Is Kamala the first ever fully 'First Generation American' on a presidential ticket?

[Siwsan]

That is to say the first person on a presidential ticket whose parents were both immigrants.

[RockRaven]

1. I dunno, there could have been some/many in the 1800s...

[Fiendish Thingy]

2. Well, maybe since the 1700's nt

[Siwsan]

4. Washington, Jefferson and Adam's parents were all born in Virginia/Massachusetts

I checked as far as Madison - still all born on this side of the 'pond'. So, not immigrants.

[Fiendish Thingy]

9. Then Harris might indeed be the first! Nt

[Siwsan]

10. It's been pointed out that Andrew Jackson's parents immigrated from Ireland

I only checked the first 4 Presidents.

[dawg day]

3. Obama and he who shall not be named both had one non-US born parent.

Romney's father was actually born in Mexico.
McCain himself was born in the Canal Zone (when it was an American "possession," and of course his parents were military, so he was a citizen).

Maybe if we go back to the first 7-8 presidents, the ones who were born before 1776 (so they were born in "Greater Britain&quot , probably one or two of them had both parents born Britain.?

[Siwsan]

6. I checked the first 4 and all parents were born in the 'new world'.

[Glorfindel]

5. No. Both of Andrew Jackson's parents were born in Ireland.

N/T

[Siwsan]

7. Ah, thanks

I looked only as far as Madison.

[dawg day]

8. Ireland was (lamentably) part of Great Britain then--

Or whatever you call it, a possession. So it was more maybe like moving from one British colony to another until 1776 when we became a different country. Not sure that's "immigration" in the sense of parents born in another country and moving here. (Of course, Ireland WAS another country, but it wasn't allowed to be for another 150 years.)

[nsd]

11. Michael Dukakis had two immigrant parents.

They were from Greece.

ETA: A few others not mentioned previously in this thread had one immigrant parent (Edmund Muskie, Spiro Agnew).