American Monarchy

Noting that there have been 44 presidents in the 234-year history of the United States, consider the following:


* John Adams and John Quincy Adams were father and son.

* George H. Bush and George W. Bush were father and son.

* William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison were grandfather and grandson.

* Adlai Stevenson’s similarly-named grandfather was Grover Cleveland’s vice president.

* Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin Delano Roosevelt were 5th cousins.

* Franklin Delano Roosevelt was related to John Adams.

* Richard Nixon was related to James Monroe.

* Franklin Pierce, James Garfield, and Grover Cleveland were all cousins.

* William Henry Harrison was related to Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, and John Tyler.

* Calvin Coolidge, Harry Truman, and Lyndon Johnson were more distantly related to Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, and the Harrisons.

* If the family trees of 21 presidents are analyzed (a supposed pool of 224 ancestors), one will find 13 Roosevelts, 16 Coolidges, and 14 Tylers.


Most of the above taken is from Robert Anton Wilson’s book Everything Is Under Control, so I wouldn’t quote it in its entirety unless you can find corroboration from other sources. I, however, lack the time and inclination at the moment to do just that, so I will post the data here simply because I found it of momentary interest.