Which US Presidents Had the Largest Families in History?

30th President Calvin Coolidge and First Lady Grace Coolidge raised two sons, John (born 1906) and Calvin Jr. (born 1908), at the White House. In July 1924, 16-year-old Calvin Jr. tragically died of sepsis from a White House tennis blister, while elder son John lived to age 93.

31st President Herbert Hoover and First Lady Lou Henry Hoover raised two Stanford-educated sons: Herbert Jr. (born 1903) and Allan (born 1907). Herbert Jr. later served as Under Secretary of State in the 1950s, while Allan helped establish the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library in Iowa.

34th President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Mamie Eisenhower had two sons: Doud Dwight "Icky" (born 1917), who died of scarlet fever at age three, and John (born 1922). John graduated from West Point on D-Day in 1944, and his son David inspired the naming of the presidential retreat Camp David.

36th President Lyndon B. Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson gave both of their daughters—Lynda Bird (born 1944) and Luci Baines (born 1947)—the famous initials "LBJ." Both daughters celebrated nationally televised weddings during their father's 1963–1969 presidency, including Lynda's East Room ceremony.

37th President Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon raised two daughters, Tricia (born 1946) and Julie (born 1948), who grew up in Washington political life. Julie married Dwight D. Eisenhower's grandson David in 1968, and Tricia held the first-ever White House Rose Garden wedding in June 1971.

43rd President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush raised fraternal twin daughters, Barbara and Jenna Bush, born in Dallas, Texas, in November 1981. The twins were college freshmen when their father took office in 2001; Barbara later co-founded Global Health Corps and Jenna joined NBC's Today show.

44th President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama entered the White House in 2009 with daughters Malia (born 1998) and Sasha (born 2001), then ages 10 and 7. Raised across two terms with help from grandmother Marian Robinson in the Residence, Malia later graduated from Harvard and Sasha from USC.

35th President John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy had four children: Arabella (1956), Caroline (1957), John F. Kennedy Jr. (1960), and Patrick (1963), who died in infancy. Caroline and young John Jr. brought a West Wing kindergarten and pony Macaroni to the 1961–1963 Camelot White House.

38th President Gerald Ford and First Lady Betty Ford raised four children: sons Michael (1950), Jack (1952), and Steven (1956), and daughter Susan (1957). During Ford's 1974–1977 term, teenage daughter Susan famously hosted her high school senior prom inside the East Room of the White House.

39th President Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter raised four children spanning 20 years: sons Jack (1947), Chip (1950), and Jeff (1952), plus daughter Amy (1967). Nine-year-old Amy attended D.C. public schools and played in a South Lawn treehouse while adult sons Chip and Jeff also lived in the Residence.

40th President Ronald Reagan raised four surviving children across two marriages: Maureen (1941) and Michael (1945) with first wife Jane Wyman, plus infant Christine (1947). With First Lady Nancy Davis Reagan, he welcomed daughter Patti Davis (1952) and son Ron Reagan (1958), who all pursued public careers.

46th President Joe Biden fathered four children: Beau (1969), Hunter (1970), and infant Naomi (1971, who died with mother Neilia in a 1972 crash). In 1977, he married educator Dr. Jill Biden, welcoming daughter Ashley Biden in 1981, while eldest son Beau served as Delaware Attorney General.

45th and 47th President Donald Trump raised five children across three marriages: Donald Jr. (1977), Ivanka (1981), and Eric (1984) with first wife Ivana Trump. He welcomed daughter Tiffany (1993) with Marla Maples and youngest son Barron (2006) with First Lady Melania Trump.

Tied for the largest modern presidential family, Franklin D. and Eleanor Roosevelt had six children between 1906 and 1916: Anna, James, infant Franklin Jr., Elliott, second Franklin Jr., and John. During WWII, all four surviving sons served in uniform while Anna assisted her father in the White House.

Tied at #1 with six children, 41st President George H. W. Bush and Barbara Bush welcomed George W., Robin (who died of leukemia at age three), Jeb, Neil, Marvin, and Dorothy. Their five surviving children forged an American political dynasty led by 43rd President George W. Bush and Florida Governor Jeb Bush.