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First Lady
Marriage and Children


MARTHA DANDRIDGE CUSTIS WASHINGTON
Marriage to George Washington: January 6, 1759.
Children: None to Washington, 4 to Custis.

ABIGAIL SMITH ADAMS
Marriage to John Adams: October 25, 1764.
Children: 3 sons, 2 daughters.
Abigail: July 14, 1765.
John Quincy: July 11, 1767.
Susanna: December 28, 1768.
Charles: May 29, 1770.
Thomas: September 15, 1772.

MARTHA SKELTON JEFFERSON
Marriage to Thomas Jefferson: January 1, 1772.
Children: 1 son, 5 daughters.
Martha: September 27, 1772.
Jane: April 3, 1774.
Thomas: May 28, 1777.
Mary: Aug 1, 1778.
Lucy: November 3, 1780.
Lucy: May 8, 1782.

DOLLEY PAYNE MADISON
Marriage to James Madison: September 15, 1794
Children: None to Madison. Two children to Todd.

ELIZABETH KORTRIGHT MONROE
Marriage to James Monroe: February 16, 1786.
Children: 1 son, 2 daughters.
Eliza: December 1, 1786.
James: May 12, 1799.
Maria: June 9, 1803.

LOUISA JOHNSON ADAMS
Marriage to John Quincy Adams: July 26, 1797.
Children: 3 sons, 1 daughter.
George: April 13, 1801.
John: July 4, 1803.
Charles: August 18, 1807.
Louisa: June 9, 1811.

RACHEL DONELSON ROBARDS JACKSON
Marriage to Andrew Jackson: August 9, 1791.
Children: None.

HANNAH HOES VAN BUREN
Marriage to Martin Van Buren: February 21, 1807.
Children: 4 sons.
Abraham: November 27, 1807.
John: February 18, 1810.
Martin: December 20, 1812.
Smith: January 16, 1807.

ANNA SYMMES HARRISON
Marriage to William Henry Harrison: July 26, 1797.
Children: 6 sons, 4 daughters.
Elizabeth: September 29, 1796.
John: October 28, 1798.
Lucy: September 9, 1800.
William: September 3, 1802.
John Scott: October 4, 1804.
Benjamin: June 9, 1806.
Mary: January 22, 1809.
Carter: October 26, 1811.
Anna: October 28, 1813.
James: March 9, 1814.

LETITIA CHRISTIAN TYLER
Marriage to John Tyler: March 29, 1813.
Children: 3 sons, 5 daughters.
Mary: April 15, 1815.
Robert: September 9, 1816.
John: April 27, 1819.
Letitia: May 11, 1821.
Elizabeth: July 11, 1823.
Anne: April 9, 1825.
Alice: March 23, 1827.
Tazewell: December 6, 1830.

JULIA GARDINER TYLER
Marriage to John Tyler: June 26, 1844.
Children: 5 sons, 2 daughters.
David: July 12, 1846.
John Alexander: April 7, 1848.
Julia: December 25, 1849.
Lachlan: December 2, 1851.
Lyon: August 9, 1853.
Robert Fitzwalter: March 12, 1856.
Pearl: June 20, 1860.

SARAH CHILDRESS POLK
Marriage to James Polk: January 1, 1824.
Children: None

MARGARET SMITH TAYLOR
Marriage to Zachary Taylor: June 21, 1810.
Children: 1 son, 5 daughters.
Ann: April 9, 1811
Sarah: March 6, 1814.
Octavia: August 16, 1816.
Margaret: July 27, 1819.
Mary: April 20, 1824.
Richard: January 27, 1826.

ABIGAIL POWERS FILLMORE
Marriage to Millard Fillmore: February 5, 1826.
Children: 1 son, 1 daughter.
Millard: April 25, 1828.
Mary: March 27, 1832.

JANE APPLETON PIERCE
Marriage to Franklin Pierce: November 10, 1834.
Children: 3 sons.
Franklin: February 2, 1836.
Frank: August 27, 1839.
Benjamin: April 13, 1841.

MARY TODD LINCOLN
Marriage to Abraham Lincoln: November 4, 1842.
Children: 4 sons.
Robert: August 1, 1843.
Edward: March 10, 1846.
William: December 21, 1850.
Thomas: April 4, 1853.

ELIZA McCARDLE JOHNSON
Marriage to Andrew Johnson: May 5, 1827.
Children: 3 sons, 2 daughters.
Martha: October 25, 1828.
Charles: February 19, 1830.
Mary: May 8, 1832.
Robert: February 22, 1834.
Andrew: August 5, 1852.

JULIA DENT GRANT
Marriage to Ulysses Grant: August 22, 1848.
Children: 3 sons, 1 daughter.
Frederick: May 30, 1850.
Ulysses: July 22, 1852.
Ellen: July 4, 1855.
Jesse: February 6, 1858.

LUCY WEBB HAYES
Marriage to Rutherford Hayes: December 30, 1852.
Children: 7 sons, 1 daughter.
Birchard: November 4, 1853.
James: March 20, 1856.
Rutherford: June 24, 1858.
Joseph: December 21, 1861.
George: September 29, 1864.
Fanny: September 2, 1867.
Scott: February 8, 1871.
Manning: August 1, 1873.

LUCRETIA RUDOLPH GARFIELD
Marriage to James Garfield: November 11, 1858.
Children: 5 sons, 2 daughters.
Eliza: July 3, 1860.
Harry: October 11, 1863.
James: October 17, 1865.
Mary: January 16, 1867.
Irvin: August 3, 1870.
Abram: November 21, 1872.
Edward: December 25, 1874.

ELLEN HERNDON ARTHUR
Marriage to Chester Arthur: October 25, 1859.
Children: 2 sons, 1 daughter.
William: December 10, 1860.
Chester: July 25, 1864.
Ellen: November 21, 1871.

FRANCES FOLSOM CLEVELAND
Marriage to Grover Cleveland: June 2, 1886.
Children: 2 sons, 3 daughters.
Ruth: October 3, 1891.
Esther: September 9, 1893.
Marion: July 7, 1895.
Richard: October 28, 1897.
Francis: July 18, 1903.

CAROLINE SCOTT HARRISON
Marriage to Benjamin Harrison: October 20, 1853.
Children: 1 son, 1 daughter.
Russell: August 12, 1854.
Mary: April 3, 1858.

DA SAXTON McKINLEY
Marriage to William McKinley: January 25, 1871.
Children: 2 daughters.
Katherine: January 25, 1872.
Ida: March 31, 1873.

EDITH CAROW ROOSEVELT
Marriage to Theodore Roosevelt: December 2, 1886.
Children: 4 sons, 1 daughter.
Theodore: September 13, 1887.
Kermit: October 10, 1889.
Ethel: August 13, 1891.
Archibald: April 9, 1894.
Quentin: November 19, 1897.

HELEN HERRON TAFT
Marriage to William Howard Taft: June 19, 1886.
Children: 2 sons, 1 daughter.
Robert: September 8, 1889.
Helen: August 1, 1891.
Charles: September 20, 1897.

ELLEN AXSON WILSON
Marriage to Woodrow Wilson: June 24, 1885.
Children: 3 daughters.
Margaret: April 30, 1886.
Jessie: August 28, 1887.
Eleanor: October 16, 1889.

EDITH BOLLING GALT WILSON
Marriage to Woodrow Wilson: December 18, 1915.
Children: None

FLORENCE KLING DeWOLFE HARDING
Marriage to Warren Harding: July 8, 1891.
Children: None

GRACE GOODHUE COOLIDGE
Marriage to Calvin Coolidge: October 4, 1905.
Children: 2 sons.
John: September 7, 1906
Calvin: April 13, 1908.

LOU HENRY HOOVER
Marriage to Herbert Hoover: February 10, 1899.
Children: 2 sons.
Herbert: August 4, 1903.
Allan: July 17, 1907.

ELEANOR ROOSEVELT ROOSEVELT
Marriage to Franklin Roosevelt: March 17, 1905.
Children: 5 sons, 1 daughter.
Anna: May 3, 1906.
James: December 23, 1907.
Franklin: March 18, 1909.
Elliot: September 23, 1910.
Franklin Delano: August 17, 1914.
John: March 13, 1916.

BESS WALLACE TRUMAN
Marriage to Harry Truman: June 28, 1919.
Children: 1 daughter.
Margaret: February 17, 1924.

MAMIE DOUD EISENHOWER
Marriage to Dwight Eisenhower: July 1, 1916.
Children: 2 sons.
David: September 24, 1917.
John: August 3, 1923.

JACKIE BOUVIER KENNEDY ONASSIS
Marriage to John Kennedy: September 12, 1953.
Children: 2 sons, 1 daughter.
Caroline: November 27, 1957.
John: November 25, 1960.
Patrick: August 7, 1963.

LADY BIRD [CLAUDIA] TAYLOR JOHNSON
Marriage to Lyndon Johnson: November 17, 1934.
Children: 2 daughters.
Lynda Bird: March 19, 1944.
Luci Bird: July 2, 1947.

PAT [THELMA] RYAN NIXON
Marriage to Richard Nixon: June 21, 1940.
Children: 2 daughters.
Patricia: February 21, 1946.
Julie: July 5, 1948.

BETTY BLOOMER WARREN FORD
Marriage to Gerald Ford: October 15, 1948.
Children: 3 sons, 1 daughter.
Michael: march 14, 1950.
Jack: march 16, 1952.
Steven: May 19, 1956.
Susan: July 6, 1957.

ROSALYNN SMITH CARTER
Marriage to Jimmy Carter: July 7, 1946.
Children: 3 sons, 1 daughter.
John: July 3, 1947.
James: April 12, 1950.
Donnel: August 18, 1952.
Amy: October 19, 1967.

JANE WYMAN FULKS REAGAN
Marriage to Ronald Reagan: January 24, 1940.
Children: 1 adopted son, 1 daughter.
Maureen: January 4, 1942.
Michael: Unknown in 1945 - adopted.
Jane Wyman [Sarah Jane Fulks] and Reagan were divorced July 19, 1949.

NANCY DAVIS REAGAN
Marriage to Ronald Reagan: March 4, 1952.
Children: 1 son, 1 daughter.
Patti: October 21, 1952.
Ronald: May 20, 1958.

BARBARA PIERCE BUSH
Marriage to George Bush: January 6, 1945.
Children: 4 sons, 2 daughters.
George: July 6, 1946.
Robin: December 20, 1949.
John [Jeb]: February 11, 1953.
Neil: January 22, 1955.
Marvin: October 25, 1956.
Dorothy: August 18, 1959.

HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
Marriage to William Clinton: October 11, 1975.
Children: 1 daughter.
Chelsea: February 27, 1980.

LAURA WELCH BUSH
Marriage to George W. Bush: November, 1977
Children: Twin daughters.
Jenna and Barbara: November 25, 1981