# Presidental nepotism

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**Created:** [October 2, 2007, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidental-nepotism/421302 "2007-10-02T20:43:04Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 3, 2007, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidental-nepotism/421302/21 "2007-10-03T14:19:11Z")

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[QUOTE=Robot Arm]

The current candidates include Arkansas (Clinton and Huckabee),  
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I’d argue Hillary can’t be counted in the Arkansas column. She now lives in New York. She has as much claim to Arkansas as she does to Illinois: none anymore.

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2007, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidental-nepotism/421302/22 "2007-10-03T22:29:47Z")

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[QUOTE=Robot Arm]  
The current candidates include Arkansas (Clinton and Huckabee), South Carolina (Edwards)  
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John Edwards is from **North** Carolina.

The list of related presidents also includes William Henry Harrison (one month in 1841) and his grandson Benjamin Harrison (1889-93).

[Quote=Thudlow Boink]  
I don’t see why we can’t elect George Clinton.  
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Well, he does have vice-presidential experience, but [he died almost 200 years ago.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_(vice_president))🙂

That George Clinton was from New York, which produced the Hamilton Fish dynasty of U.S. Representatives. The original Hamilton Fish served from 1843 to '45, and was eventually followed by [a son, grandson, and great-grandson.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton_Fish#Notable_relatives) Great-great-grandson Hamilton Fish V has lost two bids for the House, but is in his mid-fifties, and thus still has time to extend the streak to five generations.

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