List of Presidents of The United States By Name - Last Name Suffixes

Last Name Suffixes

Twelve presidents were complete namesakes of their fathers':

1. John Adams, Jr.
2. James Madison, Jr.
3. Andrew Jackson (it is unknown if he ever went by "Jr.")
4. John Tyler, Jr.
5. James Buchanan, Jr.
6. William McKinley, Jr.
7. Theodore Roosevelt, born Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.
8. John Calvin Coolidge, Jr.
9. Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr., born Leslie Lynch King, Jr. Ford was the complete namesake of both his biological father and his stepfather (though his stepfather's middle name was spelled differently).
10. James Earl Carter, Jr.
11. Bill Clinton, born William Jefferson Blythe III
12. Barack Hussein Obama II

George Walker Bush does not share exactly the same name of his father, George Herbert Walker Bush, nor does John Quincy Adams share his exact name with his father John Adams. This has not, however, deterred the press from referring to George W. Bush as "George Bush, Jr."