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D. American Presidents with Ulster Origins
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APPENDIX D American Presidents with Ulster Origins . Andrew Jackson, the seventh president, – Jackson’s parents, from County Antrim near Carrickfergus, sailed from Larne in for North Carolina, where Andrew was born in . . James K. Polk, the eleventh president, – Descendent of Robert Pollock of Donegal, who emigrated to Maryland in . . James Buchanan, the fifteenth president, – Buchanan’s parents, from Deroma, near Omagh, County Tyrone, emigrated to Pennsylvania in , where James was born in . . Andrew Johnson, the seventeenth president, – Johnson’s grandfather emigrated from Larne, County Antrim, about . . Ulysses Simpson Grant, the eighteenth president, – Grant’s grandfather, John Simpson, emigrated from Dergina, near Ballygawley, County Tyrone, in . . Chester A.Arthur, the twenty-first president, – Arthur’s father emigrated from Cullybackey, County Antrim, in . . Grover Cleveland, the twenty-second and twenty-forth president, – and – Cleveland’s maternal grandfather, Abner Neal, emigrated from County Antrim in the late eighteenth century. . Benjamin Harrison, the twenty-third president, – Two of Harrison’s great-grandfathers, James Irwin and William McDowell, emigrated from Ulster. . William McKinley, the twenty-fifth president, – McKinley’s great-grandfather, James McKinley, emigrated from Devock, County Antrim, in . . Theodore Roosevelt, the twenty-sixth president, – Roosevelt’s mother was the descendent of immigrants from Larne, County Antrim, in . . Woodrow Wilson, the twenty-eighth president, – Wilson’s grandfather, James Wilson, emigrated from Dergalt, County Tyrone, in and married Annie Adams of Sion Mills, County Tyrone. . Richard Milhouse Nixon, the thirty-seventh president, – Nixon had Milhouse ancestors from Carrickfergus and Ballymoney, County Antrim, who emigrated about . . George Herbert Walker Bush, the forty-first president, – A Bush ancestor, William Holliday, was born in Rathfriland, County Down, in . . William Jefferson Clinton, the forty-second president, – Clinton had ancestors who emigrated from County Fermanagh in about . . George W. Bush, the forty-third president, – A Bush ancestor, William Holliday, was born in Rathfriland, County Down, in . ⁄ [3.137.174.216] Project MUSE (2024-04-25 02:44 GMT) ...
