During the history of the United States, many presidential relatives have been noted in the media, often because of their "controversial", "scandalous" or otherwise notable behavior.
Relatives of George W. Bush - 43rd President
- Neil Bush - brother
- Was on the board of directors of Silverado Savings and Loan during the Savings and Loan scandals of the 1980s. [1]
Relatives of Bill Clinton - 42nd President
Relatives of Ronald Reagan - 40th President
Relatives of Jimmy Carter - 39th President
- Billy Carter - brother
- Spokesman and inspiration for Billy Beer. [8]
- Claimed he could drink 20-30 cans of beer each day.
- Travelled to Libya in 1978, a time of strained relations between the two countries, and hosted a Libyan delegation in Atlanta, Georgia. [9]
- Quote: "Beer is not a good cocktail party drink, especially in a home where you don't know where the bathroom is."
Relatives of Richard Nixon - 37th President
- Donald Nixon - brother
- Howard Hughes loaned Donald $205,000 to bail out his drive-in restaurant in Whittier, California. The restaurant (called "Nixon's") served up a delicacy named the Nixonburger. It went bankrupt less than a year later, and the loan was never repaid. [10]
- Tadd Roosevelt nephew of Franklin Roosevelt, son of his much older half-brother, James Roosevelt (Rosy).
- Tadd was about the same age as Franklin and they attended Harvard at the same time. However Tadd dropped out, moved to New York, and married a Hungarian born prostitute with whom he stayed until her death forty years later. He was disowned by his father and all relations with the family were ended. He never touched the inheritance left from his grandmother's side of the family (the Astors, unrelated to Franklin) and left it all to the Salvation Army upon his death.
- Source: 'Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Champion of Freedom' by Conrad Black.
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