Oh, dude, that would be President Warren G. Harding. Yeah, he had a child while he was in the White House. Like, talk about multitasking, am I right? Balancing running a country and changing diapers, now that's talent.
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The only U.S. President known to have fathered a child during his presidency was Grover Cleveland. In 1893, during his second term in office, Cleveland and his wife, Frances, welcomed their daughter Esther. This makes Cleveland the only president in U.S. history to have a child born in the White House.
Grover Cleveland is the only U.S. president to have a child born in the White House while he was in office. His daughter, Esther Cleveland, was born in 1893 during his second term as president. So, there you have it, a little White House baby drama to spice up American history!
Grover Cleveland's wife give birth to a daughter while he was in office.
Mrs. Kennedy had a premature baby who died after living two days, while John was the president. Several presidents had minor children living with them in the White House.
From the National Park Service website: The children of about two-thirds of the Presidents were fully grown or at least young adults while their fathers served in the White House. Only 11 raised young children (age 12 and under) there: Tyler, Lincoln, Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt, Taft, Kennedy, and Carter. The only child of a President ever to be born in the White House was a daughter of Cleveland. http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/Presidents/bioa.htm From the National Park Service website: The children of about two-thirds of the Presidents were fully grown or at least young adults while their fathers served in the White House. Only 11 raised young children (age 12 and under) there: Tyler, Lincoln, Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt, Taft, Kennedy, and Carter. The only child of a President ever to be born in the White House was a daughter of Cleveland. http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/Presidents/bioa.htm
Miss Esther Cleveland was born in the White House in 1893.
John F. Kennedy, Jr. was born after his father's election but before inauguration.
Patrick Bouvier Kennedy was born on 7 August 1963 and died on 9 August 1963.
President John F. Kennedy died on 22 November 1963.
Grover Cleveland was the first President whose wife had a baby while he was President. His daughter, Esther, was born in 1893 in the White House. Another daughter, Marion, was born in 1895, but not in the White House.
John F. Kennedy 1961-1963. He had a son . John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr. ,while president-elect in 1960 (after the election but before the inauguration) Another son, Patrick Bouvier Kennedy was born August 7,1963, but died in two days.
Grover Cleveland was the only President whose wife gave birth while he was in office.
Tyler, Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Carter and Clinton all had children under 18 to support while they were in office, as does President Obama. Pierce had a young son who was killed between the time Pierce was elected and his inauguration.
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Jackie Kennedy had a baby boy while JFK was in office. The baby died soon after birth. His name was Patrick.
Cleveland was the only whose wife bore him a healthy baby while he was in office.
Grover Cleveland and his wife Frances had a daughter Esther, born September 9, 1893, during his second term in office. She was the only child born in the White House.
On August 7, 1963, Patrick Bouvier Kennedy was born to President John Kennedy and wife Jacqueline Kennedy at Otis Air Force Base Hospital in Massachusetts. The child, born several weeks prematurely, died two days later.
Not while they are president. They are commander and chief of the armed forces. They run the show.
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$25,000 was the annual salary at that time.
While Bill Clinton was US President, the US Vice President was Tennessee Democrat Al Gore (Albert Arnold Gore, Jr.).
Theodore Roosevelt was the first US President to travel outside the US while he was in office. He sailed to Panama to inspect the canal. George Washington visited the Barbados in 1751, long before he was President.