| First Lady | Date of marriage | President | Entered White House | Left White House | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (née Dandridge) |
January 6, 1759 | George Washington | April 30, 1789 | March 4, 1797 | |
| 2 | (née Smith) |
October 25, 1764 | John Adams | March 4, 1797 | March 4, 1801 | |
| 3 | (née Wayles) |
January 1, 1772 | Thomas Jefferson | —[n 1] | — | |
| 4 | (née Payne) |
September 14, 1794 | James Madison | March 4, 1809 | March 4, 1817 | |
| 5 | (née Kortright) |
February 16, 1786 | James Monroe | March 4, 1817 | March 4, 1825 | |
| 6 | (née Johnson) |
26 July, 1797 | John Quincy Adams | March 4, 1825 | March 4, 1829 | |
| 7 | (née Donelson) |
January 7, 1794 | Andrew Jackson | —[n 2] | — | |
| 8 | (née Hoes) |
February 21, 1807 | Martin Van Buren | —[n 3] | — | |
| 9 | (née Tuthill Symmes) |
November 22, 1795 | William Henry Harrison | March 4, 1841[n 4] | April 4, 1841 | |
| 10 | (née Christian) |
March 29, 1813 | John Tyler | April 4, 1841 | September 10, 1842[n 5] | |
| 11 | (née Gardiner) |
June 26, 1844 | June 26, 1844[n 6] | March 4, 1845 | ||
| 12 | (née Childress) |
January 1, 1824 | James K. Polk | March 4, 1845 | March 4, 1849 | |
| 13 | (née Mackall Smith) |
June 21, 1810 | Zachary Taylor | March 4, 1849 | July 9, 1850 | |
| 14 | (née Powers) |
February 5, 1826 | Millard Fillmore | July 9, 1850 | March 4, 1853 | |
| 15 | (née Means Appleton) |
November 19, 1834 | Franklin Pierce | March 4, 1853 | March 4, 1857 | |
| 16 | —[n 7] | James Buchanan | March 4, 1857 | March 4, 1861 | ||
| 17 | (née Todd) |
November 4, 1842 | Abraham Lincoln | March 4, 1861 | April 15, 1865 | |
| 18 | (née McCardle) |
May 17, 1827 | Andrew Johnson | April 15, 1865 | March 4, 1869 | |
| 19 | (née Dent) |
August 22, 1848 | Ulysses S. Grant | March 4, 1869 | March 4, 1877 | |
| 20 | (née Webb) |
December 30, 1852 | Rutherford B. Hayes | March 4, 1877 | March 4, 1881 | |
| 21 | (née Rudolph) |
December 30, 1852 | James A. Garfield | March 4, 1881 | September 19, 1881 | |
| 22 | (née Lewis Herndon) |
October 25, 1859 | Chester A. Arthur | —[n 8] | — | |
| 23 | (née Folsom; later Preston) |
June 2, 1886 | Grover Cleveland | June 2, 1886[n 9] | March 4, 1889 | |
| 24 | (née Scott) |
October 20, 1853 | Benjamin Harrison | March 4, 1889 | October 25, 1892[n 10] | |
| 25 | (née Folsom; later Preston) |
June 2, 1886 | Grover Cleveland | March 4, 1893 | March 4, 1897 | |
| 26 | (née Saxton) |
January 25, 1871 | William McKinley | March 4, 1897 | September 14, 1901 | |
| 27 | (née Carow) |
December 2, 1886 | Theodore Roosevelt | September 14, 1901 | March 4, 1909 | |
| 28 | (née Herron) |
June 19, 1886 | William Howard Taft | March 4, 1909 | March 4, 1913 | |
| 29 | (née Axson) |
June 19, 1886 | Woodrow Wilson | March 4, 1913 | August 6, 1914[n 11] | |
| 30 | (née Bolling) |
December 18, 1915 | December 18, 1915 | March 4, 1921 | ||
| 31 | (née Kling) |
July 8, 1891 | Warren G. Harding | March 4, 1921 | August 2, 1923 | |
| 32 | (née Goodhue) |
October 4, 1905 | Calvin Coolidge | August 2, 1923 | March 4, 1929 | |
| 33 | (née Henry) |
October 4, 1905 | Herbert Hoover | March 4, 1929 | March 4, 1933 | |
| 34 | (née Roosevelt) |
March 17, 1905 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | March 4, 1933 | April 12, 1945 | |
| 35 | (née Wallace) |
June 28, 1919 | Harry S. Truman | April 12, 1945 | January 20, 1953 | |
| 36 | (née Doud) |
July 1, 1916 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | January 20, 1953 | January 20, 1961 | |
| 37 | (née Bouvier, later Onassis) |
September 12, 1953 | John F. Kennedy | January 20, 1961 | November 22, 1963 | |
| 38 | (née Taylor) |
November 7, 1934 | Lyndon B. Johnson | November 22, 1963 | January 20, 1969 | |
| 39 | (née Ryan) |
June 21, 1940 | Richard Nixon | January 20, 1969 | August 9, 1974 | |
| 40 | (née Bloomer) |
October 15, 1948 | Gerald Ford | August 9, 1974 | January 20, 1977 | |
| 41 | (née Smith) |
July 7, 1946 | Jimmy Carter | January 20, 1977 | January 20, 1981 | |
| 42 | (née Robbins, Davis) |
March 6, 1952 | Ronald Reagan | January 20, 1981 | January 20, 1989 | |
| 43 | (née Pierce) |
January 6, 1945 | George H. W. Bush | January 20, 1989 | January 20, 1993 | |
| 44 | (née Rodham) |
October 11, 1975 | Bill Clinton | January 20, 1993 | January 20, 2001 | |
| 45 | (née Welch) |
November 5, 1977 | George W. Bush | January 20, 2001 | January 20, 2009 | |
| 46 | (née Robinson) |
October 3, 1992[87] | Barack Obama | January 20, 2009 | Incumbent | |
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- 1 2 "Biography of Anna Harrison". Washington, D.C.: The White House. Retrieved January 20, 2009.
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- 1 2 "Biography of Julia Tyler". Washington, D.C.: The White House. Retrieved January 20, 2009.
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- ↑ Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson died in 1782, nineteen years before Thomas Jefferson became President. Their daughter, Martha Jefferson Randolph, assumed the role of White House hostess and unofficial First Lady during his incumbency; when she was unavailable Jefferson called upon Dolley Madison, wife of his Secretary of State, James Madison.[1][2]
- ↑ Rachel Jackson died in December, 1828, three months before Andrew Jackson became President. Rachel's niece, Emily Donelson, assumed the role of White House hostess and unofficial First Lady until her death on December 19, 1836. Jackson's daughter-in-law, Sarah Yorke Jackson, was also brought into the White House to serve as White House hostess and unofficial First Lady on November 26, 1834. She remained at the White House until Jackson's term expired on March 4, 1837.[9][10]
- ↑ Hannah Van Buren died on February 5, 1819, eighteen years before Martin Van Buren became President. Angelica Singleton Van Buren, Martin's daughter-in-law assumed the role of White House hostess and unofficial First Lady during his incumbency.[11][12]
- ↑ Anna Harrison, President William Henry Harrison's wife, was too sick to travel with William to Washington D.C. for his inauguration, and asked their daughter-in-law Jane Irwin Harrison to accompany him and act as hostess until her proposed arrival in May. William Harrison died after serving only 31 days in office, and Anna never made the trip to the White House.[13][14]
- ↑ Letitia Tyler died while her husband, John Tyler, was still in office. Their daughter-in-law, Priscilla Cooper Tyler acted as White House hostess and unofficial First Lady until John Tyler remarried on June 26, 1844.[15][16]
- ↑ Julia Tyler married John Tyler on June 26, 1844.[17][18]
- ↑ James Buchanan was a life-long bachelor. His niece, Harriet Lane served as First Lady.[27][28]
- ↑ Ellen Arthur died in 1880. When Chester A. Arthur became President after James A. Garfield died, he asked his sister, Mary Arthur McElroy to be the White House hostess.[39][40]
- ↑ Frances Cornelia Folsom married Grover Cleveland on June 2, 1886. Grover entered office on March 4, 1885 as a bachelor; his sister Rose Cleveland served as White House hostess until he and Frances married.[41][42]
- ↑ Caroline Harrison died while her husband, Benjamin Harrison, was still in office. Their daughter, Mary Harrison McKee acted as White House hostess and unofficial First Lady for the remainder of his incumbency.[43][44]
- ↑ Ellen Wilson died on August 6, 1914, while her husband Woodrow Wilson was still in office. Their daughter, Margaret Woodrow Wilson, acted as White House hostess and unofficial First Lady until he remarried on December 18, 1915.[51][52]
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