Re: Thanksgiving Dinner Invitation
According to American Community Survey, 2006 , a total of 35,975,855 Americans (12% of total population) reported Irish ancestry .
At least thirteen presidents of the United States have some Irish ancestral origins, although the extent of this varies. For example, both of Andrew Jackson’s parents were Irish born while George W. Bush has a rather distant Irish ancestry. President Kennedy had far stronger Irish origins, which fell much closer in terms of date. Also Ronald Reagan’s father had some Irish Catholic ancestry, and his mother some Scots-Irish. James K. Polk also had Scots-Irish Ancestry. Only Kennedy was raised and a practicing Catholic.
St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New YorkAndrew Jackson, 7th President 1829-37
James Knox Polk, 11th President 1845-49
James Buchanan, 15th President 1857-61
Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President 1869-77
Chester Alan Arthur, 21st President 1881-85
Grover Cleveland, 22nd and 24th President 1885-89, 1893-97
William McKinley, 25th President 1897-1901
Woodrow Wilson, 28th President 1913-21
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35th President 1961-63
Lyndon Baines Johnson, 36th President 1963-69
Richard Milhous Nixon, 37th President 1969-74
Ronald Wilson Reagan, 40th President 1981-89
William Jefferson Clinton, 42nd President 1993-2001 (his mother’s maiden name was Cassidy)
Also, Jefferson Davis, first and only President of the Confederate States of America
Reference:
http://homepage.eircom.net/~seanjmurphy/dir/pres.htm
Roberts, Gary B & Otto, Julie H: “Ancestors of American Presidents”, 1995.