Can you name the U.S. President from the names of his children/stepchildren? by triviahappy

Can you name the U.S. President from the names of his children/stepchildren?

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Source: http://www.upstairsatthewhitehouse.com/presidents_children.php
*Stepchild; **Died in infancy or childhood (under 21); ***Adopted. ------ NOTE: Only known/documented children and stepchildren (& wards) are included. See 1st comment regarding Thomas Jefferson.
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Children/Stepchildren	President
John (aka Jack), James (aka Chip), Donnell (aka Jeff), Amy
John*
Unnamed Baby Girl (though some sources say she was posthumously called Arabella), Caroline, John (aka John-John), Patrick
Andrew***, Lincoya (ophaned Indian brought home); Guardian for Caroline, Eliza, Edward & Anthony Butler; John, Andrew & Daniel Donelson; Andrew Hutchings; & sporadically for others
Malia, Natasha (aka Sasha)
Katherine (aka Katie), Ida
Anne, Sarah (aka Knox,Knoxie), Octavia, Margaret, Mary Elizabeth (aka Betty), Richard
Millard, Mary Abigail (aka Abby)
Robert, Edward (aka Eddie), William (aka Willie), Thomas (aka Tad)**
William**, Chester (aka Alan), Ellen (aka Nell)
Martha, Charles, Mary, Robert, Andrew
Chelsea
Sardis Birchard (aka Birchard), James, Rutherford, Joseph (aka Jody), George, Frances (aka Fanny), Scott, Manning**
Eliza (aka Trot), Harry (aka Hal), James, Mary (aka Mollie), Irvin, Abram, Edward
Russell, Mary (aka Mamie), Unnamed Baby Girl**, Elizabeth
Margaret (aka Nistha), Jessie, Eleanor (aka Nellie)
Marshall (his wife's nephew who was their ward)
Frederick, Ulysses (aka Buck), Ellen (aka Nellie), Jesse
Eliza, James**, Maria
Abigail (aka Nabby,Amelia), John, Susanna, Charles, Thomas, Elizabeth
Eugene Marshall* (aka Marshall, Pete), Elizabeth Ann (aka Emma; from extra-marital affair; he supported but wouldn't meet her)
Patricia (aka Tricia), Julie

Children/Stepchildren	President
Oscar (illegitimate son he accepted responsibility for but paternity was questionable; adopted by another couple), Ruth**, Esther, Marion, Richard (aka Dick, Rich), Francis
John, Calvin**
Abraham, John, Martin, Unnamed Baby Boy, Smith, Unnamed Baby Girl
Barbara, Jenna
Mary, Robert, John, Letitia (aka Letty), Elizabeth (aka Lizzie), Anne**, Alice, Tazewell, David (aka Gardie), John Alexander (Alex), Julia, Lachlan, Lyon, Robert Fitzwalter, Pearl
Lynda (aka Lynda Bird), Luci
Elizabeth (aka Betsy), John Cleves, Lucy, William, John Scott, Benjamin, Mary, Carter, Anna, James**
Mary, Harriet (orphaned nieces were his wards)
Anna, James (aka Jimmy), Franklin**, Elliott, Franklin, John
Michael, John (aka Jack), Steven, Susan
John* (aka Jacky), Martha* (aka Patsy)**; ward of stepgrandchildren Eleanor (aka Nelly) & George (aka Wash)
Mary Margaret (aka Margaret)
Doud (aka Ikky)**, John
Martha (aka Patsy), Jane, Unnamed Baby Boy, Mary (aka Polly or Maria), Lucy, Lucy II
Alice, Theodore (aka Ted), Kermit, Ethel, Archibald (aka Archie), Quentin
Herbert, Allan
Franklin, Franklin, (aka Frank), Benjamin (aka Bennie)**
George, Pauline (aka Robin)**, John (aka Jeb), Neil, Marvin, Dorothy (aka Doro)
George, John, Unnamed Baby Boy, Charles, Louisa
Robert, Helen, Charles
Maureen, Michael*, Christine, Patricia (aka Patti), Ronald (aka Ron)

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President By Children Quiz

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Created Apr 1, 2010 in History
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	triviahappy:	Mar 24th, 2010 at 18:32 GMT		12 points
	Regarding Thomas Jefferson, I did not include the children of Sally Hemings. Although there is undoubtedly DNA evidence that proves a Jefferson male fathered at least one of the children, and even though most historians agree that there is a strong likelihood that Thomas did father one or more of the children, there is still some question and debate to that fact. There are several Jefferson males that could have fathered the child/children, one of which was Thomas' brother Randolph, whose visits to Monticello coincide with times of conception of Hemings' children. There were also two nephews who are likely candidates. So, while it is probable that Jefferson fathered one or more of the children, since there is not definitive proof, they have not been included in this quiz.

	triviahappy:	Mar 25th, 2010 at 13:51 GMT		5 points
	FYI (CONTAINS SPOILERS): Most of the children who died either died in infancy or as toddlers 4 years of age and younger. Two died at the age of 11: Willie Lincoln of pneumonia and Benjamin Pierce in a horrific train crash. Ruth Cleveland died at 12 years of diphtheria. Calvin Coolidge died suddenly at 16 from blood poisoning from a blister. Patsy Custis (Geoge Washington's stepdaughter) died at 17 from complications of epilepsy. Tad Lincoln died of diphtheria at 18.

	folio1701:	Apr 1st, 2010 at 14:02 GMT		4 points
	Come on, accept JFK.

	Just_Fold:	Apr 1st, 2010 at 14:06 GMT		4 points
	Provided a lot of time for this quiz! I knew a little over half, but had time to complete the quiz by guessing. I loved the thorough research and quiz topic!

	triviahappy:	Apr 1st, 2010 at 14:10 GMT		3 points
	folio1701: Sorry about that; of course I will put that in as an alternate. I put in all the last names, but forgot initials like that. I will also add LBJ. :)

	Fidelio:	Apr 1st, 2010 at 14:24 GMT		8 points
	Thank you for pointing out those facts about Jefferson in the first comment. The media was wildly irresponsible with the news story about the DNA match between Sally Hemings' descendant and the Jefferson family. The expert who wanted the test done was well aware that it wouldn't prove anything about whether Thomas Jefferson himself was the father. It had always been obvious that whoever had fathered the kid in question was white, and that meant the father pretty much had to be one of the Jefferson men. (Hell, the kid even looked like the Jeffersons.) The question has always been, "Which Jefferson man was the father?" Obviously the DNA test, which could only reveal what family the father belonged to, wasn't going to mean much. After the media ran a million "Scientific Proof That Jefferson Banged His Slaves!" stories, the researcher who ordered the test tried to clear things up, but it was far too late. Wow, am I complaining about the media unfairly slandering a dead white man who's also a hero to conservatives and libertarians? I hope this doesn't mean I have to start watching Fox News...

	RS89:	Apr 2nd, 2010 at 01:32 GMT		9 points
	So ironic that Jackson, of all people, adopted an orphaned Indian.

	Namida:	Jul 13th, 2010 at 13:50 GMT		6 points
	This was a lot of fun. Good job!

	fortunateizzi:	Jul 17th, 2010 at 04:02 GMT		11 points
	Thank goodness people used to name their kids after themselves all the time back then or I wouldn't have done nearly as well on this!

	missyk:	Jul 17th, 2010 at 13:44 GMT		4 points
	@fortunateizzi - I was coming to post the same comment. Thank goodness for juniors, indeed. Great quiz. Thanks for the effort.

	cocky:	Jul 18th, 2010 at 20:50 GMT		3 points
	People seemed to die young a lot back in the day. Must have been devastating to lose several children like that. Anybody else guess Polk for Taylor's kids?

	triviahappy:	Jul 18th, 2010 at 23:08 GMT		5 points
	cocky: It does seem that a lot of infants and toddlers died back then. Especially tragic (to me) is Mrs. McKinley. She lost one daughter at 3 1/2 years, and the 2nd daughter at 4 months, and then her husband was assassinated. And also the Pierces, who lost their 1st son at 3 days and their second son at 4 years. Their 3rd son was healthy, but at 11 years old, 2 months before Pierce became president, the family was on a train which derailed, and Bennie was killed before their eyes. Pierce never really recovered from that. Those two stories were especially sad to me.

	rct:	Jul 22nd, 2010 at 20:15 GMT		3 points
	Looking at Van Buren's kids, I am reminded of the song by Dion (about Lincoln, King, and Kennedy).

	fiestaandroses:	Sep 15th, 2010 at 22:49 GMT		3 points
	Loved this quiz! It was challenging but fun.

jslewitz:

Dec 31st, 2010 at 03:17 GMT

1 point

Side note: Pierce was the only president not sworn in with a Bible (he used the Constitution instead, if I remember correctly) because of the crisis of faith he endured after the loss of his sons.

	triviahappy:	Feb 21st, 2011 at 20:20 GMT		2 points
	I want to give a bit of explanation about Grover Cleveland and the child, Oscar. Oscar was born well before Cleveland was married. (Cleveland married at the age of 49 during his first term as President.) Oscar was born to a widow, Maria Crofts Halpin. It was later learned that the woman had ongoing relations with a number of men. Cleveland was the only single man among them, and he stepped forward and accepted responsibility. He helped with the child, even while uncertain if he was the father. Later, Cleveland arranged for Oscar to be adopted by a wealthy couple in New York after Maria was institutionalized. Even though there is no proof that Cleveland was the biological father, I included Oscar in the quiz because Cleveland himself had accepted responsibility. :)

	willwoodlen:	Jan 15th, 2012 at 01:26 GMT		3 points
	triviahappy: Very belated congratulations on a terrific quiz. I've never created a Sporcle quiz and have been contemplating one on this topic, but you've more than covered the territory. One tiny nitpick: for the Washington entry, you use the word "ward" when I think you intended "guardian." And I share the feelings expressed by you and others on the number of children lost in infancy and childhood. The thought also applies to young adults: a number of the children named here without asterisks died in their 20s and 30s. William Henry Harrison's wife, by having the "privilege" of living to be 88, survived eight of her ten children. At any rate, excellent work on this.

	churchgeek:	Mar 18th, 2012 at 05:54 GMT		2 points
	Impressive how many you can guess based on the assumption that lots of men name their boys after themselves. :)