Two presidents (Tyler and Pierce) have been governors' sons; another (Benjamin Harrison) was the grandson of a president; and yet another (FDR) was a presidential nephew-in-law and distant cousin. All these scions had political track records of their own when elected. More recently, the 2000 election pitted a senator's son (Gore) against a president's (Bush), but again, each had his own substantial résumé wholly distinct from his famous father's achievements.