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Frances Folsom Cleveland | The White House.
Frances Folsom Cleveland | The White House.
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was the longest-serving First Lady throughout her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s four terms in office (1933-1945).
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Unique among First Ladies, Harriet Lane acted as hostess for the only President who never married: James Buchanan, her favorite uncle and her guardian after she was orphaned at the age of eleven.
Bush and Abigail Adams are the only two women in United States history to have been both married to a president and the mother of a president.
Deceased (1884–1962)
She advocated for expanded roles for women in the workplace, the civil rights of African Americans and Asian Americans, and the rights of World War II refugees. Following her husband’s death in 1945, Roosevelt remained active in politics for the remaining 17 years of her life.
Frances Clara Cleveland Preston (born Frank Clara Folsom; July 21, 1864 – October 29, 1947) was first lady of the United States from 1886 to 1889 and again from 1893 to 1897 as the wife of President Grover Cleveland. Becoming first lady at age 21, she remains the youngest wife of a sitting president.
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The first lady has her own staff that includes a chief of staff, press secretary, White House Social Secretary, and Chief Floral Designer. … Despite the significant responsibilities usually handled by the first lady, she does not receive a salary.
Presidents John Tyler and Woodrow Wilson had two official first ladies; both remarried during their presidential tenures.
Betty Ford | |
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Born | Elizabeth Anne BloomerApril 8, 1918 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Died | July 8, 2011 (aged 93) Rancho Mirage, California, U.S. |
Resting place | Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum |
Political party | Republican |
Eleanor Roosevelt became the first First Lady to appear in trousers at a formal function, presiding over the Easter Egg Roll in 1933 wearing riding trousers, a consequence of not having time to change after an early morning ride.
Letitia Christian Tyler, first wife of President John Tyler, served as First Lady of the United States from 1841 until her death at 51. She was the youngest First Lady to pass away and one of only three to have passed away in the White House.
On October 7, 2018, she married screenwriter Craig Coyne in a private ceremony at the Bush family compound in Kennebunkport, Maine, with only 20 people attending.
Emily Donelson | |
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In office March 4, 1829 – November 26, 1834 | |
President | Andrew Jackson |
Preceded by | Louisa Adams |
Succeeded by | Sarah Jackson (acting) |
Lyncoya Jackson (also known as Lincoyer, c. 1811 – July 1, 1828) was a Creek Indian child adopted and raised by US President Andrew Jackson and his wife, Rachel Jackson.
His wife Rachel died of a heart attack after surviving a brutal campaign that ripped her reputation to shreds. Jackson swore he’d never forgive those who attacked the woman who had been the center of his world since they fell in love nearly four decades before.
November 7, 1962
After Franklin Roosevelt was elected President of the United States in 1933, Frances Perkins was his choice to be Secretary of Labor and on March 4, 1933 she was sworn becoming the 1st woman appointed to the Cabinet.
78 years (1884–1962)
Two distantly related branches of the family from Oyster Bay and Hyde Park, New York, rose to national political prominence with the presidencies of Theodore Roosevelt (1901–1909) and his fifth cousin Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933–1945), whose wife, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, was Theodore’s niece.
James Buchanan, the 15th President of the United States (1857-1861), served immediately prior to the American Civil War. He remains the only President to be elected from Pennsylvania and to remain a lifelong bachelor.
The youngest person to assume the presidency was Theodore Roosevelt, who, at the age of 42, succeeded to the office after the assassination of William McKinley. The youngest to become president by election was John F. Kennedy, who was inaugurated at age 43.
Barack Obama | |
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Official portrait, 2012 | |
44th President of the United States | |
In office January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017 | |
Vice President | Joe Biden |