# Who was the first non-W.A.S.P. US president?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 26, 2012, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-non-w-a-s-p-us-president/635853 "2012-09-26T03:24:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2012, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-non-w-a-s-p-us-president/635853/61 "2012-09-28T12:00:12Z")

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> [@Donnerwetter](#):
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> It’s worth mentioning, though, that the ancestors of almost all Presidents originally hail from the English speaking part of Europe.
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> No Italian-American, no Hispanic, no Armenian-American, no Portuguese-American, no Russian-American or Polish-American, no Jewish-American, not to mention other continents than Europe (Obama, of course, breaking new ground in this regard).

Not even any Scandinavians. And even the SS let those guys in.

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**Author:** ![Donnerwetter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Donnerwetter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donnerwetter)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2012, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-first-non-w-a-s-p-us-president/635853/62 "2012-09-28T12:23:33Z")

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I always thought that one of the most important milestones in American history will be reached when the first Native American is elected President of the United States and the band plays “Hail to the Chief”.

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