Same Last Names Among U.S. Presidents

Of the 45 presidents, 10 have a last name in common with another president. These names and the relationships (if any) are shown below. In addition, two presidents share a middle name with the last name of a prior president, Ronald Wilson Reagan and Bill Jefferson Clinton.


Presidents with Shared Names Relationship
John Adams and John Quincy Adams father and son
William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison grandfather and grandson
Andrew Johnson and Lyndon Johnson none, Andrew and Lyndon Johnson were not related
Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin D. Roosevelt 5th cousins (Theodore Roosevelt was also the uncle of FDR's wife, Eleanor)
George Bush and George W. Bush father and son