Ancestry of the Presidents of the United States of America
George Washington English 
John Adams English
Thomas Jefferson Scottish 
, English , Welsh 
James Madison English
James Monroe Scottish
John Quincy Adams English
Andrew Jackson Scotch-Irish 
Martin Van Buren Dutch 
William Henry Harrison English
John Tyler English
James K. Polk Scotch-Irish
Zachary Taylor English
Millard Fillmore English
Franklin Pierce English
James Buchanan Scotch-Irish
Abraham Lincoln English
Andrew Johnson English , Scottish , Irish
Ulysses S. Grant English , Scottish
Rutherford B. Hayes Scottish , English
James Garfield English , French 
Chester Arthur Scotch-Irish , English
Grover Cleveland English , Irish
Benjamin Harrison English
William McKinley Scotch-Irish
Theodore Roosevelt Dutch , Scottish , French , Irish
William Howard Taft English
Woodrow Wilson Scotch-Irish , English , Scottish
Warren G. Harding English , Scottish , Irish , Dutch
Calvin Coolidge English , Scottish , Welsh
Herbert Hoover Swiss-German 
, English
Franklin D. Roosevelt Dutch , French
Harry Truman English , Irish , German
Dwight Eisenhower Swiss-German
John F. Kennedy Irish
Lyndon Johnson English , Scottish , German
Richard M. Nixon Scotch-Irish , English , Irish , German
Gerald R. Ford English
Jimmy Carter English , Scotch-Irish
Ronald Reagan Irish , English , Scottish
George H. W. Bush English
Bill Clinton English
George W. Bush English
Presidential Parents Born Outside the United States
Andrew Jackson His mother and father were born in Ireland
James Buchanan His father was born in Ireland, County Donegal
Chester Arthur His father was born in Ireland, County Antrim
Thomas Jefferson His mother was born in London, England
Woodrow Wilson His mother was born in Carlisle, England
Herbert Hoover His mother born in Ontario Canada
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