(Mental Floss) -- There have been presidential daughters almost as long as there have been presidents. (George Washington had no children.) President Warren Harding made child-care payments to his mistress for years until his death in 1923. What these women did -- both under the influence of and independent from their influential fathers -- make fascinating stories. Here are five you might not have heard: 1. Sarah Knox Taylor Davis She packed a lot of drama into her 21 years. The second daughter of future U.S. President Zachary Taylor, Sarah also was the first wife of future Confederate President Jefferson Davis.
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President Harding's illegitimate daughter was conceived on couch in Senate office
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Review of Harry Truman's daughter prompted presidential threat against reporter
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President Taylor's daughter married future president of an enemy power
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Woodrow Wilson's daughter followed a guru to India
Zachary Taylor
Taylor
@placeholder opposed the relationship, and accounts vary as to why --because he didn't want his daughter to continue to be exposed to the hardships of army life, or because he and Davis didn't get along.
Jefferson Davis
Zachary Taylor opposed the relationship, and accounts vary as to why --because he didn't want his daughter to continue to be exposed to the hardships of army life, or because he and @placeholder didn't get along.
Jefferson Davis
@placeholder recovered, but Sarah died, barely three months into her marriage.
U.S.
Probably the only advantage to being the child of one of @placeholder's worst presidents was not having his last name.
Warren Harding
Harding
@placeholder had no children with his wife, but a married man with two mistresses is bound to leave a legacy.