List of first ladies of the United States

Hostess of the White House and wife of the president 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
  1. Jefferson's spouse, Martha Jefferson, died before he became president. Their daughter, Martha, is considered first lady by the White House Historical Association.

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