George Washington English ![]()
John Adams English ![]()
Thomas Jefferson Scottish
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James Madison English ![]()
James Monroe Scottish ![]()
John Quincy Adams English ![]()
Andrew Jackson Scotch-Irish
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Martin Van Buren Dutch ![]()
William Henry Harrison English ![]()
John Tyler English ![]()
James K. Polk Scotch-Irish
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Zachary Taylor English ![]()
Millard Fillmore English ![]()
Franklin Pierce English ![]()
James Buchanan Scotch-Irish
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Abraham Lincoln English ![]()
Andrew Johnson English
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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
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Theodore Roosevelt Dutch
, Scottish
, French
, Irish ![]()
William Howard Taft English ![]()
Woodrow Wilson Scotch-Irish
, English
, Scottish ![]()
Warren G. Harding English
, Scottish
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, Dutch ![]()
Calvin Coolidge English
, Scottish
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Herbert Hoover Swiss-German
, English ![]()
Franklin D. Roosevelt Dutch
, French ![]()
Harry Truman English
, Irish
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Dwight Eisenhower Swiss-German ![]()
John F. Kennedy Irish ![]()
Lyndon Johnson English
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Richard M. Nixon Scotch-Irish
, English
, Irish
, German ![]()
Gerald R. Ford English ![]()
Jimmy Carter English
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Ronald Reagan Irish
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, Scottish ![]()
George H. W. Bush English ![]()
Bill Clinton English ![]()
George W. Bush English ![]()
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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