Presidents' Wives Flashcards

1
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George Washington

A

Martha Dandridge

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2
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John Adams

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Abigail Smith

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3
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Thomas Jefferson

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Martha Wayles
(Martha Skelton 1st Marriage)
Died before First Lady
Daughter Martha Jefferson Randolph served as First Lady

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4
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James Madison

A

Dolley Payne

Dolley Todd 1st Marriage

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5
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James Monroe

A

Elizabeth Kortright

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6
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John Quincy Adams

A

Louisa Catherine Johnson

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7
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Andrew Jackson

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Rachel Donelson
(Rachel Robards 1st Marriage)
Died before First Lady
Niece Emily Donelson, and
Daughter-in-law Sarah Yorke Jackson served as First Ladies
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8
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Martin Van Buren

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Hannah Hoes
Died before First Lady
Daughter-in-law Angela Singleton Van Buren served as First Lady

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9
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William Henry Harrison

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Anna Tuthill Symmes

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10
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John Tyler

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Letitia Christian
Daughter-in-law served as FL after Letitia died
Julia Gardiner (married while in office)

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11
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James Knox Polk

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Sarah Childress

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12
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Zachary Taylor

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Margaret Mackall Smith

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13
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Millard Fillmore

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Abigail Powers

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14
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Franklin Pierce

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Jane Means Appleton

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15
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James Buchanan

A

Unmaried

Niece Harriet Lane served as FL

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16
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Abraham Lincoln

A

Marry Todd

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17
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Andrew Johnson

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Eliza McCardle

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18
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Ulysses S. Grant (Hiram Ulysses Grant)

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Julia Boggs Dent

19
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Rutherford Birchard Hayes

A

Lucy Webb

20
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James Abram Garfield

A

Lucretia Rudolph

21
Q

Chester Alan Arthur

A
Ellen Herndon (died before FL)
Sister Mary Arthur McElroy served as FL
22
Q

Grover Cleveland

A

Sister Rose Cleveland served as FL until married to
Frances Folsom (remairred Later as Frances Preston)
Youngest FL

23
Q

Benjamin Harrison

A

Caroline Lavinia Scott (died while FL)
Daughter Mary Harrison McKee served as FL after mother’s death
Later married Mary Lord (previously Mary Dimmick)

24
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Grover Cleveland

A

Frances Folsom

25
Q

William McKinley

A

Ida Saxton

26
Q

Theodore Roosevelt

A

Alice Hathaway Lee (died before FL)

Edith Kermit Carow

27
Q

William Howard Taft

A

Helen Herron

28
Q

Thomas Woodrow Wilson

A

Ellen Axson (died while FL)
Daughter Margaret Woodrow Wilson served as FL
Edith White Bolling (previously married to Norman Galt)

29
Q

Warren Gamaliel Harding

A

Florence Kling (previously married and divorced from Henry Athenton DeWolfe)

30
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John Calvin Coolidge Jr.

A

Grace Goodhue

31
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Herbert Clark Hoover

A

Lou Henry

32
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt

A

Anna Eleanor Roosevelt

33
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Harry S. Truman

A

Elizabeth “Bess” Wallace

34
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Dwight David Eisenhower

A

Mamie Geneva Doud

35
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy

A

Jacqueline “Jackie” Lee Bouvier (later Jacqueline Onassis)

36
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Lyndon Baines Johnson

A

Claudia Alta “Lady Bird” Taylor

37
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Richard Milhous Nixon

A

Thelma “Pat” Catherine Ryan

38
Q

Gerald “Jerry” Rudolph Ford Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King, Jr.)

A

Elizabeth “Betty” Ann Bloomer

previously married to William G. Warren

39
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James “Jimmy” Earl Carter, Jr.

A

Eleanor Rosalynn Smith

40
Q

Ronald Wilson Reagan

A
Jane Wyman (1940-1949 divorced)
Nancy Davis (born Anne Frances Robbins)
41
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George Herbert Walker Bush

A

Barbara Pierce

42
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William “Bill” Jefferson Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III)

A

Hillary Diane Rodham

43
Q

George Walker Bush

A

Laura Lane Welch

44
Q

Barack Hussein Obama II

A

Michelle LaVaughn Robinson