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Meet the Fathers of Our Presidents From Kennedy to Taft
A survey of presidential fathers shows varied paths from farmers and ministers to governors and soldiers. It notes John F Kennedy Sr urged independence, Andrew Jackson and Rutherford B. Hayes born posthumously, and presidents born to or fathered by governors, ministers, farmers, or foreign born immigrants. It highlights family stories of presidents Madison Harrison Buchanan Washington Jefferson Polk Taft and more.
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Grant
White House
Jesse Grant
Theodore Roseevelt
Theodore
American Museum of Natural History
Harvard
Roosevelt
Garfield
George Washington
Augustine
Mary Ball
Herbert Hoover
Iowa
Andrew Jackson
Rutherford B. Hayes
Millard Fillmore
Nathaniel Fillmore
Millard
Buffalo
William Henry Harrison
John Tyler
Virginia
Franklin Pierce
New Hampshire
Taft
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
U. S
Richard Farley Cleveland
Joseph Ruggles Wilson
William Arthur
Coolidge
Plymouth Notch
Harding
Northern Ireland
Jackson
Buchanan
Arthur
John Scott Harrison
William Henry
Benjamin
Cleveland
John Harrison
Congress
John Quincy Adams
Washington
Alexander Hamilton
Fillmore
Lincoln
Garding
Thomas Lincoln
Abe
Pierce
Benjamin Harrison
F. D. Roosevelt
Franklin Roosevelt
Squire
Hyde Park
Sara Delano
Far East
Franklin
Warren G. Harding
Kennedy
Senate
George T. Harding
San Franciso
Alaska
Hardin
Truman
Harry Truman
Eisenhower
Madison
Jefferson
Polk