# Who was the youngest child ever to live in the White House?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-youngest-child-ever-to-live-in-the-white-house/416583
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [August 23, 2007, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-youngest-child-ever-to-live-in-the-white-house/416583 "2007-08-23T00:48:21Z")
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### Author:  [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2007, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-youngest-child-ever-to-live-in-the-white-house/416583/1 "2007-08-23T00:48:21Z")
And is that person also the youngest child of a President while his/her father was President?
I tried Googling, but the links were uninformative, or made it too difficult to find the info myself.
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### Author:  [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2007, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-youngest-child-ever-to-live-in-the-white-house/416583/2 "2007-08-23T00:56:05Z")
My initial thought is John Kennedy, Jr., who was born 17 days after his father was elected President (which means he was only about 2 months old when he moved into the White House).
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2007, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-youngest-child-ever-to-live-in-the-white-house/416583/3 "2007-08-23T00:57:30Z")
Probably John F. Kennedy, Jr. Since he was born 17 days after JFK was elected, he would be the youngest not born in the White House.
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### Author:  [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2007, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-youngest-child-ever-to-live-in-the-white-house/416583/4 "2007-08-23T00:57:56Z")
Esther Cleveland was born there, [September 9, 1893](http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/life/familylife.html).
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### Author:  [@Southpaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southpaw)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2007, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-youngest-child-ever-to-live-in-the-white-house/416583/5 "2007-08-23T01:07:39Z")
nevermind
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### Author:  [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2007, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-youngest-child-ever-to-live-in-the-white-house/416583/6 "2007-08-23T01:09:17Z")
I’m thinking John F. Kennedy, Jr.
Born in 1960, I think…
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### Author:  [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2007, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-youngest-child-ever-to-live-in-the-white-house/416583/7 "2007-08-23T01:57:08Z")
[QUOTE=Leaper]
And is that person also the youngest child of a President while his/her father was President?
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In the case of Grover Cleveland, he had three children after Esther. His third daughter Marion was born July 7, 1895, during his second term. His next two children, Richard Folsom Cleveland and Francis Grover Cleveland, were born after he left office.
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### Author:  [@Mr.Goob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Goob)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2007, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-youngest-child-ever-to-live-in-the-white-house/416583/8 "2007-08-23T02:43:07Z")
[QUOTE=IvoryTowerDenizen]
I’m thinking John F. Kennedy, Jr.
Born in 1960, I think…
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Was Jackie in labor for about 20 minutes?
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### Author:  [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2007, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-youngest-child-ever-to-live-in-the-white-house/416583/9 "2007-08-23T03:56:42Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#):
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> I’m thinking John F. Kennedy, Jr.
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> Born in 1960, I think…
> [QUOTE=Mr. Goob]
> Was Jackie in labor for about 20 minutes?
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At the bottom of the Marianas Trench?
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### Author:  [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)
#### Post date: [August 23, 2007, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-youngest-child-ever-to-live-in-the-white-house/416583/10 "2007-08-23T12:23:29Z")
[QUOTE=Rico]
At the bottom of the Marianas Trench?
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While listening to _Rio_ by Duran Duran? 😃
OK, OK- this is GQ- we shouldn’t be spreading misinformation (although I guess the question was answered with Grover Clveland’s children…)