First Lady of the United States
The following women are known to have acted as hostess on behalf of the First Lady when she was otherwise unable or unwilling:
| First Lady | Relation to President |
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| Maria Jefferson Eppes | daughter of widower Thomas Jefferson |
| Eliza Monroe Hay | daughter of James Monroe |
| Emily Donelson | niece of Rachel Jackson, late wife of Andrew Jackson |
| Letitia Tyler Semple | daughter of widower John Tyler |
| Mary Elizabeth Taylor Bliss | daughter of Zachary Taylor |
| Mary Abigail Fillmore | daughter of Millard Fillmore |
| Abby Kent Means | aunt-in-law of Franklin Pierce |
| Harriet Lane | niece of James Buchanan |
| Angelica Van Buren | daughter-in-law of widower Martin Van Buren |
| Martha Johnson Patterson | daughter of Andrew Johnson |
| Jennie Hobart | wife of William McKinley's Vice President, Garret Hobart |
| Helen Taft Manning | daughter of William Howard Taft |
| Margaret Woodrow Wilson | daughter of widower Woodrow Wilson |
| Helen Woodrow Bones | cousin of widower Woodrow Wilson |
| Tricia Nixon | daughter of Richard Nixon |
| Susan Ford | daughter of Gerald Ford |
| Chelsea Clinton | daughter of Bill Clinton |
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See also
- First Lady - Use of the title outside the United States.
- Second Lady of the United States - Wife of the Vice President of the United States.
- First Ladies National Historic Site - In Canton, Ohio.
- List of United States First Ladies by Longevity
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External links
- http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/058_flal.html
- Office of the First Lady. Retrieved on October 7, 2005.
- First Lady's Gallery. The White House. Retrieved on October 7, 2005.
- The National First Ladies' Library. Retrieved on October 7, 2005.
- Paper on the role of the first lady and the influence she holds over the President
- First Lady for President | Hillary 2008
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References
- ^ Clift, Eleanor, On Being a First Gentleman, <http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17422966/site/newsweek/>. Retrieved on 15 September 2007
- ^ http://www.firstladies.org/biographies/firstladies.aspx?biography=4 Firstladies.org
- ^ Caroli, Betty Boyd (2003). First Ladies from Martha Washington to Laura Bush. Oxford University Press, 200.
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