What Presidents of the United States have been related to each other? . Has any U.S. President ever gone broke, lived homeless, gone into hiding or lived in any other surprising circumstances after his presidency?

Originally Answered: What Presidents of the United States have been related to each other? . Has any U.S. President ever gone broke, lived homeless, gone into hiding or lived in any other surprising circumstances after his presidency? George W. Bush (the 43rd president) is the son of George Bush (the 41st president) John Quincy Adams (the 6th president) was the son of John Adams (the 2nd president). Benjamin Harrison (the 23rd president) was the grandson of William Henry Harrison (the 9th president). James Madison (the 4th president) and Zachary Taylor (the 12th president) were second cousins. Franklin Delano Roosevelt (the 32nd president) was a fifth cousin of Theodore Roosevelt(the 26th president). Genealogists have determined that FDR was distantly related to a total of 11 U.S. presidents, 5 by blood and 6 by marriage: Theodore Roosevelt, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Ulysses Grant,William Henry Harrison,Benjamin Harrison, James Madison,William Taft,Zachary Taylor, Martin Van Buren,and even George Washington! ----------------------------- Why is the president called Mr. President, when both Mr and President are titles? When people were trying to figure out how to address President Washington, they tried a few titles on for size like "Your Excellency". All of them ended up sounding like the man in charge should have a crown and scepter. That didn't sit well with either the President or Congress. They all just shrugged and agreed that "Mr. President" was accurate and respectful enough to do the job. So it has stood for every president since that time. ------------------------------------------------- Has any U.S. President ever gone broke, lived homeless, gone into hiding or lived in any other surprising circumstances after his presidency? Profile photo for Henry A. Simpson,Henry A. Simpson,Answered February 17, 2019 In 2001, the president's salary was raised to $400,000 a year, and it is expected that no former president will be strapped for money, a condition that has not always been obtained. Jefferson was so impoverished that in 1815 he felt forced to sell his library to the government—forming the nucleus of today's Library of Congress—in order to pay his creditors. Monroe was in such dire straits that, after his wife's death, he moved in with his daughter in New York City. He was buried there because there was no money to send his remains back to Virginia. Not until 1858, in celebration of the centennial of his birth, was he reinterred, in Richmond, thanks to admirers. Ulysses S. Grant was forced into poverty in his last years by a colossal stock fraud that swallowed his savings. The $450,000 advance he received for his Memoirs Proved to be the only way to provide for his family. It came as he was suffering from throat cancer and hoping to finish his book before he died. Harry Truman was so poor upon his return to Missouri that he had to move into his mother-inlaw's house. He hoped for some relief through the passage of a pension bill, but, for inexplicable reasons, Sam Rayburn, the Speaker of the House, sat on the proposal year after year. When it finally became law during the Eisenhower administration, the pension amounted to $25,000—much welcomed by Truman. The only other living ex-president was Herbert Hoover, a millionaire many times over, who had never taken a salary as president. But he accepted the pension anyway, because, he said, he did not wish to embarrass his friend, Harry Truman. Their friendship transcended their differing party affiliation, as has been the case among most former presidents. They considered themselves equal members of the most exclusive club in the land. When Truman invited Hoover to attend the dedication of the Truman Library in Independence, Missouri, he inquired whether politics would stand in the way of his acceptance. According to Truman, Hoover responded: "Of course not, that soldier boy in the White House [General Eisenhower] isn't listening to either of us." Under the Former Presidents Act that Eisenhower signed, ex-presidents are entitled to a pension tied in amount to the salary of members of the cabinet. In 2001 this was $161,000. In addition they receive the franking privilege—free mailing—for all nonpolitical correspondence, government paid-for office space and office staff, and allowances for travel. The sum is now a $2.5 million annual entitlement. In addition they have lifetime Secret Service protection for themselves and their spouse and for their children until they reach the age of sixteen. Widows are protected until they remarry. Read more: https://www.presidentprofiles.com//General-Information/A-History-of-the-Presidency-Salary-and-pension.html#ixzz5foefQBIj ------------------ As to publish our literal work,you/your company can donate or assist us as deemed fit.Donation is payable through our US/Canadian Bank Account payment,while our US/Canadian Bank Account Details will be sent upon your Request. 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