From Andrew Jackson (7th President) born only two years after his parents emigrated from Antrim to Joe Biden (46th President) who can trace his ancestry back to counties Louth and Mayo, the Irish diaspora punch well above their weight in terms of political clout across the Atlantic! The most well-known Irish-American president, John F. Kennedy was also the first to visit Ireland while still in office and the first Roman Catholic to be elected president. After Theodore Roosevelt, he was the youngest president to hold office, and his life was tragically cut short when he became the fourth US president to be assassinated while in office during a trip to Dallas, Texas.

Source: Irish Immigration Museum