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Trump is only living US president not

descended from slaveholders, report
says
Former President Obama is descended from slaveholders on his mother's side, the report found

By Anders Hagstrom | Fox News

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Former President Trump is the only living current or living former U.S. president who is not
descended from slaveholders, according to a Tuesday report from Reuters.

The report detailed the ancestry of America's leaders as of the 117th Congress. The report
found that five living presidents, two Supreme Court justices, 11 governors and 100
members of Congress had ancestors who owned slaves.

Presidents Biden, Carter, George W. Bush, Clinton and Obama all have ancestors who
enslaved Black people in their family trees, according to the report, with Obama's link
coming from his White mother's side.

Meanwhile, Trump's family did not immigrate to the U.S. until after slavery was abolished.

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Former President Trump is the only living U.S. president who is not descended from slaveholders, according to Reuters.

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In Congress, Reuters found at least 100 lawmakers who could trace their family trees to
slaveholders, including 28 senators and 72 representatives.

Prominent names included Sens. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., Tom
Cotton, R-Ark., and James Lankford, R-Okla., Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Tammy
Duckworth, D-Ill., Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., and Maggie Hassan, D-N.H.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was among 28 senators who have ancestors who owned slaves, according to a
Reuters report. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

At the Supreme Court, only Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Neil Gorsuch had slaveholding
ancestors. Meanwhile, another recent report from the Washington Post found that Justice
Ketanji Brown Jackson had ancestors who were enslaved, while her husband, Patrick
Jackson, has ancestors who were slaveholders.

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The report comes amid a nationwide debate over reparations and the legacy of slavery in
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"The Reparations Task Force’s independent findings and recommendations are a

milestone in our bipartisan effort to advance justice and promote healing. This has been
an important process, and we should continue to work as a nation to reconcile our original
sin of slavery and understand how that history has shaped our country," Newsom said in a
statement to Fox News Digital at the time.

Anders Hagstrom is a reporter with Fox News Digital covering national politics and major breaking
news events. Send tips to Anders.Hagstrom@Fox.com, or on Twitter: @Hagstrom_Anders.

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