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Which First Lady was married in the Blue Room?

The wedding of President Grover Cleveland, who was 49 years old, and his bride Frances Folsom, who was 21 years old, took place on June 2, 1886, in the Blue Room of the White House.
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Which president has the youngest wife?

Frances Cleveland was the first presidential spouse to marry in the White House, and she was the youngest presidential spouse in American history. She was 21 years old, and her groom was 49.
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What president married a 21 year old?

Frances Clara Folsom Cleveland became the youngest First Lady at age 21; married to President Grover Cleveland she was the 23rd and 25th First Lady of the United States.
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Who got married in the Blue Room?

June 2, 1886: President Grover Cleveland married Frances Folsom in the Blue Room. Cleveland is the only president to marry inside the White House.
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Which president had a daughter that got married in the White House?

Lynda Johnson, President Lyndon B. Johnson's daughter, was married to Charles Robb in 1967 in the East Room of the White House. It was the first wedding to take place in the White House since 1914, when President Woodrow Wilson's daughter, Eleanor, married William Gibbs McAdoo.
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The First Presidential Wife to Be Called the First Lady

Which President had two wives?

Presidents John Tyler and Woodrow Wilson had two official first ladies; both remarried during their presidential tenures.
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Which President had 15 kids and 2 wives?

John Tyler was the most prolific of all American President: he had 15 children and two wives.
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Which President got married secretly while in office?

The darling of the capital, Julia Gardiner Tyler was the second wife of the tenth President, John Tyler. She became First Lady from 1844 to 1845 after their secret engagement and wedding.
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Has any President gotten married while in office?

Tyler and Wilson both quickly remarried during their presidency. James Buchanan was a life long bachelor and never married. Grover Cleveland entered the White House as a bachelor, but married while in office.
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When did Clara and Ryan get married?

The Atlanta pair wed on the 12th season of the Lifetime show, but they suffered from a serious lack of chemistry that ultimately ended up dooming their marriage. Since divorcing, both have moved on. Here's what's up with Haley and Jake today, two years after their Mafs experience.
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Which President married his niece?

Mary Dimmick Harrison (née Mary Scott Lord; April 30, 1858 – January 5, 1948) was the second wife of Benjamin Harrison, the 23rd president of the United States. She was nearly 25 years younger than Harrison, and was the niece of his first wife. Honesdale, Pennsylvania, U.S. New York City, U.S.
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Which President were father and son?

How unusual is it for a father and son to become President of the United States? It has now happened twice in our nation's history: the Adamses (John Adams (1797-1801) and John Quincy Adams (1825-1829) and the Bushes (George H.W. Bush (1989-1993) and George W. Bush (2001-2009).
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What President married a girl he raised?

The wedding of President Grover Cleveland, who was 49 years old, and his bride Frances Folsom, who was 21 years old, took place on June 2, 1886, in the Blue Room of the White House.
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Which President had 15 kids?

John Tyler is the president who fathered the most children, having fifteen children over two marriages (and allegedly fathering more with slaves), while his successor, James K. Polk, remains the only U.S. president never to have fathered or adopted any known children.
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Which First Lady gave birth in the White House?

Family Life at the White House Historical Photo Essay. First Lady Frances Cleveland holds baby Esther, the first and only child of a president to be born at the White House.
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Which President had his sister as a First Lady?

Mary McElroy (née Arthur; July 5, 1841 – January 8, 1917) was an American woman known as being the sister of the 21st president of the United States, Chester A. Arthur, for whom she served as a hostess (acting as the first lady) for his administration (1881–1885).
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What president weighed more than 300 pounds?

William Howard Taft (1909-1913) was famously obese, with a reported weight of over 300 pounds during his presidency.
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Which presidents had no First Lady?

Tall, stately, stiffly formal in the high stock he wore around his jowls, James Buchanan was the only President who never married. Presiding over a rapidly dividing Nation, Buchanan grasped inadequately the political realities of the time.
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Who is the richest president in history?

In addition, many presidents—including Bill Clinton—have earned considerable income from public speaking after leaving office. The richest president in history may be Donald Trump. However, his net worth is not precisely known because the Trump Organization is privately held.
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Which President had his wife take over for him?

Edith Bolling Galt Wilson was second wife of the 28th President, Woodrow Wilson. She served as First Lady from 1915 to 1921. After the President suffered a severe stroke, she pre-screened all matters of state, functionally running the Executive branch of government for the remainder of Wilson's second term.
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Who was the only unmarried President?

In his personal life, Buchanan never married and was the only U.S. president to remain a lifelong bachelor, leading some historians and authors to question his sexual orientation. His failure to forestall the Civil War has been described as incompetence, and he spent his last years defending his reputation.
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Who was the youngest President?

The youngest person to become U.S. president was Theodore Roosevelt, who, at age 42, succeeded to the office after the assassination of William McKinley. The oldest person inaugurated president was Joe Biden, at age 78.
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Which president was not buried under the American flag?

President John Tyler, the tenth president of the United States, was buried in Hollywood Cemetery in 1862. His death was the only one in presidential history to not be officially recognized in Washington D.C. due to his allegiance to the Confederate States of America.
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Who was the shortest president?

The tallest U.S. president was Abraham Lincoln at 6 feet 4 inches (193 centimeters), while the shortest was James Madison at 5 feet 4 inches (163 centimeters).
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Which president spoke the most languages?

The president who could speak the most languages was John Quincy Adams (1825–1829) at eight. He spoke fluent French, German, and Latin and could conduct conversations in Italian, Spanish, Ancient Greek, Dutch, and Russian.
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