List of first ladies of the United States
The following is a list of women who served as the first lady of the United States, as the wife of the president of the United States.[1]
List Edit
No. | Portrait | Name | Tenure | Age at tenure start | President
(Husband, unless noted) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Martha Washington[2][3] | April 30, 1789
– March 4, 1797 |
57 years, 321 days | George Washington | |
2 | Abigail Adams[4][5] | March 4, 1797
– March 4, 1801 |
52 years, 102 days | John Adams | |
3 | Martha Jefferson[6][7] | March 4, 1801
– March 4, 1809 |
28 years, 158 days | Thomas JeffersonFather[A] | |
4 | Dolley Madison[8][9] | March 4, 1809
– March 4, 1817 |
40 years, 288 days | James Madison | |
5 | Elizabeth Monroe[10][11] | March 4, 1817
– March 4, 1825 |
48 years, 247 days | James Monroe | |
6 | Louisa Adams[12][13] | March 4, 1825
– March 4, 1829 |
50 years, 20 days | John Quincy Adams | |
7 | Emily Donelson[14] | March 4, 1829
– November 26, 1834 |
21 years, 276 days | Andrew JacksonUncle-in-law | |
Sarah Jackson[15] | November 26, 1834
– March 4, 1837 |
31 years, 133 days | Andrew JacksonFather-in-law | ||
8 | Sarah Van Buren[16][17] | November 27, 1838
– March 4, 1841 |
20 years, 287 days | Martin Van BurenFather-in-law | |
9 | Anna Harrison[18][19] | March 4, 1841
– April 4, 1841 |
65 years, 222 days | William Henry Harrison | |
Jane Harrison[19] | March 4, 1841
– April 4, 1841 |
36 years, 224 days | William Henry HarrisonFather-in-law | ||
10 | Letitia Tyler[20][21] | April 4, 1841
– September 10, 1842 † |
50 years, 143 days | John Tyler | |
Elizabeth Priscilla Tyler[22] | September 10, 1842
– June 26, 1844 |
26 years, 88 days | John TylerFather-in-law | ||
Julia Tyler[23][24] | June 26, 1844
– March 4, 1845 |
24 years, 53 days | John Tyler | ||
11 | Sarah Polk[25][26] | March 4, 1845
– March 4, 1849 |
41 years, 181 days | James K. Polk | |
12 | Margaret Taylor[27][28] | March 4, 1849
– July 9, 1850 |
60 years, 164 days | Zachary Taylor | |
13 | Abigail Fillmore[29][30] | July 9, 1850
– March 4, 1853 |
52 years, 118 days | Millard Fillmore | |
14 | Jane Pierce[31][32] | March 4, 1853
– March 4, 1857 |
46 years, 357 days | Franklin Pierce | |
15 | Harriet Lane[33][34] | March 4, 1857
– March 4, 1861 |
26 years, 299 days | James BuchananUncle | |
16 | Mary Lincoln[35][36] | March 4, 1861
– April 15, 1865 |
42 years, 81 days | Abraham Lincoln | |
17 | Eliza Johnson[37][38] | April 15, 1865
– March 4, 1869 |
54 years, 193 days | Andrew Johnson | |
18 | Julia Grant[39][40] | March 4, 1869
– March 4, 1877 |
43 years, 37 days | Ulysses S. Grant | |
19 | Lucy Hayes[41][42] | March 4, 1877
– March 4, 1881 |
45 years, 188 days | Rutherford B. Hayes | |
20 | Lucretia Garfield[43][44] | March 4, 1881
– September 19, 1881 |
48 years, 319 days | James A. Garfield | |
21 | Mary McElroy[45] | September 19, 1881
– March 4, 1885 |
40 years, 76 days | Chester A. ArthurBrother | |
22 | Rose Cleveland[46] | March 4, 1885
– June 2, 1886 |
38 years, 264 days | Grover ClevelandBrother | |
Frances Cleveland[47][48] | June 2, 1886
– March 4, 1889 |
21 years, 316 days | Grover Cleveland | ||
23 | Caroline Harrison[49][50] | March 4, 1889
– October 25, 1892 |
56 years, 154 days | Benjamin Harrison | |
Mary Harrison McKee[50] | October 25, 1892
– March 4, 1893 |
34 years, 205 days | Benjamin HarrisonFather | ||
24 | Frances Cleveland[47][48] | March 4, 1893
– March 4, 1897 |
28 years, 226 days | Grover Cleveland | |
25 | Ida McKinley[51][52] | March 4, 1897
–September 14, 1901 |
49 years, 269 days | William McKinley | |
26 | Edith Roosevelt[53][54] | September 14, 1901
– March 4, 1909 |
40 years, 39 days | Theodore Roosevelt | |
27 | Helen Taft[55][56] | March 4, 1909
– March 4, 1913 |
47 years, 275 days | William H. Taft | |
28 | Ellen Wilson[57][58] | March 4, 1913
– August 6, 1914 |
52 years, 293 days | Woodrow Wilson | |
Margaret Wilson[58][59] | August 6, 1914
– December 18, 1915 |
28 years, 112 days | Woodrow WilsonFather | ||
Edith Wilson[60][61] | December 18, 1915
– March 4, 1921 |
43 years, 64 days | Woodrow Wilson | ||
29 | Florence Harding[62][63] | March 4, 1921
– August 2, 1923 |
60 years, 201 days | Warren G. Harding | |
30 | Grace Coolidge[64][65] | August 2, 1923
– March 4, 1929 |
44 years, 211 days | Calvin Coolidge | |
31 | Lou Hoover[66][67] | March 4, 1929
– March 4, 1933 |
54 years, 340 days | Herbert Hoover | |
32 | Eleanor Roosevelt[68][69] | March 4, 1933
– April 12, 1945 |
48 years, 144 days | Franklin D. Roosevelt | |
33 | Bess Truman[70][71] | April 12, 1945
– January 20, 1953 |
60 years, 58 days | Harry S. Truman | |
34 | Mamie Eisenhower[72][73] | January 20, 1953
– January 20, 1961 |
56 years, 67 days | Dwight D. Eisenhower | |
35 | Jacqueline Kennedy[74][75] | January 20, 1961
– November 22, 1963 |
31 years, 176 days | John F. Kennedy | |
36 | Lady Bird Johnson[76][77] | November 22, 1963
– January 20, 1969 |
50 years, 335 days | Lyndon B. Johnson | |
37 | Pat Nixon[78][79] | January 20, 1969
– August 9, 1974 |
56 years, 310 days | Richard Nixon | |
38 | Betty Ford[80][81] | August 9, 1974
– January 20, 1977 |
56 years, 123 days | Gerald Ford | |
39 | Rosalynn Carter[82][83] | January 20, 1977
– January 20, 1981 |
49 years, 155 days | Jimmy Carter | |
40 | Nancy Reagan[84][85] | January 20, 1981
– January 20, 1989 |
59 years, 203 days | Ronald Reagan | |
41 | Barbara Bush[86][87] | January 20, 1989
– January 20, 1993 |
63 years, 226 days | George H. W. Bush | |
42 | Hillary Clinton[88][89] | January 20, 1993
– January 20, 2001 |
45 years, 86 days | Bill Clinton | |
43 | Laura Bush[90][91] | January 20, 2001
– January 20, 2009 |
54 years, 77 days | George W. Bush | |
44 | Michelle Obama[92][93] | January 20, 2009
– January 20, 2017 |
45 years, 3 days | Barack Obama | |
45 | Melania Trump[94][95] | January 20, 2017
– January 20, 2021 |
46 years, 269 days | Donald Trump | |
46 | Jill Biden[96] | January 20, 2021 –
Current |
69 years, 231 days | Joe Biden |
- ↑ Jefferson's spouse, Martha Jefferson, died before he became president. Their daughter, Martha, is considered first lady by the White House Historical Association.
References Edit
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