United States First Ladies

Although her office is not statutory, the First Lady--the spouse of the President of the United States--serves as the unofficial national hostess and often takes a leading role in some facet of public life.

• Abigail Powers Fillmore (born 1798, died 1853)

  American teacher and first lady.

  • Wife of Millard Fillmore, 13th President
• Abigail Adams (born 1744, died 1818)

  American first lady.

  • Wife of John Adams, 2nd President; also mother of John Quincy Adams, 6th President
• Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt (born 1861, died 1884)

  American first lady.

  • Wife of Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President
• Anna Symmes Harrison (born 1775, died 1864)
  • Wife of William Henry Harrison, 9th President
• Anne Frances ''Nancy'' Reagan (born 1923)

  American actress and first lady.

  • Wife of Ronald Reagan, 40th President
• Barbara Pierce Bush (born 1925)
  • Wife of George Bush, 41st President
• Bess Wallace Truman (born 1885, died 1982)
  • Wife of Harry S. Truman, 33rd President
• Caroline Lavinia Scott Harrison (born 1832, died 1853)
  • First wife of Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President
• Caroline Carmichael McIntosh Fillmore (born 1813, died 1881)
  • Second wife of Millard Fillmore, 13th President
• Claudia ''Lady Bird'' Johnson (born 1912)

  American first lady.

  • Wife of Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President
• Dorothea ''Dolley'' Payne Todd Madison (born 1768, died 1849)
  • Wife of James Madison, 4th President
• Edith Bolling Galt Wilson (born 1872, died 1961)
  • Second wife of Woodrow Wilson, 28th President
• Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt (born 1861, died 1948)
  • Second wife of Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President
• (Anna) Eleanor Roosevelt (born 1884, died 1962)

  American author, lecturer, social activist and first lady. Niece of President Theodore Roosevelt.

  • Wife of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President
• Eliza McCardle Johnson (born 1810, died 1876)
  • Wife of Andrew Johnson, 17th President
• Elizabeth Bloomer Warren ''Betty'' Ford (born 1918)

  American first lady. Known for her drug and alcohol treatment centers.

  • Wife of Gerald R. Ford, 38th President
• Elizabeth Kortright Monroe (born 1768, died 1830)
  • Wife of James Monroe, 5th President
• Ellen Louise Axson Wilson (born 1860, died 1914)
  • First wife of Woodrow Wilson, 28th President
• Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur (born 1837, died 1880)
  • Wife of Chester A. Arthur, 21st President
• Florence Kling De Wolfe Harding (born 1860, died 1924)
  • Wife of Warren G. Harding, 23rd President
• Frances Folsom Cleveland (born 1864, died 1947)
  • Wife of Grover Cleveland, 22nd President
• Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge (born 1879, died 1957)
  • Wife of Calvin Coolidge, 30th President
• Hannah Hoes Van Buren (born 1783, died 1819)
  • Wife of Martin Van Buren, 8th President
• Helen Herron Taft (born 1861, died 1943)
  • Wife of William Howard Taft, 27th President
• Hillary Rodham Clinton (born 1947)

  American lawyer and first lady.

  • Wife of William ''''Bill'''' Clinton, 42nd President
• Ida Saxton McKinley (born 1847, died 1907)
  • Wife of William McKinley, 25th President
• Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy (born 1929, died 1994)

  American first lady and editor.

  • Wife of John F. Kennedy, 35th President
• Jane Means Appleton Pierce (born 1806, died 1863)
  • Wife of Franklin Pierce, 14th President
• Julia Gardiner Tyler (born 1820, died 1889)
  • Second wife of John Tyler, 10th President
• Julia Dent Grant (born 1826, died 1902)
  • Wife of Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President
• Letitia Christian Tyler (born 1790, died 1842)
  • First wife of John Tyler, 10th President
• Lou Henry Hoover (born 1875, died 1944)
  • Wife of Herbert Hoover, 31st President
• Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams (born 1775, died 1852)
  • Wife of John Quincy Adams, 6th President
• Lucretia Rudolph Garfield (born 1832, died 1918)
  • Wife of James A. Garfield, 20th President
• Lucy Ware Webb Hayes (born 1831, died 1889)
  • Wife of Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th President
• Mamie Geneva Doud Eisenhower (born 1896, died 1979)
  • Wife of Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th President
• Margaret Smith Taylor (born 1788, died 1852)
  • Wife of Zachary Taylor, 12th President
• Martha Dandridge Custis Washington (born 1732, died 1802)
  • Wife of George Washington, 1st President
• Mary Scott Lord Dimmick Harrison (born 1858, died 1896)
  • Second wife of Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President
• Mary Todd Lincoln (born 1818, died 1882)
  • Wife of Abraham Lincoln, 16th President
• Rachel Donelson Robards Jackson (born 1767, died 1828)
  • Wife of Andrew Jackson, seventh President
• Rosalynn Smith Carter (born 1927)

  American first lady and social and political activist.

  • Wife of James ''''Jimmy'''' Carter, 39th President
• Sarah Childress Polk (born 1803, died 1891)
  • Wife of James Knox Polk, 11th President
• Thelma Catherine Patricia Ryan Nixon (born 1912, died 1993)
  • Wife of Richard M. Nixon, 37th President
• Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson (born 1748, died 1782)
  • Wife of Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President
• Laura Welch Bush (born 1946)
  • Wife of George W. Bush, 43rd President