List of children of the Vice Presidents of the United States

Vice presidents of the United States since 1961 have had 43 children among them.

John and Abigail Adams

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
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
John Quincy Adams
6th president (1825–1829)
July 11, 1767 – February 23, 1848 Louisa Catherine Johnson 6th president of the United States
Father of:
Grace Susanna Adams
nickname: Suky
Dec 28, 1768 – Feb 4, 1770 no spouse died of unknown causes
Charles Adams May 29, 1770 – Nov 30, 1800 Sarah Smith Father of:
  • Susanna Boylston (1796 – 1884)
  • Abigail Louisa Smith (1798 – 1836)
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

Thomas Jefferson

with Martha Jefferson

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
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]

with Sally Hemings

Alleged children with Sally Hemings; see Jefferson DNA data
Child Lifetime Spouse Children
Thomas Jefferson Hemings
nickname: Tom
1790 – 1879 Jemima Price Father of:
Harriet Hemings (I) October 5, 1795 – December 7, 1797 no spouse died of unknown causes
Edy Hemings 1796 no spouse died in infancy
William Beverly Hemings Apr 1, 1798 – 1873 Darek Joseph one daughter, unknown name
Thenia Hemings December 7, 1799 – ca. 1802 no spouse died in early childhood
Harriet Hemings (II) May 22, 1801 – 1863 unknown  
James Madison Hemings Jan 18, 1805 – Nov 26, 1877 Mary Hughes McCoy  
Eston Hemings May 21, 1808 – Jan 3, 1856 Julia Ann Isaacs Father of 3, including:

Aaron Burr

Martin and Hannah Van Buren

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Abraham Van Buren II Nov 27, 1807 – Mar 15, 1873 Angelica Singleton 4 children
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 died in infancy
Smith Thompson Van Buren Jan 16, 1817 – Dec 10, 1876[5] Ellen King James
Henrietta Eckford Irving
7 children between 2 wives
unnamed daughter[6] c. 1818 no spouse stillborn

John Tyler

with Letitia Tyler

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 III 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[7] 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

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
John William Dunjee 1833 – 1903 Lydia Ann Taylor allegedly the son of John Tyler; unproven as of 2011[8]

with Julia Tyler

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
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 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:
  • Lyon Gardiner Tyler Jr. (1925–2020)
  • Harrison Ruffin Tyler (1928–)
  • Henry Tyler (1931–1931)

Harrison is still alive as of September 26, 2020, meaning John Tyler is, by far, the earliest president with living grandchildren.[9]

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  

Millard and Abigail Fillmore

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Millard Powers Fillmore
nickname:Powers
Apr 25, 1828 – Nov 15, 1889 no spouse  
Mary Abigail Fillmore
nickname: Abby
Mar 27, 1832 – July 26, 1854 Served as Acting First Lady during her mother's illness

Hannibal Hamlin

Andrew and Eliza McCardle Johnson

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Martha Johnson Oct 25, 1828 – July 10, 1901 David Trotter Patterson 2 children
Charles Johnson Feb 19, 1830 – Apr 4, 1863 no spouse  
Mary Johnson May 8, 1832 – Apr 19, 1883 Daniel Stover  
William Browne
Robert Johnson Feb 22, 1834 – Apr 22, 1869 no spouse died from suicide
Andrew Johnson Jr.
nickname: Frank
Aug 5, 1852 – Mar 12, 1879 Bessie May Kumbaugh  

Chester A. and Nell Arthur

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
William Lewis Arthur Dec 10, 1860 – July 7, 1863 no spouse died of "convulsions"
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  

Levi P. Morton

Theodore Roosevelt

with Alice Roosevelt

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
Alice Lee Roosevelt
nickname: Lee
Feb 12, 1884 – Feb 20, 1980 Nicholas Longworth IV Mother of Paulina Longworth (1925 – 1957)[10]

with Edith Roosevelt

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
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:
Kermit Roosevelt Oct 10, 1889 – June 4, 1943 Belle Wyatt Willard[10] Father of 4, including:
Ethel Carow Roosevelt Aug 13, 1891 – Dec 10, 1977 Richard Derby Mother of:
Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt
nickname: Archie
Apr 10, 1894 – Oct 13, 1979 Grace Lockwood Father of 4, including:
Quentin Roosevelt
nickname: Quentyquee or Quinikins
Nov 19, 1897 – July 14, 1918 no spouse died in combat in World War I

Calvin and Grace Coolidge

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes
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 Jr. Apr 13, 1908 – July 7, 1924 no spouse died of blood poisoning

John Nance and Mariette Rheiner Garner

Child Lifetime Spouse Note Place of Birth
Tully Charles Garner 1896–1968 Ann F. Fenner Father of:
  • Genevieve Garner (1922–1977)

Harry S. and Bess Truman

Child Lifetime Spouse Note Place of Birth
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

Richard and Pat Nixon

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of Birth
Patricia Nixon
nickname: Tricia
born Feb 21, 1946 Edward Ridley Finch Cox Mother of Christopher Nixon Cox (b. 1979) Whittier, California
Julie Nixon born July 5, 1948 Dwight David Eisenhower II
son of John Eisenhower and grandson of 34th President Dwight Eisenhower
Mother of: Washington, D.C.

Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of birth
Lynda Bird Johnson[11][12][13] 1944–present Charles Spittal Robb Mother of:
  • Lucinda Desha Robb (1968–present)[13]
  • Catherine Lewis Robb (1970–present)[13]
  • Jennifer Wickliffe Robb (1978–present)[13]
Washington, D.C.
Lucy Baines Johnson[[11]
nickname: Luci
1947–present Patrick John Nugent Mother of:
  • Patrick Lyndon Nugent (1967–present)
  • Nicole Marie Nugent (1970–present)
  • Rebekah Johnson Nugent (1974–present)
  • Claudia Taylor Nugent (1976–present)
Ian Johnstone Turpin

Hubert and Muriel Buck Humphrey

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of birth
Nancy Faye Humphrey 1939-2003[14] Conrad Bruce Solomonson Mother of:
  • Victoria Lynn Solomonson (1960–2010)
Hubert Horatio Humphrey III
Nickname: Skip
1942–present Nancy Lee Jeffery Father of:
  • Hubert Horatio Humphrey IV
Robert Andrew Humphrey c. 1944-2018[15][16]
Douglas Sannes Humphrey

Spiro Agnew and Judy Agnew

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of birth
Pamela Lee Agnew July 5, 1943-[17]
James Randy Agnew September 9, 1946-[18]
Susan Agnew October 23, 1947-[19]
Kimberly Agnew December 9, 1955-[20]

Gerald and Betty Ford

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of birth
Michael Gerald Ford 1950–present Gayle Ann Brumbaugh Father of:
  • Sarah Joyce (1979–present)
  • Rebekah Elizabeth (1982–present)
  • Hannah Gayle (1985–present)
John Gardner Ford
nickname: Jack
1952–present Juliann Felando Father of:
  • Christian Gerald (1997–present)
  • Jonathan August (1999–present)
Steven Meigs Ford 1956–present no spouse East Grand Rapids, Michigan
Susan Elizabeth Ford 1957–present Charles Vance Mother of:
  • Tyne Mary (1980–present)
  • Heather Elizabeth (1983–present)
Washington, D.C.
Vaden Bales

Nelson Rockefeller

With Mary Todhunter Clark

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of birth
Rodman Rockefeller 1932–2000 Father of Meile Rockefeller
Ann Rockefeller
Steven Clark Rockefeller 1936–present
Mary Rockefeller born 1938
Michael Clark Rockefeller 1938–1961 (presumed) no spouse

With Happy Rockefeller

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of birth
Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller Jr. 1964-present[21]
Mark Rockefeller 1967–present

Walter and Joan Mondale

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of birth
Theodore Adams Mondale
nickname: Ted
1957–present
Eleanor Jane Mondale 1960–2011
William Mondale

George H. W. and Barbara Bush

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of birth
George Walker Bush 1946–present Laura Lane Welch 43rd President of the United States

Father of:

New Haven, Connecticut
Pauline Robinson Bush
Nickname: Robin
1949–1953 no spouse died of leukemia
John Ellis Bush
nickname: Jeb
1953–present Columba Bush Father of: Midland, Texas
Neil Mallon Bush 1955–present Sharon Smith Father of:
  • Lauren Bush (1984–present)
  • Pierce Bush (1986–present)
  • Ashley Bush (1989–present)
Maria Andrews  
Marvin Pierce Bush 1956–present Margaret Conway Molster Father of:
  • Marshall Bush (1986–present) (adopted)
  • Walker Bush (1989–present) (adopted)
Dorothy Bush Koch
nickname: Doro
1959–present William LeBlond Mother of:
  • Sam LeBlond (1984–present)
  • Ellie LeBlond (1986–present)
Harris County, Texas
Bobby Koch Mother of:
  • Robert Koch (1993–present)
  • Gigi Koch (1996–present)

Dan and Marilyn Quayle

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of birth
Tucker Quayle
Benjamin Eugene Quayle
Nickname: Ben
1976–present
Corinne Quayle

Al and Tipper Gore

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of birth
Karenna Gore 1973–present Andrew Schiff
divored
Kristin Carlson Gore 1977–present
Sarah LaFon Gore 1979–present Patrick Maiani
Albert Arnold Gore III 1982–present Brittany Toscano

Dick and Lynne Cheney

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of birth
Elizabeth Lynne Cheney
Nickname: Liz
1966–present Philip Perry Madison, Wisconsin
Mary Claire Cheney 1969–present Heather Poe

Joe Biden

With Neilia Hunter Biden

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of Birth
Joseph Robinette Biden III
Nickname: Beau
1969–2015 Hallie Olivere

Attorney General of Delaware (2007–2015)

Father of:

  • Natalie Naomi Biden (b. 2003)
  • Robert Hunter Biden II (b. 2006)
Wilmington, Delaware
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)
Melissa Cohen

Father of:

  • Joseph Robinette "Beau" Biden IV (b. 2020)
Naomi Christina Biden
Nickname: Amy
1971–1972 no spouse Died of car accident with her mother

With Jill Biden

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of birth
Ashley Blazer Biden 1981–present Howard Krein Wilmington, Delaware

Mike and Karen Pence

Child Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of birth
Michael Pence 1992–present Sarah Whiteside
Charlotte Rose Pence 1993–present Henry Bond
Audrey Pence 1995–present Daniel Tomanelli

Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff

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'.

Stepchild Lifetime Spouse Notes Place of birth
Cole Emhoff 1994–present Unmarried California
Ella Emhoff 1999–present

Living vice presidential children

In order of their ages, they are:

  Current Second Child

Name Birth Vice President
Ann Rockefeller Roberts 1934 (age 8687) Nelson Rockefeller
Steven Clark Rockefeller (1936-04-19) April 19, 1936
Mary Rockefeller Callard (1938-05-18) May 18, 1938
Skip Humphrey (1942-06-26) June 26, 1942 Hubert Humphrey
Pamela Lee Agnew (1943-07-05) July 5, 1943 Spiro Agnew
Lynda Bird Johnson Robb (1944-03-19) March 19, 1944 Lyndon B. Johnson
Tricia Nixon Cox (1946-02-21) February 21, 1946 Richard Nixon
George W. Bush (1946-07-06) July 6, 1946 George H. W. Bush
James Randy Agnew (1946-09-09) September 9, 1946 Spiro Agnew
Luci Baines Johnson (1947-07-02) July 2, 1947 Lyndon B. Johnson
Susan Agnew (1947-10-23) October 23, 1947 Spiro Agnew
Douglas Sannes Humphrey February 1948 (age 7273) Hubert Humphrey
Julie Nixon Eisenhower (1948-07-05) July 5, 1948 Richard Nixon
Michael Gerald Ford (1950-03-14) March 14, 1950 Gerald Ford
John Gardner Ford (1952-03-16) March 16, 1952
Jeb Bush (1953-02-11) February 11, 1953 George H. W. Bush
Neil Bush (1955-01-22) January 22, 1955
Kimberly Agnew (1955-12-09) December 9, 1955 Spiro Agnew
Steven Ford (1956-05-19) May 19, 1956 Gerald Ford
Marvin P. Bush (1956-10-22) October 22, 1956 George H. W. Bush
Susan Ford (1957-07-06) July 6, 1957 Gerald Ford
Ted Mondale (1957-10-12) October 12, 1957 Walter Mondale
Dorothy Bush Koch (1959-08-18) August 18, 1959 George H. W. Bush
William Hall Mondale (1962-02-27) February 27, 1962 Walter Mondale
Nelson Rockefeller Jr. (1964-03-30) March 30, 1964 Nelson Rockefeller
Liz Cheney (1966-07-28) July 28, 1966 Dick Cheney
Mark Rockefeller (1967-01-26) January 26, 1967 Nelson Rockefeller
Mary Cheney (1969-03-14) March 14, 1969 Dick Cheney
Hunter Biden (1970-02-04) February 4, 1970 Joe Biden
Karenna Gore (1973-08-06) August 6, 1973 Al Gore
Tucker Quayle (1974-07-26) July 26, 1974 Dan Quayle
Ben Quayle (1976-11-05) November 5, 1976
Kristin Gore (1977-06-05) June 5, 1977 Al Gore
Corrine Quayle 1978 (age 4243) Dan Quayle
Sarah Gore (1979-01-07) January 7, 1979 Al Gore
Ashley Biden (1981-06-08) June 8, 1981 Joe Biden
Albert Gore III (1982-10-19) October 19, 1982 Al Gore
Michael Pence 1992 (age 2829) Mike Pence
Charlotte Pence Bond (1993-06-25) June 25, 1993
Cole Emhoff (1994-09-15) September 15, 1994 Kamala Harris
Audrey Pence 1995 (age 2526) Mike Pence
Ella Emhoff (1999-05-29) May 29, 1999 Kamala Harris

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

See also

References

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  2. Quinn, Sandra L.; Kanter, Sanford (1995). America's Royalty: All the Presidents' Children. Greenwood Publishing. p. 19. ISBN 9780313295355.
  3. Quinn, Sandra L.; Kanter, Sanford (1995). America's Royalty: All the Presidents' Children. Greenwood Publishing. p. 21. ISBN 9780313295355.
  4. "Lucy Jefferson (1782–1784)". monticello.org. Thomas Jefferson Foundation. Retrieved January 14, 2018.
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  6. http://www.historybyzim.com/2013/07/john-tyler-most-children/
  7. Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation at library.buffalo.edu/exhibits/ForeverFree/index.htm
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  11. "LBJ: His Life and Times". Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.
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  13. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52220614/nancy-faye-solomonson
  14. https://www.startribune.com/obituaries/detail/0000251770/
  15. https://gw.geneanet.org/tdowling?lang=en&pz=timothy+michael&nz=dowling&p=robert+andrew&n=humphrey
  16. http://aomol.msa.maryland.gov/000001/000083/html/am83p--19.html
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  20. https://www.nytimes.com/1964/05/31/archives/mrs-rockefeller-gives-birth-to-son.html
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