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Just before the start of the American revolution against the British empire on April 19, 1775 Pope Pius VI became pope #250 on February 15, 1775 which lasted until August 29, 1799 (24 years, 195 days). That was the year that our first American president died on December 14, 1799.
1889 marks the centennial anniversary of George being sworn into office.
1889 is the crossroads where the descendants, living persons and ancestors of previous, current and future presidents and popes meet on the chronological timeline of earth’s history.
Presidents and Popes Alive in 1889 included
- President # 19 Rutherford B. Hayes (1822–1893) 67
- Pope # 256 Pope Leo XIII (March 2, 1810 – July 20, 1903) 79
- President # 23 Benjamin Harrison (1833–1901) 56
We now look after the other popes and presidents in office continuing into the 1890’s with those who were alive in 1889.
Starting with…
President #24 Grover Cleveland (1837–1908) Democratic
Presidential Term: March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1897
Election: 1892
VP: Adlai Stevenson
Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837 – June 24, 1908) turned 52 in 1889.
“A cause worth fighting for is worth fighting for to the end.”
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No president except Cleveland has ever served non-consecutive terms: He defeated James G. Blaine in 1884, lost to Benjamin Harrison in 1888 (despite winning the popular vote), and then came back to defeat Harrison in 1892. HISTORY
He used the presidential veto power over 500 times, far more than most other presidents, to reject bills he disagreed with. He did not want the United States to get its military involved in Latin America.
Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837 – June 24, 1908). He was the father of Ruth Cleveland (October 3, 1891 – January 7, 1904), popularly known as Baby Ruth or Babe Ruth, who was the eldest of his five. She is the namesake of the Baby Ruth candy bar in 1921, almost 30 years after she was born.
President # 25 William McKinley (1843–1901) Republican
Presidential Term: March 4, 1897 – September 14, 1901 Vacant after November 21, 1899
Election:
VP: 1896 Garret Hobart
VP: 1900 Theodore Roosevelt
William Mckinley (January 29, 1843 – September 14, 1901) turned 46 in 1889.
Our earnest prayer is that God will graciously vouchsafe prosperity,
happiness, and peace to all our neighbors, and like blessings to all the peoples and powers of earth.
-Speech delivered at the Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, New York (September 5, 1901)
He presided over victory in the Spanish–American War of 1898; gained control of Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines; restored prosperity after a deep depression; rejected the inflationary monetary policy of free silver, keeping the nation on the gold standard; and raised protective tariffs.
McKinley was the last president to have served in the American Civil War; he was the only one to begin his service as an enlisted man and ended it as a brevet major.
William McKinley was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York, on September 6, 1901, six months into his second term. He was shaking hands with the public when an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz, shot him twice in the abdomen. McKinley died on September 14 of gangrene caused by the wounds. He was the third American president to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln in 1865 and James A. Garfield in 1881.
20th Century
1900’s
President # 26 Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) Republican
Presidential Term: September 14, 1901 – March 4, 1909 –
Election: 1904 Vacant through March 4, 1905
VP: Charles W. Fairbanks
Theodore Roosevelt (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919) turned 31 in 1889.
I have always been fond of the West African proverb “Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.”
Letter to Henry L. Sprague (26 January 1900); this is the first known use of this phrase, which became a signature motto of Roosevelt’s after he used it in a speech as vice president at the Minnesota State Fair:
He was the vice president under President William McKinley for six months in 1901, assuming the presidency after McKinley’s assassination. Roosevelt assumed the presidency aged 42, and is the youngest person to become US president.
Roosevelt was included with Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Abraham Lincoln at the Mount Rushmore Memorial, designed in 1927.
Robin Williams portrayed Roosevelt in the form of a wax mannequin that comes to life in Night at the Museum and its sequels.
The Teddy Bear is named after him.
Bear thought to be made by Morris Michtom, early 1900s; donated to the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History by Theodore Roosevelt‘s grandson, Kermit Roosevelt Jr., in 1964.
Kermit Roosevelt Sr. MC (October 10, 1889 – June 4, 1943) was an American businessman, soldier, explorer, and writer. A son of Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States, Kermit graduated from Harvard College, served in both World Wars (with both the British and U.S. Armies), and explored two continents with his father. He fought a lifelong battle with depression and died by suicide while serving in the US Army in Alaska during World War II.
Pope # 257 St. Pius X (Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto)
(June 2, 1835 – August 20, 1914)
Papal Reign from August 4, 1903 – August 20, 1914
(11 years, 16 days)
He turned 54 in 1889
Motto: Instaurare Omnia in Christo
(“Restore all things in Christ”)
Encouraged and expanded reception of the Eucharist. Combatted Modernism; issued the oath against it. Advocated the Gregorian Chant and reformed the Roman Breviary.
1910’s
President # 27 William Howard Taft (1857–1930) Republican
Presidential Term: March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1913
Election:1908
VP: James S. Sherman Vacant after October 30, 1912
William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857 – March 8, 1930) turned 32 in 1889.
Famous for his corpulence, Taft was the first president to hurl the ceremonial first pitch at a Major League Baseball game. 46 Surprising Facts About 46 Presidents | HISTORY
Robert A. Taft (September 8, 1889 – July 31, 1953) was the elder son of William Howard Taft. He was a politician who represented Ohio in the United States Senate, briefly served as Senate majority leader, and was a leader of the conservative coalition of Republicans and conservative Democrats who blocked expansion of the New Deal.
WORLD WAR I
President #28 Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924) Democratic
Presidential Term: March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1921
Election: 1912/1916
VP: Thomas R. Marshall
Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924) turned 33 in 1889.
As president, Wilson changed the nation’s economic policies and led the United States into World War I in 1917. He was the leading architect of the League of Nations, and his progressive stance on foreign policy came to be known as Wilsonianism. Wilson had intended to seek a third term in office but had a stroke in October 1919 that left him incapacitated
In a 1914 proclamation, Wilson officially established the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day. –HISTORY
His children were alive and well in 1889.
- Margaret (April 16, 1886 – February 12, 1944 Age 3) served her father as the White House social hostess, the title later known as first lady.
- Jessie August 28, 1887 – January 15, 1933 Age 2) worked for women’s suffrage, social issues, to promote her father’s call for the creation of the League of Nations.
- Eleanor (October 16, 1889 – April 5, 1967) wrote a biography about her father and served as an informal counselor on the 1944 biopic Wilson.
Pope # 258 Benedict XV
(November 21, 1854 –January 22, 1922)
Papal Reign from 3 September 1914 –22 January 1922
(7 years, 141 days)
He was 35 in 1889.
Motto: In te, Domine, speravi: non confundar in aeternum.
(“In thee, o Lord, have I trusted: let me not be confounded for evermore.”)
Credited for intervening for peace during World War I. Issued the 1917 Code of Canon Law; supported the missionaries in Maximum illud. Remembered by Benedict XVI as a “prophet of peace”.
1920’s
President # 29 Warren G. Harding (1865–1923) Republican
Presidential Term: March 4, 1921 – August 2, 1923
Election:1920
VP: Calvin Coolidge
Warren G. Harding (November 2, 1865 – August 2, 1923) turned 24 in 1889.
In 1923, Harding died of a heart attack in San Francisco while on a western tour, and was succeeded by Vice President Calvin Coolidge.
Harding died as one of the most popular presidents in history, but the subsequent exposure of scandals eroded his popular regard, as did revelations of extramarital affairs. Harding’s interior secretary, Albert B. Fall, and his attorney general, Harry Daugherty, were each later tried for corruption in office. Fall was convicted though Daugherty was not.
Pope # 259 Pius XI
(May 31, 1857 – February 10, 1939)
Papal Reign from February 6, 1922 to February 10, 1939.
(17 years, 4 days)
He was 32 in 1889
Motto: Pax Christi in Regno Christi
(“The Peace of Christ in the Kingdom of Christ”)
Signed the Lateran Treaty with Italy (1929) establishing Vatican City as a sovereign state. Inaugurated Vatican Radio (1931). Re-founded the Pontifical Academy of Sciences (1936). Created the feast of Christ the King. Opposed Communism and Nazism.
President # 30 Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933) Republican
Presidential Term: August 2, 1923 – March 4, 1929 –
Election: 1924
VP: Charles G. Dawes Vacant through March 4, 1925
Calvin Coolidge (July 4, 1872 – January 5, 1933) turned 17 in 1889.
Coolidge was elected the country’s 29th vice president and succeeded to the presidency upon President Warren G. Harding‘s sudden death in 1923. Elected in his own right in 1924, Coolidge gained a reputation as a small-government conservative with a taciturn personality and dry sense of humor that earned him the nickname “Silent Cal”. His widespread popularity enabled him to run for a second full term, but Coolidge chose not to run again in 1928, remarking that ten years as president would be “longer than any other man has had it—too long!”
1930’s
President # 31 Herbert Hoover (1874–1964) Republican
Presidential Term: March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1933
Election: 1928
VP: Charles Curtis
Herbert Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964) turned 15 in 1889.
Hoovervilles were shanty towns built during the Great Depression by the homeless in the United States named after Herbert Hoover, who was President of the United States during the onset of the Depression and was widely blamed for it. The term was coined by Charles Michelson.[1] There were hundreds of Hoovervilles across the country during the 1930s.
He was an Iowa native who spent part of his boyhood in Oregon, Hoover was the first president to hail from west of the Mississippi River. –HISTORY
1930s/1940s
WORLD WAR II
President # 32 Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945) Democratic
Presidential Term: March 4, 1933 – April 12, 1945
Election:
VP: 1932/1936 John Nance Garner
VP: 1940 Henry A. Wallace
VP: 1944 Harry S. Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945) turned 7 in 1889.
He is the only president to have served more than two terms makin him the lonest serving president. His initial two terms were centered on combating the Great Depression, while his third and fourth saw him shift his focus to America’s involvement in World War II. He is famous for giving The fireside chats which were a series of evening radio addresses given 1933 and 1944. He suffered from Polio and was careful never to be seen using his wheelchair in public, and great care was taken to prevent any portrayal in the press that would highlight his disability. However, his disability was well known before and during his presidency and became a major part of his image. He usually appeared in public standing upright, supported on one side by an aide or one of his sons. He claims to be distantly related to 11 other presidents, including his fifth cousin Theodore Roosevelt.
Eleanor Roosevelt (October 11, 1884 – November 7, 1962) was an American political figure, diplomat, and activist. She was the first lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945, during her husband Franklin D. Roosevelt‘s four terms as president, making her the longest-serving first lady of the United States.
She turned 5 in 1889.
Pope #260 Ven. Pius XII
(March 2, 1876 –October 9, 1958)
Papal Reign from March 2, 1939 –October 9, 1958
(19 years, 221 days)
He was 13 in 1889.
Motto: Opus Justitiae Pax
(“The work of justice [shall be] peace”)
Invoked papal infallibility in the encyclical Munificentissimus Deus; defined the dogma of the Assumption. Eliminated the Italian majority of cardinals. Credited with intervening for peace during World War II; controversial for his reactions to the Holocaust. Published the Humani generis, the first encyclical to specifically refer to evolution and took up a neutral position, concentrating on human evolution:
1940’s/1950’s
President # 33 Harry S. Truman (1884–1972) Democratic
Presidential Term: April 12, 1945 – January 20, 1953 –
Election: 1948
VP: Alben W. Barkley Vacant through January 20, 1949
Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) turned 5 in 1889.
The “S” in Harry S. Truman was just an initial; it didn’t stand for any name. (The “S” in Ulysses S. Grant didn’t stand for anything either.) – HISTORY
Truman was elected vice president in the 1944 presidential election and assumed the presidency upon Roosevelt’s death in April 1945. It was only when Truman assumed the presidency that he was informed about the ongoing Manhattan Project and the atomic bomb. Truman authorized the first and only use of nuclear weapons in war against the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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Pope # 261 St. John XXIII
(November 25, 1881 – June 3, 1963)
Papal Reign from October 28, 1958 – June 3, 1963
(4 years, 218 days)
He turned 8 in 1889.
Motto: Obedientia et Pax
(“Obedience and peace”)
He was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from October 28, 1958 until his death in June 1963. Pope John XXIII surprised those who expected him to be a caretaker pope by calling the historic Second Vatican Council (1962–1965), the first session opening on October 11, 1962, which is now his feast.
He also issued the encyclical Pacem in terris (1963) on peace and nuclear disarmament; intervened for peace during the Cuban Missile Crisis (1962).
Ancestors
Ida Elizabeth Stover Eisenhower
(May 1, 1862 – September 11, 1946)
who turned 27 in 1889
was the mother of
President # 34 Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969) Republican
Presidential Term: January 20, 1953 – January 20, 1961
Election: 1952, 1956
VP: Richard Nixon
During World War II, he was Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe and achieved the five-star rank as General of the Army. Eisenhower planned and supervised two of the most consequential military campaigns of World War II: Operation Torch in the North Africa campaign in 1942–1943 and the invasion of Normandy in 1944. He was the first president to ride in a helicopter.
Dwight’s sibling’s include university president Milton S. Eisenhower (1899–1985), Edgar N. Eisenhower (1889–1971), and Earl D. Eisenhower (1898–1968).
1960’s
Joseph Patrick Kennedy Sr. (September 6, 1888 – November 18, 1969) .was an American businessman, investor, philanthropist, and politician (who turned 1 in 1889). He is known for his own political prominence as well as that of his children and was a patriarch of the Kennedy family, which included
President # 35 John F. Kennedy (1917–1963) Democratic
Presidential Term: January 20, 1961 – November 22, 1963[
Election: 1960
VP: Lyndon B. Johnson
Kennedy served at the height of the Cold War, and the majority of his foreign policy concerned relations with the Soviet Union and Cuba. A Democrat, Kennedy represented Massachusetts in both houses of the United States Congress prior to his presidency. He is the first Catholic president.
“I am not the Catholic candidate for president. I am the Democratic Party candidate for president who also happens to be a Catholic. I do not speak for my Church on public matters—and the Church does not speak for me.”
Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas at 12:30 p.m. Central Standard Time on November 22, 1963.
John’s brothers included Attorney General and Senator Robert F. Kennedy (November 20, 1925 – June 6, 1968), and longtime Senator Ted Kennedy (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009).
John’s nephew Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (born January 17, 1954) was an independent candidate in the 2024 United States presidential election.
Giorgio Montini (1860–1943)
(who turned 29 in 1889)
was the father of
Pope #262 St. Paul VI
(September 26, 1897 –August 6, 1978)
Papal Reign from March 2, 1939 – October 9, 1958
(19 years, 221 days)
Motto: Cum Ipso in Monte
(“With Him on the mount”)
Last pope to be crowned. First pope since 1809 to travel outside Italy. Closed the Second Vatican Council. Issued the encyclical Humanae vitae (1968) condemning artificial contraception. Revised the Roman Missal (1969).
Samuel Ealy Johnson Jr.
(October 11, 1877 – October 23, 1937)
(who turned 12 in 1889)
was the father of
President # 36 Lyndon B. Johnson (1908–1973) Democratic
Presidential Term: November 22, 1963 – January 20, 1969 –
Election: 1964
VP:Hubert Humphrey -Vacant through January 20, 1965
Johnson’s stance on civil rights put him at odds with other white, Southern Democrats. His civil rights legacy was shaped by the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the Civil Rights Act of 1968.
MARK AND KRISTIN ERA
1970’s
Francis A. Nixon (December 3, 1878 – September 4, 1956) (11 in 1889)
+ Hannah Milhous Nixon (March 7, 1885 – September 30, 1967) (4 in 1889) =
President #37 Richard Nixon (1913–1994) Republican
Presidential Term: January 20, 1969 – August 9, 1974]
Election:
VP: 1968 Spiro Agnew
VP: 1972 Gerald Ford Vacant: October 10 – December 6, 1973
His presidency saw the reduction of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, détente with the Soviet Union and China, the Apollo 11 Moon landing, and the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency and Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Nixon’s second term ended early when he became the only U.S. president to resign from office, as a result of the Watergate scandal.
Leslie Lynch King Sr.(July 25, 1884 – February 18, 1941) (5 in 1889)
+ Dorothy Ayer Gardner Ford (February 27, 1892 – September 17, 1967) =
President #38 Gerald Ford (1913–2006) Republican
Presidential Term: August 9, 1974 – January 20, 1977
Election: – Vacant through December 19, 1974
VP: Nelson Rockefeller
Ford succeeded to the presidency when Nixon resigned in 1974, but was defeated for election to a full term in 1976. Ford is the only person to serve as president without winning an election for president or vice president.
William Archibald Carter (1858 – 1903) Grandfather (31 in 1889)
+ Nina Carter (Pratt) (1863 – 1939) Grandmother (26 in 1889) =
James Earl Carter Sr. (September 12, 1894 – July 22, 1953) Father
+ Lillian Gordy Carter (August 15, 1898 – October 30, 1983) Mother =
President #39 Jimmy Carter (b. 1924) Democratic
Presidential Term: January 20, 1977 – January 20, 1981)
Election: 1976
VP: Walter Mondale
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After leaving the presidency, Carter established the Carter Center to promote and expand human rights; in 2002 he received a Nobel Peace Prize for his work related to it. At age 99, Carter is the oldest living former U.S. president and the longest-lived president in U.S. history.
Giovanni Luciani
(c. 1872–1952)
who turned 17 in 1889
was the father of
Pope # 263 Blessed John Paul I (Albino Luciani)
(October 17, 1912 –September 28, 1978)
Papal Reign from 26 August 1978 –28 September 1978
(33 days)
Motto: Humilitas
(“Humility”)
First pope to use ‘the First’ in papal name; first with two names for two immediate predecessors. Last pope to use the sedia gestatoria.
Servant of God Karol Wojtyła (July 18, 1879 – February 18,1941) was a Polish military officer who was a non-commissioned officer of the Austro-Hungarian Army and a lieutenant of the Polish Armed Forces’ administration. He turned 10 in 1889. He married Emilia Kaczorowska (1884–1929), who was 5 in 1889. Together they were the parents of
Pope # 264 St. John Paul II (Karol Józef Wojtyła)
(May 18, 1920 – April 2, 2005)
Papal Reign from October 16, 1978 – April 2, 2005
(26 years, 168 days)
Motto: Totus Tuus
(“Totally yours”)
Polish citizen, first pope of Slavic origin. First non-Italian pope since Adrian VI (1522–1523). Travelled extensively, visiting 129 countries during his pontificate. Second-longest reign after Pius IX. Founded World Youth Day (1984) and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences (1994). Canonized more saints than all his predecessors. Youngest individual to start his papacy since Pius IX (1846).
John Edward Reagan (July 13, 1883 – May 18, 1941) (who was 6 in 1889)
+ Nelle Clyde Wilson Reagan (July 24, 1883 – July 25, 1962) (who was 6 in 1889) =
President #40 Ronald Reagan (1911–2004) Republican
Presidential Term: January 20, 1981 – January 20, 1989
Election: 1980/1984
VP: George H. W. Bush
Raised in the small towns of northern Illinois, Reagan graduated from Eureka College in 1932 and worked as a sports broadcaster on several regional radio stations. He moved to California in 1937 and became a well-known film actor there. Reagan twice served as the president of the Screen Actors Guild from 1947 to 1952 and from 1959 to 1960.
Reagan ordered the U.S. invasion of Grenada in 1983. Additionally, he survived an assassination attempt, fought public-sector labor unions, expanded the war on drugs, and was slow to respond to the AIDS epidemic in the United States, which began early in his presidency.
1990’s
James Smith Bush (Great Grandfather) (1825–1889) is the father of Samuel P. Bush. (64 in 1889)
Samuel Prescott Bush (Grandfather) (1863–1948) is the father of Prescott Bush (26 in 1889)
Prescott Sheldon Bush (May 15, 1895 – October 8, 1972) was an American banker and Republican Party politician. After working as a Wall Street executive investment banker, he represented Connecticut in the United States Senate from 1952 to 1963. A member of the Bush family, he was the father of
President #41 George H. W. Bush (1924–2018) Republican
Presidential Term: January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993
Election: 1988
VP: Dan Quayle
While a student at Yale University, Bush was captain of the baseball team and a member of Skull and Bones, an elite secret student society.-– HISTORY
After leaving office in 1993, Bush was active in humanitarian activities, often working alongside Clinton. With the victory of his son, George W. Bush, in the 2000 presidential election, the two became the second father–son pair to serve as the nation’s president, following John Adams and John Quincy Adams. Another son, Jeb Bush, unsuccessfully sought the Republican presidential nomination in the 2016 primaries.
William Jefferson Blythe (1884–1935) (Grandfather) (5 in 1889), a farmer in Sherman, Texas, and his wife, the former Lou Birchie Ayers (1893–1946). Blythe Sr. was of English and Scottish descent, with a family tree in North America since the days of the thirteen colonies. They were the parents of 9 children including
William Jefferson Blythe Jr. (February 27, 1918 – May 17, 1946) who was an Arkansas salesman of heavy equipment. He drowned following a car crash three months before the birth of his son
President #42 Bill Clinton (b. 1946) Democratic
Presidential Term: January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001
Election: 1992/1996
VP: Al Gore
STILL ALIVE @ Time of Publication
His second term was dominated by the Clinton–Lewinsky scandal, which began in 1995, when he had a sexual relationship with the then 22-year-old White House intern Monica Lewinsky. In January 1998, news of the affair made tabloid headlines.[1] This scandal escalated throughout the year, culminating in December when Clinton was impeached by the House of Representatives, becoming the first U.S. president to be impeached since Andrew Johnson. The two impeachment articles that the House passed were centered around perjury and Clinton using the powers of the presidency to commit obstruction of justice. In 1999, Clinton’s impeachment trial began in the Senate, where he was acquitted on both charges.
21st Century
2000’s
President George H. W. Bush, (June 12, 1924 – November 30, 2018) is the father of
President #43 George W. Bush (b. 1946) Republican
Presidential Term: January 20, 2001– January 20, 2009
Election: 2000/ 2004
VP: Dick Cheney
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In the 2000 presidential election, he won over Democratic incumbent Vice President Al Gore, while losing the popular vote after a narrow and contested Electoral College win, which involved a Supreme Court decision to stop a recount in Florida.
George W. Bush‘s (born July 6, 1946) brother is former Florida Governor Jeb Bush (born February 11, 1953).
Georg Ratzinger (April 3, 1844 – December 3, 1899 ) (45 in 1889) was a German Catholic priest, political economist, social reformer, author and politician. He saw the gospel and Catholic social teaching as a means of empowering the poor. His nephew was the police officer Joseph Ratzinger, Sr. (1877–1959) (12 in 1889) who was the father of
Pope # 265 Benedict XVI (Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger)
(April 16 1927 –December 31, 2022)
Papal Reign April 19, 2005 –February 28, 2013
(7 years, 315 days)
Motto: Cooperatores Veritatis
(“Cooperators of the truth”)
German citizen. Oldest to become pope since Clement XII (1730). Elevated the Tridentine Mass to a more prominent position and promoted the use of Latin; re-introduced several disused papal garments. Authorized the creation of Anglican ordinariates (2009). First pope to renounce the papacy on his own initiative since Celestine V (1294), becoming pope emeritus. Longest-lived pope on record.
B16’s brother Georg Ratzinger, (January 15, 1924 –July 1, 2020) was a priest and church musician. He Possibly lived in Munich, where he devoted himself to journalism and research.
2010’s
Charles Thomas Payne (1861 – 1940) Great-Great Grandfather of U.S. President Barack Obama.
Rolla Charles Payne (1892 – 1968) Great-grandfather of President Barack Obama
Madelyn Lee (Payne) Dunham (1922 – 2008) Barack Obama’s grandmother,
Stanley Ann Dunham (1942 – 1995) mother of
President # 44 Barack Obama (b. 1961) Democratic
Presidential Term: January 20, 2009 –January 20, 2017
Election: 2008/ 2012
VP: Joe Biden
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Barack Hussein Obama II born August 4, 1961) As a member of the Democratic Party, he was the first African-American president in U.S. history.
Grandparents
Giovanni Bergoglio (August 13, 1884 – October 30, 1964) (5 in 1889)
+ Rosa Margherita Vassallo (1884 – 1974) (5 in 1889)
= Mario José Giuseppe Bergoglio (April 2, 1908 – abt. 1959)
Parents
Mario José Giuseppe Bergoglio (April 2, 1908 – abt. 1959)
+ Regina María Sívori (1911 – abt. 1981) =
Pope #266 Francis (Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J.)
(December 17, 1936
Motto: Miserando atque Eligendo
(“Lowly but chosen”, literally ‘by having mercy, by choosing him’)
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Argentine citizen. First pope to be born outside Europe since Gregory III (731–741) and the first from the Americas; first pope from the Southern Hemisphere. First pope from a religious institute since Gregory XVI (1831–1846); first Jesuit pope. First to use a new and non-composed regnal name since Lando (913–914). First pope to visit and celebrate a mass on the Arabian Peninsula.
Frederick Trump (March 14, 1869 – May 30, 1918) (20 in 1889) (Grandfather) was a German-born American barber and businessman. He amassed considerable wealth during the Klondike Gold Rush by running a restaurant and brothel for the miners. Friedrich returned to Kallstadt in 1901, and, by the next year, met and married Elizabeth Christ (October 10, 1880 – June 6, 1966) They were the parents of
Frederick Christ Trump Sr. (October 11, 1905 – June 25, 1999) was an American real-estate developer and businessman. He was the father
President # 45 Donald Trump (b. 1946) Republican
Presidential Term: January 20, 2017 – January 20, 2021
Election: 2016
VP: Mike Pence
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Donald Trump, (born June 14, 1946)
From 2004 to 2015, he co-produced and hosted the reality television series The Apprentice. He and his businesses have been plaintiffs or defendants in more than 4,000 legal actions, including six business bankruptcies. He was the only U.S. president without prior military or government experience. Trump promoted conspiracy theories and made many false and misleading statements during his campaigns and presidency, to a degree unprecedented in American politics.
Trump is the only U.S. president to have been impeached twice, in 2019 for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress after he pressured Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden, and in 2021 for incitement of insurrection. The Senate acquitted him in both cases.
2020’s
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President #46 Joe Biden (b. 1942) Democratic
Presidential Term: January 20, 2021 – Incumbent
Election: Election: 2020
VP: Kamala Harris
George T. Biden, (1867 – 1933) was born in Maryland in, two years after the Civil War ended. (Great Grandfather) George is the father of
Joseph Harry Biden (1893–1941). (Grandfather) Joseph is the father of
Joseph Robinette Biden Sr. (November 13, 1915 – September 2, 2002). Joseph is the Father
Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (November 20, 1942)
He is the oldest president in U.S. history and the first to have a female vice president.
Biden overcame a debilitating childhood stutter after enduring bullying over the condition in grade school. – HISTORY
Presidential Election 2024
HARRIS
Great Grandparents of Kamala Harris
Joseph Alexander Harris (April 27, 1871 -August 11, 1939) (Turned 18 in 1889)
+ Christiana ‘Miss Chrishy’ Brown (August 13, 1888 – June 11, 1951) (Turned 1 in 1889)
= Grandparents of Kamala Harris
Oscar Joseph Brown Harris (April 05, 1914 -August 31, 1976)
+Beryl Harris (Finegan) (1921 – July 16, 1960)
= Parents of Kamala Harris
Dr. Donald J. Harris , PhD (August 23, 1938- )
+ Dr. Shyamala Gopalan (Gopalan) (April 07, 1938 – February 11, 2009) =
Kamala Harris (October 20, 1964 – )
Harris’s maternal ancestry comes from Tamil Nadu, India. Her paternal ancestry comes from Saint Ann, Jamaica. She is married to American entertainment attorney and law professor Douglas Emhoff (born October 13, 1964).
She is the first female vice president, making her the highest-ranking female official in U.S. history, as well as both the first African American and the first Asian American vice president.
WALZ
John Friederich Walz (1874 – 1961) (Great grandfather who turned 15 in 1889) begot
Raymond Anthony Walz (1904 – 1988) (grandfather) begot
James Frederick Walz (1929 – 1984) (father) begot
Kamala Harris’s VP running mate
Tim Walz (born April 6, 1964)
Before running for Congress, he was a high school social studies teacher and football coach.
VANCE
Jacob Bowman (1882-1950) (great great grandfather who turned 7 in 1889) begot
Robert Sturgis Bowman (1906-1987) (great grandfather) who begot
Donald C Bowman (1935-1961) (grandfather) who begot
Donald Ray Bowman (1959-2023) (father) who begot
Trump’s VP running mate JD Vance (born August 2, 1984)
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis is a 2016 memoir by JD Vance about the Appalachian values of his family from Kentucky and the socioeconomic problems of his hometown of Middletown, Ohio, where his mother’s parents moved when they were young.
It was adapted into the 2020 film Hillbilly Elegy, directed by Ron Howard and starring Glenn Close and Amy Adams.
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