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Kaleva

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Sun Aug 17, 2014, 08:58 PM Aug 2014

Presidents wth no living direct descendants [View all]

Interesting article here:

" So, to sum it up — to the best of my knowledge — there are no direct descendants living today of 10 Presidents: George Washington, James Madison, Andrew Jackson, James K. Polk, Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln, Chester Arthur, and William McKinley."

http://deadpresidents.tumblr.com/post/51793435057/are-there-any-presidents-that-do-not-have-living

According to snopes.com, President Tyler (born 1790) has 2 living grandsons:

http://www.snopes.com/history/american/tylergrandsons.asp

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