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Grant and Jefferson in Americas Presidential Lineage
The Wilmington Post reviews national memory and the origins of U S presidents noting Washington as unique in aristocratic ties while many leaders rose from common roots. It argues the presidency has largely been a government of the people with limited nepotism and highlights archival details across states.
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Grant
United States
George Washington
Walsingham
John Adams
Braintree
John
William Smith
Weymouth
Adams
Monroe
Andrew Jackson
van Buren
William Henry Harrison
Virginia
Tyler
Volk
North Carolina
Zachary Taylor
Fillmore
Franklin Pierce
Pierce
McNeil
Buchanan
Abraham Lincoln
William Jenn
Ane Drew Jonson
Raleigh
Andrew
Connecticut
Julius Cowar
Napoleon
Frederica the Great
Charlemagne
America
Mr. Hayes
Washington
North America
Fanticotts
van Laers
Clintons
Lee's
Harrizon
Ohio
John van Buren
Dick Taylor
Confederacy
Robert I Inclu
Chicago
Alabama
Arkansas
California
Florida
Iowa
Kansas
Louisiana
Minnesota
Nebraska
Nevada
West Virginia
Oregon
Lanman
Sherman
Old Roger
Smiths
Illinois
Douglas
Lincoln
Logan
Allens
Indiana
Morton
Kentucky
Kentucky Had Three Clays, Three Youngs, Four Marshalls, Three Davises
Underwoods
Maine
Tessendens
Maryland
Linkney
Johnsons
Massachusetts
Adamses
Webster
Sumner
Missouri
Benton
New Hampshire
Bartletts
Hales
New Jersey
Stocktons
Frelinghuysens
New York
Clarks
Bntons
Conklings
Livingstons
Lord Terrell
Wilmington
North
South Carolina
Jnc
Red Shirt Bulldozers
Joseph Shlostler
Terrell