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Kaleva

(38,064 posts)
Sun Aug 17, 2014, 07:58 PM Aug 2014

Presidents wth no living direct descendants

Interesting article here:

" So, to sum it up — to the best of my knowledge — there are no direct descendants living today of 10 Presidents: George Washington, James Madison, Andrew Jackson, James K. Polk, Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln, Chester Arthur, and William McKinley."

http://deadpresidents.tumblr.com/post/51793435057/are-there-any-presidents-that-do-not-have-living

According to snopes.com, President Tyler (born 1790) has 2 living grandsons:

http://www.snopes.com/history/american/tylergrandsons.asp

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Presidents wth no living direct descendants (Original Post) Kaleva Aug 2014 OP
Wow. 47of74 Aug 2014 #1
Three generations covering 224 years. Kaleva Aug 2014 #2
John Tyler cmkramer May 2015 #4
Bio of Chester Alan Arthur III, the last living descendent of President Arthur who died in 1972 Kaleva Sep 2014 #3
I don't see Harding listed UnderDome Aug 2015 #5
 

47of74

(18,470 posts)
1. Wow.
Wed Aug 20, 2014, 08:07 PM
Aug 2014

It's amazing to think that someone born in 1790 could have grandchildren still alive today.

Kaleva

(38,064 posts)
2. Three generations covering 224 years.
Wed Aug 20, 2014, 10:10 PM
Aug 2014

From 1790 when President Tyler was born to the present, 2014, where two of his grandchildren are still alive.

 

cmkramer

(1,639 posts)
4. John Tyler
Mon May 18, 2015, 10:38 PM
May 2015

I remember several years ago, C-SPAN did a special series on the presidents' children and they interviewed descendants of various presidents. One of them was John Tyler's grandson.

Kaleva

(38,064 posts)
3. Bio of Chester Alan Arthur III, the last living descendent of President Arthur who died in 1972
Sat Sep 20, 2014, 09:50 PM
Sep 2014

" Chester Alan Arthur III, was a San Francisco astrologer and sexologist and a grandson of U.S. President Chester A. Arthur."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_Arthur

 

UnderDome

(17 posts)
5. I don't see Harding listed
Mon Aug 3, 2015, 05:18 PM
Aug 2015

Of course, there's the controversial matter of Elizabeth Ann Blaesing, daughter of the author of "The President's Daughter," Nan Britton, whose claim that Elizabeth was conceived in the White House with President Harding. At any rate, Elizabeth died only ten years ago terminating the direct line from Harding.

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