Presidents’ Daughters, Then And Now, After The White House

7. Amy Carter Wentzel

The fourth child and only daughter of President Jimmy Carter, Amy Carter was 4 years old when she came to live in the White House with her parents—the first young child to live there since Caroline and John Kennedy Jr. Because of her age, Amy was often in the media spotlight, and it’s been reported that she roller-skated in the East Room and had sleepovers in her tree house on the White House lawn.

After leaving the White House and enrolling at Brown University, Amy was a part of several political protests—most aimed at ending apartheid in Africa—and was arrested after protesting CIA recruitment at the University of Massachusetts. Amy was acquitted in 1987, and she left Brown to finish her degree at Memphis College of Art.

Amy went on to get her master’s degree from Tulane and married computer consultant James Wentzel. Since giving birth to her son in 1999, Amy has maintained a low profile and currently lives in the Atlanta area with her family.

8. Patti Davis

Patti Davis, the daughter of former President Ronald Reagan, was already an adult by the time her father was inaugurated in 1981. At that point, Patti had already begun her acting career and had appeared in guest-starring roles on The Love Boat, CHiPs and other TV series.

Patti’s relationship with her Republican father was reportedly strained, as she was very vocal about her opposing liberal beliefs, but she reconciled with both of her parents as she approached age 50 and her father’s Alzheimer’s disease worsened. She even wrote a memoir about her father’s progressing dementia, The Long Goodbye, and is the author of eight published books to date.

Today, Patti lives in Los Angeles and works as a writer.

9. Chelsea Clinton

By the time Chelsea Clinton was born in 1980, her father, Bill Clinton, had already been elected governor of Arkansas and was on his way to a political career on the national stage. She was 12 years old when she came to live at the White House with her parents, and in the fall of 1997, she left Washington to attend Stanford University.

After graduating from college, Chelsea continued her schooling and earned one master’s degree at University College in Oxford and another at Columbia University. She married Marc Mezvinsky in 2010 and is currently enrolled at New York University pursuing her doctorate.

10. Barbara Pierce Bush

Along with her twin sister, Jenna, Barbara Bush was 19 years old when her father, Governor George W. Bush, was first elected president. She was named after her paternal grandmother, the former first lady, and graduated from Yale University like her father and grandfather.

Today, Barbara lives in New York City, works with the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum and serves as president and co-founder of the Global Health Corps. Often described as the quieter of the twins, Barbara typically stays out of the spotlight, but she made political news when she voiced her support for legalizing gay marriage in 2011.

11. Jenna Welch Bush Hagar

The younger of the fraternal Bush twins, Jenna Bush Hager was named after her maternal grandmother, Jenna Hawkins Welch. While Barbara attended Yale during their father’s presidency, Jenna went to school at the University of Texas – Austin and took summer classes at New York University.

After graduating in 2004, Jenna became a teacher’s aide and taught in schools in both Washington, D.C., and Baltimore. She also interned for UNICEF and wrote a nonfiction book about her experience called Ana’s Story: A Journey of Hope, inspired by the life of a girl Jenna met during her travels. Shortly after her book came out, Jenna was hired as a correspondent for the Today show.

In 2008, Jenna married Henry Hager at her parents’ ranch in Crawford, Texas.

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