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    JFK was of course the first Irish American to be elected President of the United States. However, the favour has been returned and we have had an American born President of Ireland. Can you name him?

    Question #63804. Asked by gfmk23.

    miltonebx

    Eamon DeValera

    Mar 22 06, 2:27 PM
    gfmk23

    Yes indeed, The Long Fella was born in New York City in 1882 to a Spanish Father and Irish Mother. Here's all you need to know about him

    http://www.apostles.com/devalera.html

    Mar 22 06, 2:34 PM
    davejacobs

    How can you return a favour that takes place 40 years later?

    Mar 23 06, 1:47 AM
    gfmk23

    Because dave, if you read the site attached, Eamon DeValera was president of Ireland up until early 1970's, some years after Kennedy was assassinated. Before this, he was Taoiseach.

    Mar 24 06, 5:00 PM
    Stew-bum

    JFK was not the first Irish president. He was the first Irish Catholic president. In fact more than half of our presidents have Irish descent - they were Protestant Irish.
    List of presidents of Irish descent:
    1. Andrew Jackson, 7th President 1829-37
    2. James Knox Polk, 11th President 1845-49
    3. James Buchanan, 15th President 1857-61
    4. Andrew Johnson, 17th president 1865-69
    5. Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President 1869-77
    6. Chester Alan Arthur, 21st President 1881-85
    7. Grover Cleveland, 22nd and 24th President 1885-89, 1893-97
    8. Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President 1889-93
    9. William McKinley, 25th President 1897-1901
    10. Theodore Roosevelt, 26th president 1901-09
    11. William Howard Taft, 27th President 1909-13[20]
    12. Woodrow Wilson, 28th President 1913-21
    13. Warren G. Harding, 29th President 1921-23[21]
    14. Harry S. Truman, 33rd President 1945-53[22]
    15. John F. Kennedy, 35th President 1961-63
    16. Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President 1963-69
    17. Richard M. Nixon, 37th President 1969-74
    18. Jimmy Carter, 39th President 1977-81[23]
    19. Ronald Reagan, 40th President 1981-89
    20. George H. W. Bush, 41st President 1989-93[23]
    21. Bill Clinton, 42nd President 1993-2001 (his mother's maiden name was Cassidy)
    22. George W. Bush, 43rd President 2001-2009
    23. Barack Obama, 44th President 2009-

    http://www.irishamericanheritage.com/Presidents.htm
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_American#Presidents_of_Irish_and_Scots-Irish_descent

    Mar 20 09, 9:44 AM

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