Photo Gallery: Presidents as Fathers
In honor of all the awesome dads out there, a Presidential Father’s Day gallery from the White House blog.
Happy Father’s Day!
Pictured, John F. Kennedy claps as his children, Caroline and John, Jr. dance in the Oval Office. 10/10/62
Source: jfklibrary.org
George W. Bush and Laura Bush, holding their twin daughters, Jenna and Barbara, 1981.
Governor Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton with Chelsea Victoria Clinton in the Arkansas Governor’s Mansion on the day they brought Chelsea home from the hospital. March 4, 1980.
Happy Father’s Day!
POTUS and king of the grill, too.
George H. W. Bush family backyard cookout, circa 1964. L-R: Dorothy (Doro) Bush, George H.W. Bush, Neil Bush, George W. Bush, John (Jeb) Bush, Marvin Bush, and Barbara Bush.
Every dad’s a president on Father’s Day; happy celebrating, Dads! Photograph of Governor Ronald Reagan, Ron Junior, Mrs. Reagan, and Patti Davis, ca. 1967 - ca. 1967.
Amy Carter and Jimmy Carter participate in a speed reading course at the White House, February 22, 1977.
Happy Father’s Day weekend! Here’s a photo of Betty Ford Helping Representative Gerald R. Ford with his Overcoat, as Sons Michael Ford and John “Jack” Ford Look On , 1953.
More images of presidential fathers. Here’s Richard Nixon as the father of the bride, White House style. L-R, Patricia and Richard Nixon, Tricia and Ed Cox, June 12, 1971.
Find more pictures of Tricia Nixon’s White House wedding here.
The Johnson family at home on Primary Election Day, August 28, 1948 Senate Campaign.
L-R: Lynda Johnson, Lady Bird Johnson, Luci Johnson, Cong. Lyndon Johnson.
via The Presidential Timeline of the Presidential Libraries
In the spirit of Father’s Day, we’re posting family pics of presidential dads. Here, a very Kennedy Christmas in 1962.
President John F. Kennedy celebrates Christmas with family and friends at the residence of Captain Michael Paul in Palm Beach, Florida. (L-R): Caroline Kennedy; unidentified child; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy holding her nephew Anthony Radziwill; John F. Kennedy, Jr.; President Kennedy; Prince Stanislaus Radziwill of Poland; Princess Lee Radziwill (Mrs. Kennedy’s sister) holding her daughter Anna Christina Radziwill. Also included are two of the Kennedy family’s dogs, Clipper and Charlie.
