Margaret Woodrow Wilson
acting First Lady of the United States (1914-1915)
Margaret Woodrow Wilson (April 16, 1886 – February 12, 1944) was the eldest daughter of US President Woodrow Wilson and Ellen Louise Axson.
Margaret Wilson | |
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First Lady of the United States Acting | |
In role August 6, 1914 – December 18, 1915 | |
President | Woodrow Wilson |
Preceded by | Ellen Wilson |
Succeeded by | Edith Wilson |
Personal details | |
Born | Margaret Woodrow Wilson April 16, 1886 Gainesville, Georgia, U.S. |
Died | February 12, 1944 Pondicherry, India | (aged 57)
Her two sisters were Jessie and Eleanor. After her mother's death in 1914, Margaret served her father as the White House social hostess, the title later known as First Lady. Her father remarried in 1915.
Wilson died in India from uremia (blood poisoning), aged 57.[1]
References
change- ↑ "Woodrow Wilson Daughter Dead". The Milwaukee Sentinel. February 14, 1944. p. 1. Archived from the original on 23 October 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2014.