American History
Related: About this forumPresidents 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
It's amazing to think that someone born in 1790 could have grandchildren still alive today.
Kaleva
(38,064 posts)From 1790 when President Tyler was born to the present, 2014, where two of his grandchildren are still alive.
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)" 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)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.