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It is now widely believed that Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States, fathered several children borne by his black slave Sally Hemings. But Jefferson is not the only federal officeholder to have had children with a black woman.
Richard Mentor Johnson of Kentucky was the ninth vice president of the United States, serving one term from 1837 to 1841 under President Martin Van Buren. Johnson never married but openly admitted his common-law...