Buchanans from Donegal. and McKinleys grandparents came from the same vicinity. Theodore Roosevelt boasts among his ancestors two direct lines from Ireland. and the first American ancestor of President Polk was a Pollock from Donegal. The present occupant of the White House. Woodrow Wilson. is also of Irish descent. Among the distinguished Vice Presidents of the United States were George Clinton and John C. Calhoun. sons of immigrants from Longford and Donegal. respectively. and Calhouns successor as chairman of the Committee oit Foreign Relations was John Smilie. a native of Newtownards. County Down. Among American governors since 1800. we find such names as Barry.
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