List of children of vice presidents of the United States

The following people are children of U.S. vice presidents, including stepchildren and alleged illegitimate children. Currently there are 42 confirmed, known living vice presidential children, the oldest Ann Rockefeller Roberts, the youngest Ella Emhoff. Two vice presidential children, John Quincy Adams and George W. Bush, have become president.

18th century

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Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Nabby Smith Abigail Adams
Nickname: Nabby or Amelia
July 14, 1765 – Aug 15, 1813 William Stephens Smith Mother of:
  • William Steuben Smith
  • John Adams Smith
  • Thomas Hollis Smith
  • Caroline Amelia Smith
J.Q. Adams John Quincy Adams
6th president (1825–1829)
July 11, 1767 – February 23, 1848 Louisa Catherine Johnson 6th president of the United States
Father of:
Susanna Adams
Nickname: Suky
Dec 28, 1768 – Feb 4, 1770 no spouse died in infancy of an unknown illness
Charles Adams Charles Adams May 29, 1770 – Nov 30, 1800 Sarah Smith Father of:
  • Susanna Boylston (1796 – 1884)
  • Abigail Louisa Smith (1798 – 1836)
Thomas Boylston Adams Thomas Boylston Adams Sep 15, 1772 – Mar 13, 1832 Ann Harrod Father of:
  • Abigail Smith Adams Angier (1806–1845)
  • Marie Adams Harkins (1808–1893)
  • Thomas Boylston Adams (1809–1837)
  • Elizabeth Coombs Adams (1809–1903)
  • Frances Foster Adams (1811–1812)
  • Isaac Hull Adams (1813–1900)
  • John Quincy Adams (1815–1854)
  • Joseph Harod Adams (1817–1853)
Elizabeth Adams July 11 1777 no spouse stillborn on her brother’s birthday; laid dead in the womb for at least 3 days

19th century

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Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Patsy Randolph Martha Jefferson Randolph
Nickname: Patsy
Sep 27, 1772 – Oct 10, 1836 Thomas Mann Randolph Jr.

Mother of 13, including:

Jane Randolph Jefferson Apr 3, 1774 – Sep 1775[1] no spouse died of unknown causes
unnamed son[2] May 28 – June 14, 1777 no spouse died in infancy
Mary Jefferson
Nickname: Polly or Maria
Aug 1, 1778 – Apr 17, 1804 John Wayles Eppes Mother of 3, including:
Lucy Elizabeth Jefferson (I) Nov 30, 1780 – Apr 15, 1781 no spouse died of an unspecified illness[3]
Lucy Elizabeth Jefferson (II) May 8, 1782 – ca. Oct 13, 1784[4] no spouse died of whooping cough[4]
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)

Children with Sally Hemings; see Jefferson DNA data
Child Lifetime Spouse Children
Harriet Hemings (I) October 5, 1795 – December 7, 1797 No spouse Died of unknown causes
William Beverly Hemings April 1, 1798 – after 1822 A white woman in Maryland One daughter, unknown name
Unnamed Daughter Hemings ca. December 7, 1799 – ca. 1800 No spouse Died in early childhood
Harriet Hemings (II) May 22, 1801 – after 1822 Unknown Unknown
James Madison Hemings January 18, 1805 – November 26, 1877 Mary Hughes McCoy 10 children
Eston Hemings May 21, 1808 – January 3, 1856 Julia Ann Isaacs Father of 3, including:
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.
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of birth
Theodosia Burr Alston[5] Jun 21, 1783 – Jan 2, 1813 Joseph Alston Mother of:
  • Aaron Burr Alston (1802–1812)

Lost at sea in 1813

Albany, New York
Sarah "Sally" Burr Jun 20 1785 – Oct 19 1788 No spouse Died young
James Burr February 1787 No spouse Stillborn
unnamed son July 9, 1788 No spouse Stillborn

Burr also had numerous adopted children and stepchildren:

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Augustine James Frederick Prevost 1766 – Oct. 2 1862 Euphemia Hunt Prevost

Prudence Lockwood Prevost

Stepson from wife's first marriage

Father of:

  • Elizabeth Prevost Babcock (1806–1860)
John Bartow Prevost Mar 9 1768 – Mar 5 1825 Frances Smith Prevost Stepson from wife's first marriage

Father of:

  • Theodosia Ann Prevost (1801–1864)
  • James Marcus Prevost (1803–1829)
  • Stanhope Prevost (1804–1868)
  • Frances Prevost Breckinridge (1806–1870)
Aaron Columbus Burr Sep 15 1808 – Jul 27 1882 Mary Coutant Burr Adopted son

Father of:

  • Elizabeth C. Burr
  • Eleanora F. Burr (May 30, 1831 – November 16, 1831)
  • Aaron Hippolyte Burr (August 7, 1828 – August 5, 1898)
Charles Burdett 1814–1862 Adopted son

Burr had numerous illegitimate children, as well:

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Louisa Charlotte Burr Webb[6] 1788–1878 Francis Webb Child with Mary Emmons

Mother of:

  • Frank Johnson Webb (1828–1894)
John Pierre Burr[7] Jun 1792 – Apr 4 1864 Hester Emory Burr Child with Mary Emmons

with unknown mistress

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Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Frances Ann Burr 1830–1878[8] Child with unknown mistress
Elizabeth Burr 1833–unknown Child with unknown mistress

George and Sarah Cornelia Clinton

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Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Catherine Clinton November 5, 1770 – January 10, 1811 John Taylor
Pierre Van Cortlandt, Jr.
Cornelia Tappen Clinton June 29, 1774 – March 23, 1810 Edmond-Charles Genêt
George Washington Clinton September 27, 1778 – March 27, 1813 Ann Floyd, daughter of William Floyd
Elizabeth Clinton
Nickname: Eliza
July 10, 1780 – April 8, 1825 Matthias B. Tallmadge
Martha Washington Clinton 1783–1795 no spouse
Maria Clinton October 6, 1785 – April 17, 1829 Stephen D. Beekman, grandson of Pierre Van Cortlandt
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Catharine Gerry March 1, 1787 – September 6, 1850 James T. Austin Mother of:
  • Ivers James Austin (1808–1889)
  • Marie Cornelia Ritchie Austin (1821–1864)
Thomas Gerry 1788 – 1789 no spouse died in infancy
Eliza Gerry July 4,1790 – May 4, 1882 David S. Townsend Mother of:
  • Edward D. Townsend (1817–1893)
  • Eliza E. Townsend (1819–1867)
  • George James Townsend (1823–1894)
  • Louise Townsend (1825–1877)
  • David Townsend (1827–1885)
Ann Gerry December 22, 1791 –February 16, 1883 no spouse
Elbridge Gerry, Jr. June 12, 1793 – May 16, 1867[9] Nancy Blodgett Father of:
  • Elbridge Gerry (1818–1865)
  • Rufus C. Gerry (1836–1868)
Thomas Russell Gerry December 8, 1794 – October 8, 1848 Hannah Green Goelet Father of:
Helen Maria Gerry July 18, 1796 – April 7, 1864
James Thompson Gerry August 21, 1797 – September 28, 1854 no spouse Left West Point upon his father's death and was Commander of the war-sloop USS Albany (1846); the sloop disappeared with all hands September 28 or 29, 1854 near the West Indies.[11]
Eleanor Stanford Gerry June 26, 1800 – December 21, 1871 [12]
Emily Louisa Gerry[13] April 13, 1802 – December 29, 1894 no spouse First Regent of the Mary Clap Wooster Chapter of the D.A.R.
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Arietta Minthorne Tompkins[14] Jul 31, 1800 – Oct 3, 1837 Gilbert Thompson Mother of:
  • Smith Thompson (1821–1902)
  • Arietta Livingston Henry (1823–1886)
  • Mangle Minthorne Thompson (1828–1864)
  • Augusta Mansfield Dickins (1828–1898)
  • Gilbertine Livingston VanZandt (1829–1867)
Griffin Tompkins Nov 22, 1801 – Jun 26, 1861 Cornelia Standerwick Father of:
  • Alvin Purdy Tompkins, Sr. (1827–1893)
Hannah Ellsworth Tompkins Sep 21, 1803 – Apr 22, 1890 John Westervelt Mother of:
  • Sarah Ann Westervelt (1826–1842)
  • Tompkins Westervelt (1830–1882)
  • John Sloat Westervelt (1831–1867)
  • Minthorne Westervelt (1838–1862)
  • Ellsworth Westervelt (1843–1897)
  • Ernest Westervelt (1847)
Sarah Ann Tompkins Dec 19, 1805 – Nov 6, 1853 Archibald Gordon Mother of:
  • Ray Gordon (1839–1881)
  • Hannah Gordon (1847–1849)
Mangle Minthorne Tompkins[15] Dec 26, 1807 – Jun 5, 1881 Susan Lawson Member of the New York State Senate (1840–1841)

No children

Daniel Hyatt Tompkins Mar 17, 1810 – Sep 2, 1875 Eliza Wright Father of:
  • Laura DeKay (1837–1908)
  • Hannah Tompkins (ca. 1844–1930)
Susannah MacLaren Tompkins Sep 10, 1812 – Jun 6, 1882 Richard Smith Mother of:
  • Hannah Holly Smith (1839–1917)
  • Richard Cayuga Smith (1848–1921)
John Raymond Tompkins Nov 20, 1814 – Apr 4, 1892 Susan Titus Father of:
  • Helena Titus Tompkins (1839–1924)
  • Susan Emerson (1840–1926)
  • Ruth Tompkins (1844–1922)
  • Sarah Gordon Tompkins (1845–1920)
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Andrew Pickens Calhoun Oct 15, 1811 – Mar 16, 1865 Margaret Green Father of:
  • John Caldwell Calhoun (1843–1918)
  • Margaret Maria Calhoun (1847–1910)
  • Andrew Pickens Calhoun (1852–1872)
  • Patrick Calhoun (1856–1943)
  • James Edward Calhoun (1857–1872)
Floride Pure Calhoun January 1814 – 1815 no spouse Died from sickness
Jane Calhoun 1816 no spouse Died in infancy
Anna Maria Calhoun Feb 13, 1817 – Sep 22, 1875 Thomas Green Clemson,
Clemson University founder
Mother of:
  • Unnamed Calhoun (1839–1839)
  • John Calhoun Clemson (1841–1871)
  • Floride Elizabeth Clemson (1842–1871)
  • Cornelia "Nina" Clemson (1855–1858)
Elizabeth Calhoun Sep 1819 – 1820 no spouse Died in infancy
Patrick Calhoun Feb 19, 1821 – Jun 1, 1858 no spouse Captain, 2nd Dragoons
John Caldwell Calhoun Jr. May 17, 1823 – Jul 31, 1855 Annie R. "Anzie" Adams No children
Kate Kirby Putnam
Martha Cornelia Calhoun Apr 22, 1824 – May 2, 1857 no spouse
James Edward Calhoun Apr 4, 1826 – Nov 29, 1861 no spouse Attorney
William Lowndes Calhoun Aug 13, 1829 – Sep 19, 1858 Margaret W. Cloud Father of:
  • William Lowndes Calhoun (1857–1884)
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Abraham Van Buren Abraham Van Buren II Nov 27, 1807 – Mar 15, 1873 Angelica Singleton 4 children
John Van Buren John Van Buren Feb 10, 1810 – Oct 13, 1866 Elizabeth Vanderpoel Father of:
  • Anna (1842–1923)
Martin Van Buren Jr.
Nickname: Matt
Dec 20, 1812 – Mar 19, 1855 no spouse Died of tuberculosis
Winfield Scott Van Buren 1814 no spouse Died in infancy
Smith Thompson Van Buren Jan 16, 1817 – Dec 10, 1876 Ellen King James 7 children between 2 wives
Henrietta Eckford Irving
unnamed daughter[16] c. 1818 no spouse stillborn

with unknown fiancée

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Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Celia Johnson c. 1790s – ? Wesley Fancher Johnson's mother objected to his planned marriage to his partner,
who was either a poor seamstress or school teacher
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Adaline Chinn Johnson c. 1812 – c. 1836 Thomas W. Scott Both children born to Johnson's slave and common-law wife Julia Chinn
were acknowledged and accepted by him
Imogene Chinn Johnson Feb 17, 1812 – Oct 4, 1883 Daniel Brown Pence
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Mary Tyler Apr 15, 1815 – June 17, 1847 Henry Lightfoot Jones  
Robert Tyler Sep 9, 1816 – Dec 3, 1877 Elizabeth Priscilla Cooper  
John Tyler V Apr 27, 1819 – Jan 26, 1896 Martha Rochelle  
Letitia Tyler
Nickname: Letty
May 11, 1821 – Dec 28, 1907 James Allen Semple no children
Elizabeth Tyler
Nickname: Lizzie
July 11, 1823 – June 1, 1850 William Nevison Waller  
Anne Contesse Tyler[17] Apr 5 – July 1825 no spouse Died in infancy
Alice Tyler Mar 23, 1827 – June 8, 1854 Henry Mandeville Denison  
Tazewell Tyler Dec 6, 1830 – Jan 8, 1874 Nannie Bridges  

alleged child with a slave

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Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
John Dunjee John William Dunjee 1833 – April 19, 1903 Lydia Ann Taylor allegedly the son of John Tyler; unproven as of 2011[18]Father of
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Gardie Tyler David Gardiner Tyler
Nickname: Gardie
July 12, 1846 – Sep 5, 1927 Mary Morris Jones 5 children
John Alexander Tyler
Nickname: Alex
Apr 7, 1848 – Sep 1, 1883 Sarah Griswold Gardiner  
Julia Gardiner Tyler Dec 25, 1849 – May 8, 1871 William H. Spencer  
Lachlan Tyler Dec 2, 1851 – Jan 26, 1902 Georgia Webb Powell  
Lyon Tyler Lyon Gardiner Tyler Aug 24, 1853 – Feb 12, 1935 Anne Baker Tucker Father of:
  • John Tyler
  • Elizabeth Gilmour Tyler
  • Julia Gardiner Tyler
Sue Ruffin Father of:

Harrison is still alive as of September 26, 2020, meaning John Tyler is, by far, the earliest vice president with living grandchildren.[19]

Robert Fitzwalter Tyler Mar 12, 1856 – Dec 30, 1927 Fannie Glenn at least 3 children
Margaret Pearl Tyler June 20, 1860 – June 30, 1947 William Munford Ellis  
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Alexander James Dallas April 10, 1817 – September 30, 1826 no spouse
Julia Dallas August 25, 1819 – July 2, 1886
Elizabeth Nicklin Dallas August 15, 1821 – September 23, 1902 David Hunter Tucker 5 children
Sophia Dallas September 9, 1823 – January 7, 1899
Philip Nicklin Dallas August 13, 1825 – March 8, 1866
Catherine Chew Dallas November 27, 1827 – August 16, 1878 Fitz Eugene Dixon 10 children
Susan Dallas February 8, 1831 – February 25, 1897
Charlotte Byron Dallas January 6, 1835 – July 11, 1908 Charles Henry Morrell 5 children
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Millard Powers Fillmore Millard Powers Fillmore
Nickname: Powers
Apr 25, 1828 – Nov 15, 1889 no spouse  Last living descendant of Millard Fillmore
Abby Fillmore Mary Abigail Fillmore
Nickname: Abby
Mar 27, 1832 – July 26, 1854 no spouse Served as Acting First Lady during her mother's illness
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Joseph Cabell Breckinridge December 26, 1844 – January 8, 1906 Sallie Francis Johnson 3 children
Died of malaria
Clifton Rodes Breckinridge Clifton Rodes Breckinridge November 22, 1846 – December 3, 1932 Katherine Carson
Frances Viley Breckenridge June 21, 1848 – December 30, 1924 John Andrew Steele 3 children
John Milton Cabell Breckinridge August 7, 1849 – March 18, 1850 no spouse Died in infancy
John Witherspoon Breckinridge
Nickname: Owen
December 22, 1850 – May 9, 1892 Louisa A. Tevis 3 children; grandfather of Bunny Breckinridge
Mary Desha Breckinridge March 31, 1854 – March 13, 1928 Charles Anson Maltby 1 child

with Sarah Hamlin

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Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
George Emery Hamlin September 30, 1835 – July 14, 1844 no spouse Died as a child
Charles Hamlin Charles Hamlin[20] September 13, 1837 – May 15, 1911 Sarah Purington Thompson Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives
4 children; grandfather of Sally Hamlin
Cyrus Hamlin April 26, 1839 – August 29, 1867 no spouse Died of yellow fever
Sarah J Hamlin January 1842 – June 26, 1878 Arthur Batchelder
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Hannibal E. Hamlin Hannibal Emery Hamlin September 28, 1858 – March 6, 1938 no spouse Maine Attorney General,
President of the Maine Senate
Frank Hamlin September 26, 1862 – May 3, 1922 no spouse
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Martha Johnson Martha Johnson October 25, 1828 – July 10, 1901 David Trotter Patterson Martha Johnson Patterson § Descendants:
  • Andrew Johnson Patterson (1857–1932)
  • Mary Belle Patterson Landstreet (1859–1891)[21]
Charles Johnson Charles Johnson February 19, 1830 – April 4, 1863 No spouse and no children
Mary Johnson Stover Brown Mary Johnson May 8, 1832 – April 19, 1883 Daniel Stover Mary Johnson Stover § Descendants
  • Eliza Johnson "Lillie" Stover Maloney (1855–1892)
  • Sarah Drake Stover Bachman (1857–1886)
  • Andrew Johnson Stover (1860–1923)
William R. Brown
Robert Johnson Robert Johnson February 22, 1834 – April 22, 1869 No spouse and no children
Andrew Johnson Jr.
Nickname: Frank
August 5, 1852 – March 12, 1879 Bessie May Rumbough No children
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Elizabeth Johnson March 1846 – October 3, 1905 George Forby Nine children
Florence Johnson Florence Johnson May 1850 – September 5, 1920 Henry Smith Three children
Unknown (Johnson) Per USNPS, there may have been a third-born child who died young.[22]
William Andrew Johnson William Andrew Johnson February 8, 1858 – May 16, 1943 No spouse and no children Andrew Johnson's son Robert Johnson is listed as father on William Andrew Johnson's death certificate.[23]
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Schuyler Colfax III Schuyler Colfax III April 11, 1870 – March 29, 1925 Catherine Elizabeth Nelson Mayor of South Bend, Indiana
3 children

Henry and Harriet Wilson

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Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Henry Hamilton Wilson November 11, 1846 – December 24, 1866 no spouse Died of ruptured appendix
Evangeline Wilson
Nickname: Eva
1866 – after 1890 Nathaniel "Than" Carpenter aka Evangelina Vreeland,
de facto adopted by Wilson, true birth parents unknown
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
William Lewis Arthur Dec 10, 1860 – July 7, 1863 no spouse Died of "convulsions"
Chester Alan Arthur II Chester Alan Arthur II
Nickname: Alan
July 25, 1864 – July 18, 1937 Myra Townsend Father of Chester Alan "Gavin" Arthur III (1901–1972)
Rowena Graves
Ellen Hansbrough Herndon Arthur
Nickname: Nell
Nov 21, 1871 – Sep 6, 1915 Charles Pinkerton  
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of birth
Morgan Hendricks January 16, 1848 – March 10, 1851 no spouse Died as a child

with Lucy Morton

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Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of birth
Carrie Morton 1857 - July 3, 1857 no spouse Died in infancy
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of birth
Edith Livingston Morton June 26, 1874 – November 11, 1964 William Corcoran Eustis
Lena Kearney Morton May 20, 1875 – June 10, 1904 no spouse
Helen Stuyvesant Morton August 2, 1876 – September 6, 1952 Duke of Valençay
Paul Louis Marie Archambault Boson
Duchess of Valençay
Lewis Parsons Morton 1877 – January 19, 1878 no spouse Died in infancy
Alice Morton March 23, 1879 – June 19, 1917 Winthrop Rutherfurd
Mary Morton June 10, 1881 – April 20, 1932 no spouse
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of birth
Lewis Stevenson Lewis Green Stevenson August 15, 1868 – April 5,1929 Helen Louise Davis Chenoa, Illinois
Mary Stevenson Mary Elizabeth Stevenson September 18, 1872 – January 18, 1895 no spouse
Julia Stevenson Julia Scott Stevenson June 30, 1874 – September 4, 1966 Martin Davis Hardin
Letitia Stevenson Letitia Ewing Stevenson June 22, 1876 – September 6, 1970 no spouse
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of birth
Elizabeth Tuttle Hobart 1875 no spouse Died in infancy
Fannie Beckwith Hobart November 30, 1871 – June 27, 1895 no spouse Died of diphtheria
Garret Augustus Hobart Jr.
Nickname: Junior
August 31, 1884 – September 29, 1941 Caroline Frye
Katherine Gray Hobart 1886 no spouse Died in infancy

20th century

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Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of birth
Alice Roosevelt Alice Lee Roosevelt
Nickname: Lee
Feb 12, 1884 – Feb 20, 1980 Nicholas Longworth III Mother of Paulina Longworth (1925 – 1957)[24] New York City, New York
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of birth
Ted Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Nickname: Ted
Sep 13, 1887 – July 12, 1944 Eleanor Butler Alexander Governor General of the Philippines and Governor of Puerto Rico.
Father of 4, including:
Oyster Bay, New York
Kermit Roosevelt Kermit Roosevelt Oct 10, 1889 – June 4, 1943 Belle Wyatt Willard[24] Father of 4, including: Oyster Bay, New York
Ethel Roosevelt Ethel Carow Roosevelt Aug 13, 1891 – Dec 10, 1977 Richard Derby Mother of: Oyster Bay, New York
Archie Roosevelt Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt
Nickname: Archie
Apr 10, 1894 – Oct 13, 1979 Grace Lockwood Father of 4, including: Washington, D.C.
Quentin Roosevelt Quentin Roosevelt
Nickname: Quentyquee or Quinikins
Nov 19, 1897 – July 14, 1918 no spouse Died in combat in World War I Washington, D.C.
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of birth
Mary Adelaide Fairbanks 1875–1961 Horace Russell Frank Allen Jr.
John Wesley Timmons III
Lewis Dean Causey
Warren Charles Fairbanks 1878–1938 Helene Ethel Cassidy
Frederick Cole Fairbanks 1881–1940 Helen Cornelia Scott
Richard Monroe Fairbanks 1884–1944 Louise Barcroft Hibben Attended Yale and served as a captain in World War I
Robertine Buchanan
Robert Fairbanks 1887–1951[25] Attended Yale
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of birth
Sherrill B. Sherman 1883–1962 Catherine J “Kate” Baker
Richard Updike Sherman 1884–1951 Eleanor Millar
Thomas Moore Sherman 1885–1944 Elizabeth Cooper
Myrtle Hulser
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of birth
Morrison Marshall Morrison Marshall
(born Clarence Ignatius Morrison)
Nickname: Izzy
August 3,1916 – February 26, 1920 no spouse Foster child never officially adopted by the Marshalls

Died of chronic illness[26]

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
John Coolidge John Calvin Coolidge Sep 7, 1906 – May 31, 2000 Florence Trumbull Father of:
  • Cynthia Coolidge Jeter (1933–1989)
  • Lydia Coolidge Sayles (1939–2001)
Calvin Coolidge Calvin Coolidge Jr. Apr 13, 1908 – July 7, 1924 no spouse Died of blood poisoning
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of birth
Rufus Fearing Dawes December 11, 1890 – September 5, 1912 no spouse
Carolyn Dawes July 12, 1892 – August 1981 Melvin Burton Ericson
Dana McCutcheon Dawes (adopted) February 15, 1912 – December 25, 1998
Virginia Dawes (adopted) February 20, 1914 – March 4, 1993 Richard Thompson Cragg

Charles and Annie Baird Curtis

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Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of birth
Permelia Jeannette Curtis January 6, 1886 – October 17, 1955 Charles Peasley George Jr.
Henry King Curtis
Nickname: Harry
October 1, 1890 – May 29, 1946 Elizabeth May Hanson
Beatrice Carroll Elliott
Kathryn H. Fort
Leona Virginia Curtis April 1, 1892 – October 28, 1965 Webster Knight II

He and his wife also provided a home in Topeka for his paternal half-sister Dolly Curtis before her marriage.

Child Lifetime Spouse Note Place of birth
Tully Charles Garner September 24, 1896 – October 1, 1968 Ann F. Fenner Father of:
  • Genevieve Garner (1922–1977)
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of birth
Henry Browne Wallace September 15, 1915 – August 3, 2005 Jocelyn Marshall
Robert Browne Wallace July 13, 1918 – October 10, 2002 Gordon Grosvenor
Jean Browne Wallace June 30, 1920 – September 23, 2011 Wallace Leslie Douglas
Child Lifetime Spouse Note Place of birth
Margaret Truman Mary Margaret Truman Feb 17, 1924 – Jan 29, 2008 Elbert Clifton Daniel Jr. Mother of:
  • Clifton Truman Daniel (b. 1957)
  • William Wallace Daniel (1959–2000)
  • Harrison Gates Daniel (b. 1963)
  • Thomas Washington Daniel (b. 1966)
Independence, Missouri

Alben W. and Dorothy Barkley

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Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of birth
David Murrell Barkley February 11, 1906 — June 11, 1983 Dorothy Graves
Marion Frances Barkley
Nickname: Wahwee
September 14, 1909 – May 15, 1996 Max O'Rell Truitt Mother of:
Laura Louise Barkley October 28, 1911 – November 9, 1987 Douglas MacArthur II

Barkley's second wife Jane Hadley Barkley had two daughters with her first husband Carleton Sturdavant Hadley before her marriage to Barkley. They were Annette Hadley Behrend (born March 25, 1932) and Jane Everett Hadley Perry (born December 21, 1934).

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of birth
Tricia Cox Patricia Nixon
Nickname: Tricia
born Feb 21, 1946 Edward Ridley Finch Cox Mother of: Whittier, California
Julie Eisenhower Julie Nixon born July 5, 1948 Dwight David Eisenhower II
son of John Eisenhower and grandson of President Dwight Eisenhower
Mother of: Washington, D.C.
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of birth
Lynda Bird Robb Lynda Bird Johnson[27][28][29] born March 19, 1944 Charles Spittal Robb Mother of:
  • Lucinda Desha Robb (b. 1968)[29]
  • Catherine Lewis Robb (b. 1970)[29]
  • Jennifer Wickliffe Robb (b. 1978)[29]
Washington, D.C.
Luci Johnson Lucy Baines Johnson[27]
Nickname: Luci
born July 2,1947 Patrick John Nugent Mother of:
  • Patrick Lyndon Nugent (b. 1967)
  • Nicole Marie Nugent (b. 1970)
  • Rebekah Johnson Nugent (b. 1974)
  • Claudia Taylor Nugent (b. 1976)
Ian Johnstone Turpin
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of birth
Nancy Faye Humphrey February 27, 1939 – March 25, 2003 Conrad Bruce Solomonson Mother of:
  • Victoria Lynn Solomonson (1960–2010)
Hennepin County, Minnesota
Hubert Horatio Humphrey III
Nickname: Skip
born June 26, 1942 Nancy Lee Jeffery Attorney General of Minnesota (1983–1999)

Father of 3, including:

  • Hubert Horatio "Buck" Humphrey IV
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Robert Andrew Humphrey March 26, 1944 – April 6, 2018 Father of:
  • Ben Humphrey
  • Chris Humphrey
  • Jordan Humphrey
Douglas Sannes Humphrey born 1948
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of birth
Pamela Lee Agnew born July 5, 1943[30] Robert E. DeHaven
James Randy Agnew born September 9, 1946[30]
Susan Agnew born October 23, 1947[30] Colin Neilson Macindoe
Kimberly Agnew born December 9, 1955[30]
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of birth
Michael Ford Michael Gerald Ford born March 14,1950 Gayle Ann Brumbaugh Father of:
  • Sarah Joyce (b. 1979)
  • Rebekah Elizabeth (b. 1982)
  • Hannah Gayle (b. 1985)
Jack Ford John Gardner Ford
Nickname: Jack
born March 16, 1952 Juliann Felando Father of:
  • Christian Gerald (b. 1997)
  • Jonathan August (b. 1999)
Steven Ford Steven Meigs Ford born May 19, 1956 no spouse East Grand Rapids, Michigan
Susan Bales Susan Elizabeth Ford born July 6, 1957 Charles Vance Mother of:
  • Tyne Mary (b. 1980)
  • Heather Elizabeth (b. 1983)
Washington, D.C.
Vaden Bales
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of birth
Rodman Rockefeller Rodman Clark Rockefeller May 2,1932– May 14, 2000 Barbara Ann Olson Father of:
  • Meile Rockefeller (b. 1955)
  • Peter Clark Rockefeller (b. 1957)
  • Stuart Alexander Rockefeller (b. 1960)
  • Michael Sorum Rockefeller (b. 1964)
Manhattan, New York City, New York
Sascha von Metzler
Ann Rockefeller born 1934 Robert Pierson Mother of:
  • Clare Marie Pierson (b. 1956)
  • Joseph Anthony Pierson (b. 1957)
  • Mary Louise Pierson (b. 1959)
  • Rachel Ann Pierson (b. 1960)
Lionel Coste
T. George Harris
divorced
Steven Clark Rockefeller born April 19,1936 Anne-Marie Rasmussen Father of: New York City, New York
Dori Selene Liles Father of:
  • Laura Selene Rockefeller (b. 1981)
Barbara Bellows
Mary Rockefeller born May 18, 1938 William Strawbridge Mother of:
  • Geoffrey Tod Strawbridge (b. 1963)
  • Michael Rockefeller Strawbridge (b. 1965)
  • Sabrina Vaux Strawbridge (b. 1968)
Thomas Morgan
David J. Callard
Michael Clark Rockefeller May 18,1938–November 19, 1961 (presumed) no spouse Disappeared while in Dutch New Guinea (now Indonesia)[31]
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of birth
Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Jr. born March 30, 1964[32]
Mark Fitler Rockefeller born January 26, 1967 Renee Anne Anisko
divorced
4 children

Happy Rockefeller also had four children with her first husband James Slater Murphy before her marriage to Rockefeller: James B. Murphy, II, Margaretta Harrison Murphy, Carol Slater Murphy, and Malinda Fitler Murphy (1960–2005).

Walter and Joan Mondale

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Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of birth
Theodore Mondale Theodore Adams Mondale
Nickname: Ted or Teddy
born October 12, 1957 Pamela Burris
divorced

Rebecca Mondale

Minnesota State Senator
3 children
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Eleanor Mondale Eleanor Jane Mondale January 19, 1960 –September 17, 2011 Keith Van Horne No children; died of brain cancer
Greg Malban
Chan Poling
William Hall Mondale born February 27, 1962 Assistant Attorney General of Minnesota (1990–2000)
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of birth
George Bush George Walker Bush born July 6, 1946 Laura Lane Welch 43rd president of the United States

Father of:

New Haven, Connecticut
Robin Bush Pauline Robinson Bush
Nickname: Robin
December 20, 1949 — October 11, 1953 no spouse died of leukemia Compton, California
John Bush John Ellis Bush
Nickname: Jeb
born February 11, 1953 Columba Bush Father of:
  • George P. Bush (b. 1976)
  • Noelle Lucila Bush (b. 1977)
  • John Ellis Bush Jr. (b. 1983)
Midland, Texas
Neil Bush Neil Mallon Bush born January 22, 1955 Sharon Smith Father of:
  • Lauren Bush (b. 1984)
  • Pierce Bush (b. 1986)
  • Ashley Bush (b. 1989)
Maria Andrews  
Marvin Bush Marvin Pierce Bush born October 22, 1956 Margaret Conway Molster Father of:
  • Marshall Bush (b. 1986) (adopted)
  • Walker Bush (b. 1989) (adopted)
Dorothy Koch Dorothy Bush Koch
Nickname: Doro
born August 18, 1959 William LeBlond Mother of:
  • Sam LeBlond (b. 1984)
  • Ellie LeBlond (b. 1986)
Harris County, Texas
Bobby Koch Mother of:
  • Robert Koch (b. 1993)
  • Gigi Koch (b. 1996)
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of birth
Tucker Quayle Tucker Quayle born July 26, 1974
Ben Quayle Benjamin Eugene Quayle
Nickname: Ben
born November 5, 1976 Tiffany Crane U.S. Representative from Arizona (2011–2013)

2 children

Fort Wayne, Indiana
Corinne Quayle Corinne Quayle born 1978

21st century

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Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of birth
Karenna Gore Karenna Aitcheson Gore born August 6, 1973 Andrew Schiff
divorced
Mother of:
  • Wyatt Gore Schiff (b. 1999)
  • Anna Hunger Schiff (b. 2001)
  • Oscar Aitcheson Schiff (b. 2006)
Nashville, Tennessee
Kristen Gore Kristin Carlson Gore born June 5, 1977 Paul Cusack Carthage, Tennessee
Damian Kulash 2 children
Sarah LaFon Gore Sarah LaFon Gore born January 7, 1979 Bill Lee
Patrick Maiani 1 child
Al Gore III Albert Arnold Gore III born October 10, 1982 Brittany Toscano
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of birth
Elizabeth Cheney Elizabeth Lynne Cheney
Nickname: Liz
born July 28, 1966 Philip Perry U.S. Representative from Wyoming (2017–2023)
Mother of:
  • Kate Perry (b. 1994)
  • Elizabeth Perry (b. 1997)
  • Grace Perry (b. 2000)
  • Philip Richard Perry (b. 2004)
  • Richard Perry (b. 2006)
Madison, Wisconsin
Mary Cheney Mary Claire Cheney born March 14, 1969 Heather Poe Mother of:
  • Samuel David Cheney (b. 2007)
  • Sarah Lynne Cheney (b. 2009)
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of birth
Beau Biden
Beau Biden
Joseph Robinette Biden III
Nickname: Beau
February 3, 1969 – May 30, 2015 Hallie Olivere

Attorney General of Delaware (2007–2015) Father of:

  • Natalie Naomi Biden (b. 2004)
  • Robert Hunter Biden II (b. 2006).

Died from Brain cancer

Wilmington, Delaware
Hunter Biden
Hunter Biden
Robert Hunter Biden
Nickname: Hunter
born February 4, 1970 Kathleen Buhle
divorced

Father of:

  • Naomi Biden (b. 1993)
  • Catherine "Finnegan" Biden (b. 2000)
  • Maisy Biden (b. 2001)
Lunden Roberts[33]

Father of:

  • Navy Joan Roberts (b. 2018)
Melissa Cohen

Father of:

  • Joseph Robinette "Beau" Biden IV (b. 2020)
Naomi Christina Biden
Nickname: Amy
November 8, 1971 – December 18, 1972 no spouse Died in a car accident with her mother
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of birth
Ashley Blazer Biden born June 8, 1981 Howard Krein Wilmington, Delaware
Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of birth
Mike Pence Jr. Michael Pence Jr. born 1992 Sarah Whiteside

Father of:

  • Avery Grace Pence (b. 2021)[34]
Charlotte Pence Bond Charlotte Rose Pence born June 25, 1993 Henry Bond

Mother of

  • Etta Rose Bond (b. 2023)
Columbus, Indiana
Audrey Pence Audrey Pence born 1995 Daniel Tomanelli

Kamala Harris is a stepmother to Doug Emhoff's two children from his previous marriage to the film producer Kerstin Emhoff. The two Emhoff children call Harris 'Momala'.[35]

Stepchild Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of birth
Cole MacKin Emhoff born September 15, 1994 Greenley Littlejohn California
Ella Rose Emhoff born May 29, 1999 no spouse

Living vice presidential children

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In order of their ages, they are:

  Current second child

Name Birth Vice President
Ann Rockefeller Roberts 1934 (age 89–90) Nelson Rockefeller
Steven Clark Rockefeller (1936-04-19) April 19, 1936 (age 88)
Mary Rockefeller Callard (1938-05-18) May 18, 1938 (age 86)
Skip Humphrey (1942-06-26) June 26, 1942 (age 82) Hubert Humphrey
Pamela Lee Agnew (1943-07-05) July 5, 1943 (age 81) Spiro Agnew
Lynda Bird Johnson Robb (1944-03-19) March 19, 1944 (age 80) Lyndon B. Johnson
Tricia Nixon Cox (1946-02-21) February 21, 1946 (age 78) Richard Nixon
George W. Bush (1946-07-06) July 6, 1946 (age 78) George H. W. Bush
James Randy Agnew (1946-09-09) September 9, 1946 (age 78) Spiro Agnew
Luci Baines Johnson (1947-07-02) July 2, 1947 (age 77) Lyndon B. Johnson
Susan Agnew (1947-10-23) October 23, 1947 (age 76) Spiro Agnew
Douglas Sannes Humphrey February 1948 (age 76) Hubert Humphrey
Julie Nixon Eisenhower (1948-07-05) July 5, 1948 (age 76) Richard Nixon
Michael Gerald Ford (1950-03-14) March 14, 1950 (age 74) Gerald Ford
John Gardner Ford (1952-03-16) March 16, 1952 (age 72)
Jeb Bush (1953-02-11) February 11, 1953 (age 71) George H. W. Bush
Neil Bush (1955-01-22) January 22, 1955 (age 69)
Kimberly Agnew (1955-12-09) December 9, 1955 (age 68) Spiro Agnew
Steven Ford (1956-05-19) May 19, 1956 (age 68) Gerald Ford
Marvin P. Bush (1956-10-22) October 22, 1956 (age 67) George H. W. Bush
Susan Ford (1957-07-06) July 6, 1957 (age 67) Gerald Ford
Ted Mondale (1957-10-12) October 12, 1957 (age 67) Walter Mondale
Dorothy Bush Koch (1959-08-18) August 18, 1959 (age 65) George H. W. Bush
William Hall Mondale (1962-02-27) February 27, 1962 (age 62) Walter Mondale
Nelson Rockefeller Jr. (1964-03-30) March 30, 1964 (age 60) Nelson Rockefeller
Liz Cheney (1966-07-28) July 28, 1966 (age 58) Dick Cheney
Mark Rockefeller (1967-01-26) January 26, 1967 (age 57) Nelson Rockefeller
Mary Cheney (1969-03-14) March 14, 1969 (age 55) Dick Cheney
Hunter Biden (1970-02-04) February 4, 1970 (age 54) Joe Biden
Karenna Gore (1973-08-06) August 6, 1973 (age 51) Al Gore
Tucker Quayle (1974-07-26) July 26, 1974 (age 50) Dan Quayle
Ben Quayle (1976-11-05) November 5, 1976 (age 47)
Kristin Gore (1977-06-05) June 5, 1977 (age 47) Al Gore
Corrine Quayle 1978 (age 45–46) Dan Quayle
Sarah Gore (1979-01-07) January 7, 1979 (age 45) Al Gore
Ashley Biden (1981-06-08) June 8, 1981 (age 43) Joe Biden
Albert Gore III (1982-10-19) October 19, 1982 (age 41) Al Gore
Michael Pence Jr. 1992 (age 31–32) Mike Pence
Charlotte Pence Bond (1993-06-25) June 25, 1993 (age 31)
Cole Emhoff (1994-09-15) September 15, 1994 (age 30) Kamala Harris
Audrey Pence 1995 (age 28–29) Mike Pence
Ella Emhoff (1999-05-29) May 29, 1999 (age 25) Kamala Harris

The most recent vice presidential child to die was Robert Andrew Humphrey, the second son and third child of Hubert Humphrey, who died on April 6, 2018, at the age of 74.

See also

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