How many US presidents were orphans?

Answer 1

Washington's father died when he was 11.

Jefferson's father died when he was 14.

Monroe's father died when was 16.

Jackson's father died before he was born. His mother died when he was 14.

Tyler's mother died when he was 7.

Lincoln's mother died when he was 9.

Andrew Johnson's father died when he was 3.

Hayes' father died before he was born.

Garfield's father died when he was one and 1/2.

Cleveland's father died when he was 16.

B. Harrison's mother died when he was 16.

Coolidge lost his mother when he was 12.

Hoover's father died when he was 6 and he lost his mother when he was 9.

Clinton's father died before he was born.

Jackson,Hoover,and Ford

Answer 2

No, he was not, although it might seem that way because of his early childhood circumstances. He was born in Hawaii in 1961 to two college students-- a white American mother (Ann Dunham) and black Kenyan father (Barack Obama Senior). However, as a young child, his father abandoned the family. His mom remarried to a man from Indonesia, and for five years, the family lived in that country.

But then young Barack returned to the USA (he missed his friends, the schools in the US were better, and Indonesia was not very stable politically). He was mainly raised by his maternal grandparents (the Dunhams), as his mom was finishing an advanced degree in anthropology. But reports that his mom had no interest in him, or that she did not help to raise him, are false. In fact, President Obama often speaks of how he regarded his mom as an inspiration to him. He only saw his biological father once after the divorce, so he did not find his dad very inspirational, and instead, bonded with his grandparents.

Answer 3

Presidents Herbert Hoover and Andrew Jackson were both orphaned as children. President Hoover was orphaned at age 9 which President Jackson was orphaned at age 14.

Answer 4

Herbert Hoover and Andrew Jackson had both parents die while they were children.

Several others lost one of their parents before they grew up.

Answer 5

Andrew Jackson and Herbert Hoover lost both of their parents before they reached manhood. Several other presidents lost one of their parents while they were children.

Answer 6

Andrew Jackson's mother died when he was 14, leaving him with no living parents.

Herbert Hoover had lost both of his parents by age 9.

Answer 7

Andrew Jackson and Herbert Clark Hoover

Answer 8

No