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This is a list of notable Scots-Irish Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants. The Scots-Irish trace their ancestry to Lowland Scottish and Northern English people, but through having stayed a few generations in Ulster .
Richard Nixon (Irish, Scotch-Irish, English and German) 37th President, 1969–74: Nixon's ancestors left Ulster in the mid-18th century; the Quaker Milhous family ties were with County Antrim and County Kildare and County Cork. [93] Jimmy Carter (Scotch-Irish & English) 39th President, 1977–1981 (distant ancestors from County Antrim). [95]
Scotch-Irish Americans are American descendants of primarily Ulster Scots people who emigrated from Ulster (Ireland's northernmost province) to the United States during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, with their ancestors being originally migrated to Ulster, mainly from the Scottish Lowlands in the 17th century.
Pages in category "American people of Scotch-Irish descent" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 560 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
James Webb, U. S. senator, author of Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped America (2004) Alexander White, politician from Virginia; Heather Wilson, 24th Secretary of the U.S. Air Force; Malcolm Wilson, 50th governor of New York; Woodrow Wilson, 28th president of the United States; Henry A. Wise, Confederate brigadier general and governor ...
To pay homage to the rich ancestry of Native Americans, it helps to know of current-day people who share in the heritage. With that in mind, we gathered this list of 20 famous Native Americans ...
Al Smith – New York governor, Democratic Party presidential candidate (Irish born grandparents from Westmeath; Smith identified as an Irish American) James Smith – signatory to the Declaration of Independence; Peter J. Somers – Milwaukee mayor; Brian P. Stack – Mayor of Union City, New Jersey [53] Michael J. Stack – US Congressman
Yankee Doodle Dandies. While the Fourth of July is most famous for being the date on which 13 colonies declared their independence from England and eventually formed the United States, this ...