter grow up in complete privacy. She married Charles Pinkerton, lived in upstate New York and died at age 43 from surgical complications.
22 & 24. President Grover Cleveland (1885-1889 and 1893-1897)
The President and First Lady with 'Baby Ruth.'
Oscar Folsom Cleveland
He was born in 1874. Date of death unknown. T here were unsubstantiated reports that Oscar died in his late twenties of alcoholism. Grover Cleveland accepted responsibility as father of an illegitimate son born to a widow, Maria Crofts Halpin. It was later learned that the woman in question had ongoing relations with a number of men. Cleveland, the only single man among them, had stepped forward to help with the child, even while uncertain if he was the father. Cleveland arranged for Oscar to be adopted by a wealthy couple in New York after Maria was institutionalized. Oscar reportedly succeeded in an educational career or, by some accounts, as a medical doctor. Other reports have him dying of alcoholism before he turned thirty.
Ruth Cleveland
She was born October 3, 1891 and died of diphtheria on January 7, 1904. She was only 12. The nation immediately took a liking to the frolicking infant in the White House affectionately naming her " Baby Ruth." Her tragic death came as a surprise, and the whole nation mourned. In 1921, the Curtis Candy Company supposedly renamed one of its candy bars "Baby Ruth" in her honor.
Esther Cleveland Bosanquet
She was born September 9, 1893 and died June 26, 1980. Esther was actually born in the White House. Her wedding to Captain William Sydney Bence Bosanquet, the son of Sir Albert Bosanquet, was held at Westminster Abbey, and became an important international social event. They bore two children and lived most of their lives in Yorkshire. In her latter years, Esther returned to the United States and lived quietly in New Hampshire until her death.
Marion Cleveland Dell Amen
She was born July 7, 1895 and died June 18, 1977. Marion was twice married, first to William Stanley Dell with whom she had a daughter and, after his death, to John Harlan Amen. Marion spent 17 year of her life dedicated to serving the Girl Scouts of America. She served as community relations adviser. Marion's later husband John became famous as a Special Assistant to the U. S. Attorney and served on the U.S. legal staff at the Nuremberg war crimes trials in Germany.
Richard Folsom "Dick" Cleveland
He was born October 28, 1897and died January 10, 1974. Dick was a graduate of Princeton and Harvard Law School, a marine officer in World War I and a career lawyer at a large firm in Baltimore.
Francis Grover Cleveland
He was born July 18, 1903. Date of death unknown. He was five when his presidential father died. Reared by his stepfather and the former First Lady, he graduated from Harvard with a degree in drama. He married Alice Erdman. He never reached success on the stage and vanished from public life.
He was born in 1874. Date of death unknown. T here were unsubstantiated reports that Oscar died in his late twenties of alcoholism. Grover Cleveland accepted responsibility as father of an illegitimate son born to a widow, Maria Crofts Halpin. It was later learned that the woman in question had ongoing relations with a number of men. Cleveland, the only single man among them, had stepped forward to help with the child, even while uncertain if he was the father. Cleveland arranged for Oscar to be adopted by a wealthy couple in New York after Maria was institutionalized. Oscar reportedly succeeded in an educational career or, by some accounts, as a medical doctor. Other reports have him dying of alcoholism before he turned thirty.
Ruth Cleveland
She was born October 3, 1891 and died of diphtheria on January 7, 1904. She was only 12. The nation immediately took a liking to the frolicking infant in the White House affectionately naming her " Baby Ruth." Her tragic death came as a surprise, and the whole nation mourned. In 1921, the Curtis Candy Company supposedly renamed one of its candy bars "Baby Ruth" in her honor.
Esther Cleveland Bosanquet
She was born September 9, 1893 and died June 26, 1980. Esther was actually born in the White House. Her wedding to Captain William Sydney Bence Bosanquet, the son of Sir Albert Bosanquet, was held at Westminster Abbey, and became an important international social event. They bore two children and lived most of their lives in Yorkshire. In her latter years, Esther returned to the United States and lived quietly in New Hampshire until her death.
Marion Cleveland Dell Amen
She was born July 7, 1895 and died June 18, 1977. Marion was twice married, first to William Stanley Dell with whom she had a daughter and, after his death, to John Harlan Amen. Marion spent 17 year of her life dedicated to serving the Girl Scouts of America. She served as community relations adviser. Marion's later husband John became famous as a Special Assistant to the U. S. Attorney and served on the U.S. legal staff at the Nuremberg war crimes trials in Germany.
Richard Folsom "Dick" Cleveland
He was born October 28, 1897and died January 10, 1974. Dick was a graduate of Princeton and Harvard Law School, a marine officer in World War I and a career lawyer at a large firm in Baltimore.
Francis Grover Cleveland
He was born July 18, 1903. Date of death unknown. He was five when his presidential father died. Reared by his stepfather and the former First Lady, he graduated from Harvard with a degree in drama. He married Alice Erdman. He never reached success on the stage and vanished from public life.
23. President Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893)
Russel B. Harrison
Russell Benjamin Harrison
He was born August 12, 1854, and died on December 13, 1936. He joined his father's White House staff, while his wife, Angeline Saunders, became official White House hostess for an ailing first lady. He was enbroiled in a railroad stock scandal. He had an army career, ran a streetcar company in Indiana, and served in the state legislature.
Mary "Mamie" Scott Harrison McKee
She was born April 3, 1858 and she died of cancer on October 28, 1930. She married James Robert McKee and had two children, but was a widow by the time her father became president. Mamie and her two sons lived in the White House during her father's first term. She was considered a beauty and impressed Washington society as a glamorous hostess. Mamie strongly protested her widowed father's marriage to a woman her exact age.
Elizabeth Harrison Walker
She was born February 21, 1897 and died on December 26, 1955. She was the only child by Harrison's second marriage. A graduate of New York University Law School, she married James Blaine Walker, a grandnephew of a member of her father's Cabinet. Ahead of her time, Elizabeth was a member of the Bar in two states, a leader in society and active in public life.
He was born August 12, 1854, and died on December 13, 1936. He joined his father's White House staff, while his wife, Angeline Saunders, became official White House hostess for an ailing first lady. He was enbroiled in a railroad stock scandal. He had an army career, ran a streetcar company in Indiana, and served in the state legislature.
Mary "Mamie" Scott Harrison McKee
She was born April 3, 1858 and she died of cancer on October 28, 1930. She married James Robert McKee and had two children, but was a widow by the time her father became president. Mamie and her two sons lived in the White House during her father's first term. She was considered a beauty and impressed Washington society as a glamorous hostess. Mamie strongly protested her widowed father's marriage to a woman her exact age.
Elizabeth Harrison Walker
She was born February 21, 1897 and died on December 26, 1955. She was the only child by Harrison's second marriage. A graduate of New York University Law School, she married James Blaine Walker, a grandnephew of a member of her father's Cabinet. Ahead of her time, Elizabeth was a member of the Bar in two states, a leader in society and active in public life.
25. President William McKinley (1897-1901)
The McKinleys
Katherine "Katie" McKinley
She was born December 25, 1871, and died on June 25, 1875. All the love her parents showered her with could not save her. The McKinley firstborn died of typhoid fever at the age of three.
Ida McKinley
he was born April 1, 1873 and died that August 22, 1873. After giving birth to her namesake, First Lady Ida McKinley was stricken with a litany of lifelong illnesses that included epileptic seizures and phlebitis.
She was born December 25, 1871, and died on June 25, 1875. All the love her parents showered her with could not save her. The McKinley firstborn died of typhoid fever at the age of three.
Ida McKinley
he was born April 1, 1873 and died that August 22, 1873. After giving birth to her namesake, First Lady Ida McKinley was stricken with a litany of lifelong illnesses that included epileptic seizures and phlebitis.
26. President Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909)
Alice, 'the other Washington Monument'
Alice Lee Roosevelt Longworth
She was born February 12, 1884 and died at age ninety-six on February 20, 1980. She was the only child born to Theodore Roosevelt and his first wife, Alice Lee Hathaway. She was 17 when her father became president, the press dubbed her "Princess Alice." In 1906 she married Congressman Nicholas Longworth in a high profile White House wedding. Her husband Nick Longworth went on to become Speaker of the House.
Theodore "Ted" Roosevelt, Jr.
He was born September 13, 1887 and died on July 12, 1944. Ted was a Harvard-educated military hero in both World Wars I and II. He won every award available to ground forces, including the Medal of Honor. He was a governor of Puerto Rico and the Philippines. He served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy during the infamous Teapot Dome scandal. Although innocent of any wrongdoing, it doomed his political career. In later years, Ted returned to military service in World War II serving as a Brigadier General. Ted, Jr. died of a heart attack at age fifty-six.
Kermit Roosevelt
He was born October 10, 1889 and died June 4, 1943. He lived the life of an adventurer, exploring the Amazon with his father, winning the British Military Cross as a soldier of fortune and joining the U. S. Army just in time for World War I. He married Belle Wyatt Willard and had four children. He was back in action during the Second World War, reaching the rank of major. According to official histories, he died in the middle of the war from dysentery contracted in the Middle East. But in 1980 it became public that he suffered from chronic alcoholism and had in fact shot himself.
Ethel Carow Roosevelt Derby
She was born August 13, 1891 and died December 10, 1977. Ethel was a favorite of the public. She married Richard Derby, a medical doctor, and had four children. The nation saw her again in 1960 when she made a seconding speech for the nomination of Richard Nixon at the Republican National Convention.
Archibald "Archie" Bulloch Roosevelt
He was born April 9, 1894 and he died of a stroke on July 29, 1981. Businessman and war hero, Archie won the French Croix de Guerre as a Captain in World War I, and the Silver Star and Oak Leaf Cluster as a Lt. Colonel in World War II.
Quentin Roosevelt
He was born November 19, 1897 and died at the age of twenty on July 14, 1918. Quentin was a fighter pilot in the new American Air Corps. In his heroic service he had shot down an enemy plane. Sadly, only days after the good report, came the tragic news that Quentin's own plane had been caught in a dogfight between two German fighters and had crashed.
She was born February 12, 1884 and died at age ninety-six on February 20, 1980. She was the only child born to Theodore Roosevelt and his first wife, Alice Lee Hathaway. She was 17 when her father became president, the press dubbed her "Princess Alice." In 1906 she married Congressman Nicholas Longworth in a high profile White House wedding. Her husband Nick Longworth went on to become Speaker of the House.
Theodore "Ted" Roosevelt, Jr.
He was born September 13, 1887 and died on July 12, 1944. Ted was a Harvard-educated military hero in both World Wars I and II. He won every award available to ground forces, including the Medal of Honor. He was a governor of Puerto Rico and the Philippines. He served as Assistant Secretary of the Navy during the infamous Teapot Dome scandal. Although innocent of any wrongdoing, it doomed his political career. In later years, Ted returned to military service in World War II serving as a Brigadier General. Ted, Jr. died of a heart attack at age fifty-six.
Kermit Roosevelt
He was born October 10, 1889 and died June 4, 1943. He lived the life of an adventurer, exploring the Amazon with his father, winning the British Military Cross as a soldier of fortune and joining the U. S. Army just in time for World War I. He married Belle Wyatt Willard and had four children. He was back in action during the Second World War, reaching the rank of major. According to official histories, he died in the middle of the war from dysentery contracted in the Middle East. But in 1980 it became public that he suffered from chronic alcoholism and had in fact shot himself.
Ethel Carow Roosevelt Derby
She was born August 13, 1891 and died December 10, 1977. Ethel was a favorite of the public. She married Richard Derby, a medical doctor, and had four children. The nation saw her again in 1960 when she made a seconding speech for the nomination of Richard Nixon at the Republican National Convention.
Archibald "Archie" Bulloch Roosevelt
He was born April 9, 1894 and he died of a stroke on July 29, 1981. Businessman and war hero, Archie won the French Croix de Guerre as a Captain in World War I, and the Silver Star and Oak Leaf Cluster as a Lt. Colonel in World War II.
Quentin Roosevelt
He was born November 19, 1897 and died at the age of twenty on July 14, 1918. Quentin was a fighter pilot in the new American Air Corps. In his heroic service he had shot down an enemy plane. Sadly, only days after the good report, came the tragic news that Quentin's own plane had been caught in a dogfight between two German fighters and had crashed.
27. President William Howard Taft (1909-1913)
Robert Taft, almost president
Robert Alphonso Taft
Born September 8, 1889, he died of cancer on July 31, 1953. Educated at Yale and Harvard, he married Martha Wheaton Bowers and had four children. Bob Taft served in Congress where he was elected Speaker, and in the Senate where he was elected Majority Leader. Dubbed "Mr. Republican," Taft ran for president three times, and is considered by many as one of the fathers of the modern American conservative political movement.
Helen Herron Taft Manning
Born August 1, 1891, she died of pneumonia in February 21, 1987. She was yet another presidential daughter who served as White House hostess for an ailing mother. Married to Yale professor, Frederick Johnson Manning, Helen had two children and a remarkable career in education and public life. She served forty years as professor of history, chairman of the history department, and acting president of the prestigious women's college, Bryn Mawr, in Pennsylvania. A suffragist, she also traveled the country, giving speeches in support of the vote for women and women's rights.
Charles Phelps Taft
Born September 20, 1897 he died June 24, 1983. Athlete, soldier, lawyer, author, politician and civic reformer, he married Eleanor K. Chase and had seven children. A deeply religious man, he was a founder of the World Council of Churches, and he worked tirelessly to better his beloved Cincinnati, serving on the City Council for sixteen terms and one term as mayor. In 1925, he was the youngest president of the international Y.M.C.A.
Born September 8, 1889, he died of cancer on July 31, 1953. Educated at Yale and Harvard, he married Martha Wheaton Bowers and had four children. Bob Taft served in Congress where he was elected Speaker, and in the Senate where he was elected Majority Leader. Dubbed "Mr. Republican," Taft ran for president three times, and is considered by many as one of the fathers of the modern American conservative political movement.
Helen Herron Taft Manning
Born August 1, 1891, she died of pneumonia in February 21, 1987. She was yet another presidential daughter who served as White House hostess for an ailing mother. Married to Yale professor, Frederick Johnson Manning, Helen had two children and a remarkable career in education and public life. She served forty years as professor of history, chairman of the history department, and acting president of the prestigious women's college, Bryn Mawr, in Pennsylvania. A suffragist, she also traveled the country, giving speeches in support of the vote for women and women's rights.
Charles Phelps Taft
Born September 20, 1897 he died June 24, 1983. Athlete, soldier, lawyer, author, politician and civic reformer, he married Eleanor K. Chase and had seven children. A deeply religious man, he was a founder of the World Council of Churches, and he worked tirelessly to better his beloved Cincinnati, serving on the City Council for sixteen terms and one term as mayor. In 1925, he was the youngest president of the international Y.M.C.A.
28. President Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921)
The Wilson's and their daughters
Margaret Woodrow Wilson
Born April 30, 1886, she died on February 12, 1944. Having studied music at Goucher College and in private lessons in New York, Margaret traveled across the U.S. and Europe during World War I giving concerts for soldiers and raising funds for the Red Cross. Devoted to social causes, she studied the religious classics of India extensively. She eventually traveled to Pondicherry, India, where she lived in the ashram of Sri Aurobindo, a contemporary of Gandhi. Never married, she died of uremia on April 24, 1944, and is buried in the Protestant cemetery at the ashram in Pondicherry.
Jessie Woodrow Wilson Sayre
Born August 28, 1887. He died January 15, 1933. A Princeton graduate, Jessie married Francis Sayre, a Harvard Law professor. They had three children. She worked vigorously for women's suffrage, social issues, and to promote her father's call for a League of Nations, and emerged as a force in the Massachusetts Democratic Party. She died of surgical complications following an appendectomy at age 45.
Eleanor "Nellie" Randolph Wilson McAdoo
She was born October 16, 1889. She died April 5, 1967. Eleanor was famous for her White House wedding to the 52-year-old William Gibbs McAdoo, her father's Secretary of the Treasury. A Princeton graduate, Eleanor was bright, and her highly publicized wedding made her and William the power couple of the capitol. They had two children but divorced in 1934.
Born April 30, 1886, she died on February 12, 1944. Having studied music at Goucher College and in private lessons in New York, Margaret traveled across the U.S. and Europe during World War I giving concerts for soldiers and raising funds for the Red Cross. Devoted to social causes, she studied the religious classics of India extensively. She eventually traveled to Pondicherry, India, where she lived in the ashram of Sri Aurobindo, a contemporary of Gandhi. Never married, she died of uremia on April 24, 1944, and is buried in the Protestant cemetery at the ashram in Pondicherry.
Jessie Woodrow Wilson Sayre
Born August 28, 1887. He died January 15, 1933. A Princeton graduate, Jessie married Francis Sayre, a Harvard Law professor. They had three children. She worked vigorously for women's suffrage, social issues, and to promote her father's call for a League of Nations, and emerged as a force in the Massachusetts Democratic Party. She died of surgical complications following an appendectomy at age 45.
Eleanor "Nellie" Randolph Wilson McAdoo
She was born October 16, 1889. She died April 5, 1967. Eleanor was famous for her White House wedding to the 52-year-old William Gibbs McAdoo, her father's Secretary of the Treasury. A Princeton graduate, Eleanor was bright, and her highly publicized wedding made her and William the power couple of the capitol. They had two children but divorced in 1934.
29. President Warren G. Harding (1921-1923)
Nan Britton and Elizabeth
Eugene Marshall "Pete" DeWolfe
He was born September 22, 1880. He died January 1, 1915 of advanced tuberculosis. Marshall DeWolfe was the son of a young teenage, Florence Kling, and a neighborhood boy, Henry "Petey" DeWolfe. Some say the couple eloped but no record of marriage has been found. Florence lived with DeWolfe while she was pregnant and for a time after Marshall was born, but the father was usually drunk and often absent. She was forced to give up her son by her abusive father. She did it, and apparently never looked back. Marshall followed in his father's footsteps, drinking and gambling and running up debts, many of which were paid by the future president and first lady, Warren and Florence Harding. He contracted tuberculosis and went to Colorado to a "better" climate where he married Esther Neely. They had two children. The First Lady's son, Eugene Marshall DeWolfe, died of alcoholism and tuberculosis far from his mother and the glamour of the White House.
Elizabeth Ann (Ann) Christian Blaesing, also called Elizabeth Ann Harding, and Emma Eloise Britton (mistakenly entered on her birth certificate by the attending physician)
She was born October 22, 1919, at this writing she is still living. Elizabeth was the illegitimate offspring of Warren G. Harding's affair with Nan Britton, thirty years his junior. As president, Harding arranged for secret service agents to hand deliver child support payments, but he refused to meet his daughter. When Harding's estate refused to continuing support for the child, her mother, Nan Britton wrote a best-selling book called The President's Daughter. Royalties were used to establish the Elizabeth Ann League, which helped girls "in trouble." Though many tried to discredit Nan Britton, their investigations seemed only to confirm her story. She applied at Lake Forest College, giving her father's name as Warren G. Harding. Her educational career was interrupted by marriage to Henry Blaesing. They moved to California, where she bore three sons and lived quietly and privately. Refusing all interviews, she now lives in privacy near Mt. Hood, in Oregon.
He was born September 22, 1880. He died January 1, 1915 of advanced tuberculosis. Marshall DeWolfe was the son of a young teenage, Florence Kling, and a neighborhood boy, Henry "Petey" DeWolfe. Some say the couple eloped but no record of marriage has been found. Florence lived with DeWolfe while she was pregnant and for a time after Marshall was born, but the father was usually drunk and often absent. She was forced to give up her son by her abusive father. She did it, and apparently never looked back. Marshall followed in his father's footsteps, drinking and gambling and running up debts, many of which were paid by the future president and first lady, Warren and Florence Harding. He contracted tuberculosis and went to Colorado to a "better" climate where he married Esther Neely. They had two children. The First Lady's son, Eugene Marshall DeWolfe, died of alcoholism and tuberculosis far from his mother and the glamour of the White House.
Elizabeth Ann (Ann) Christian Blaesing, also called Elizabeth Ann Harding, and Emma Eloise Britton (mistakenly entered on her birth certificate by the attending physician)
She was born October 22, 1919, at this writing she is still living. Elizabeth was the illegitimate offspring of Warren G. Harding's affair with Nan Britton, thirty years his junior. As president, Harding arranged for secret service agents to hand deliver child support payments, but he refused to meet his daughter. When Harding's estate refused to continuing support for the child, her mother, Nan Britton wrote a best-selling book called The President's Daughter. Royalties were used to establish the Elizabeth Ann League, which helped girls "in trouble." Though many tried to discredit Nan Britton, their investigations seemed only to confirm her story. She applied at Lake Forest College, giving her father's name as Warren G. Harding. Her educational career was interrupted by marriage to Henry Blaesing. They moved to California, where she bore three sons and lived quietly and privately. Refusing all interviews, she now lives in privacy near Mt. Hood, in Oregon.
30. President Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929)
John Coolidge died in 2000
John Coolidge
He was born September 7, 1906 and died at ninety-three on May 31, 2000. (at that time the oldest living child of an American president.) A graduate of Amherst, John married Florence Trumbull, the daughter of the governor of Connecticut. They had two children. He worked for the New York, New Haven and Harford Railroad for twelve years and then became president of the Connecticut Manifold Forms Co. in West Hartford in 1941. After selling that company in 1958, he revived the Plymouth Cheese Corporation in 1960. Preservation was important to John Coolidge. After his retirement, he began to buy buildings in the village of Plymouth. Sixteen buildings now serve as the basis of President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site in Plymouth, Vermont.
Calvin Coolidge Jr.
He was born April 13, 1908 and died July 7, 1924. His life was tragically cut short while home at the White House for his summer vacation. He had played tennis all day, and suddenly he developed a blister on his foot and died of blood poisoning a few days later. He was just sixteen.
He was born September 7, 1906 and died at ninety-three on May 31, 2000. (at that time the oldest living child of an American president.) A graduate of Amherst, John married Florence Trumbull, the daughter of the governor of Connecticut. They had two children. He worked for the New York, New Haven and Harford Railroad for twelve years and then became president of the Connecticut Manifold Forms Co. in West Hartford in 1941. After selling that company in 1958, he revived the Plymouth Cheese Corporation in 1960. Preservation was important to John Coolidge. After his retirement, he began to buy buildings in the village of Plymouth. Sixteen buildings now serve as the basis of President Calvin Coolidge State Historic Site in Plymouth, Vermont.
Calvin Coolidge Jr.
He was born April 13, 1908 and died July 7, 1924. His life was tragically cut short while home at the White House for his summer vacation. He had played tennis all day, and suddenly he developed a blister on his foot and died of blood poisoning a few days later. He was just sixteen.
