McLelland), was Scottish. Barack Obama (Scotch-Irish, English and Kenyan) 44th President 2009-2017: The ancestry of his mother's family is partially Scotch-Irish. Donald Trump (Scottish and German) 45th President: His mother, Mary Anne MacLeod, was born in the village of Tong, Isle of Lewis, and emigrated to the U.S. in 1930. Vice Presidents of Scottish or Scotch-Irish descent John C. Calhoun (Scotch-Irish) 10th Vice President 1825-1832 George M. Dallas (Scottish) 15th Vice President 1845-1849; former Secretary of War Adlai Stevenson I (Scottish and Scotch-Irish) 23rd Vice President 1893-1897: The Stevensons (Stephensons) are first recorded in Roxburghshire in the 18th century. Charles Curtis (Scottish) 31st Vice President 1929-1933 Henry A. Wallace (Scotch-Irish) 33rd Vice President 1941-1945 Walter Mondale (Scottish) 42nd Vice President 1977-1981: His maternal great-grandparents, Walter Cowan and Agnes Phorson, were Scottish. Al Gore (Scotch-Irish) 45th Vice President 1993-2001 Dick Cheney (Scottish) 46th Vice President 2001-2009 Other American presidents of Scottish or Scotch-Irish descent Sam Houston (Scotch-Irish) President of Texas, 1836-38 and 1841-44 Jefferson Davis (Scotch-Irish) President of Confederate States of America 1861-1865 Arthur St. Clair (Scottish) President under the Articles of Confederation 1788 Scottish placenames Some place names of Scottish origin (either named after Scottish places or Scottish immigrants) in the U.S. include: California Albion Ben Lomond Bonny Doon Inverness Irvine, named for the historic Irvine Ranch, and Irvine Subdivision of Orange County, California Colorado Montrose Connecticut Scotland Delaware Glasgow Perth Florida Paisley Dundee Dunedin, from Dùn Èideann, Scottish Gaelic for Edinburgh Inverness Illinois Dundee Elgin Inverness Midlothian Bannockburn Glencoe Indiana Perth Edinburgh Kentucky Glasgow Louisiana Gretna Scotlandville Maine Argyle Maryland Aberdeen Glencoe Glenelg Lochearn Lothian Midlothian Muirkirk Massachusetts Melrose Mississippi Aberdeen Montana Glasgow Aberdeen, Montana Inverness, Montana Drummond, Montana New Jersey Aberdeen Perth Amboy Scotch Plains New York Albany Argyle Dundee Perth North Carolina Aberdeen Clyde Cumnock Dundarrach Glencoe Highlands Inverness Roxboro - a variant spelling of Roxburgh Scotland County North Dakota Perth Perth Township Oklahoma Glencoe Guthrie Oregon Albany Burns - after Scottish poet Robert Burns Dundee Elgin Glencoe Hermiston Macleay McDonald McEwen Melrose Nibley Sutherlin - a variant spelling of Sutherland Paisley Wedderburn South Carolina Elgin Lake Murray Texas Argyle - a variant spelling of Argyll Dallas Edinburg - a variant spelling of Edinburgh Houston - suburbs include Montrose Midlothian Scotland Utah Argyle (now a ghost town) Ben Lomond Logan Virginia Dumfries Glasgow Gretna Hamilton Kilmarnock McDowell Midlothian Washington state Aberdeen Fife Wisconsin Argyle Dunbar See also