Hail to the Chief

Surnames (with earliest recorded date and place of birth/residence) include: Alexander (1795, SC); Box (1827, TN); Bryant (1742, NC); Denny (1775, NC); Filger (1725, NC); Gatlin (1818, NC); Gore (1669, VA); Grigsby (1761); Hancock (1780, SC); Holloway (1686, England to NJ); Joyner (1830, TN); Kellam (1780, VA); Kelly (1749); Lafon (1784, NC); Maderas (1707, VA); Maris (1660, England to PA); McNeil (1819, TN); Pharo (1681, NJ); Robinson (1734, VA); Schooley (1650, England to NJ); Simcock (1658, England to PA); Stanford (1815, NC); Stephenson (1750, NC); Stuntson (1776, SC); Todd (1743, NC); Waggoner (1755, PA); Waln (1650, PA)

George Walker Bush:

In addition to his father's lineage above, George Walker Bush can claim descent from the Mayflower passengers through his mother's line.

Dick Cheney:

Dick Cheney was born in Nebraska and, during the 1800s his family was primarily in the Midwest. However, his earliest ancestors remained, for the most part, in Massachusetts and Maryland. Cheney's ancestors have been traced back to 1592 in England, as well as Ireland and France. He is the tenth half cousin of President George Walker Bush, a relation to Harry S. Truman and a distant relation to the poet John Greenleaf Whittier.

Surnames (with earliest recorded date and place of birth/residence) include: Adams, (1612, MA); Breed (1704); Cheney (1640, MA); Day (1678, MA); Duvall (1630, France to MD); Emerson (1590, MA); Fletcher (1592, England to MA); France (1605); Hughes (1750); Hyde (1626, MA); Ijams (c. 1670, MD); Kidder (1626, MA); Langley (1732, MD); Marsh (1647); Page (1614, England to MA); Parker (1651); Perham (1669, MA); Pritchard (1710, MD); Rolfe ; Taylor (1742, MA); Tyler (1671, MD); Underwood (1650, MA); Webster (1639, MA); Whitter (1620, Ireland to MA)

Unless otherwise noted in the Ancestral reports, all information was taken from: Roberts, Gary Boyd "Ancestors of American Presidents", New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA c. 1995

For further information, please also see:

• Ancestry of all of the 2000 Presidential Candidates and Running Mates.
• DeGregorio, William “The Complete Book of U.S. Presidents”, Dembner Books, New York c. 1989
• Eskin, Blake “The Book of Political Lists”, Villard, New York, c. 1998
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