# |
Name |
Previous
Name |
President |
Term |
Married
|
Birth/Death |
1 |
Martha Washington |
Martha Dandridge (widow, Custis) |
George Washington |
1789-97 |
1759 |
1731-1802 |
2 |
Abigail Adams |
Abigail Smith |
John Adams |
1797-1801 |
1764 |
1744-1818 |
3 |
Dolley Madison
|
Dolley Payne (widow, Todd) |
James Madison |
1809-17 |
1794 |
1768-1849 |
4 |
Elizabeth Monroe |
Elizabeth Kortright |
James Monroe |
1817-25 |
1786 |
1768-1830 |
5 |
Louisa Adams |
Louisa Catherine Johnson |
John Quincy Adams |
1825-29 |
1797 |
1775-1852 |
6 |
Anna Harrison |
Anna Tuthill Symes |
William Henry Harrison |
1841 |
1795 |
1775-1864 |
7 |
Letitia Tyler |
Letitia Christian |
John Tyler |
1841-42 |
1813 |
1790-1842 |
8 |
Julia Tyler |
Julia Gardiner |
John Tyler |
1844-45 |
1844 |
1820-89 |
9 |
Sarah Polk |
Sarah Childress |
James K. Polk |
1845-49 |
1824 |
1803-91 |
10 |
Margaret Taylor |
Margaret Smith |
Zachary Taylor |
1849-50 |
1810 |
1788-1852 |
11 |
Abigail Fillmore |
Abigail Powers |
Millard Fillmore |
1850-53 |
1826 |
1798-1853 |
12 |
Jane Pierce |
Jane Appleton |
Franklin Pierce |
1853-57 |
1834 |
1806-63 |
13 |
Mary Lincoln |
Mary Ann Todd |
Abraham Lincoln |
1861-65 |
1842 |
1818-82 |
14 |
Eliza Johnson |
Eliza McCardle |
Andrew Johnson |
1865-69 |
1827 |
1810-76 |
15 |
Julia Grant |
Julia Boggs Dent |
Ulysses S. Grant |
1869-77 |
1848 |
1826-1902 |
16 |
Lucy Hayes |
Lucy Ware Webb |
Rutherford B. Hayes |
1877-81 |
1852 |
1831-89 |
17 |
Lucretia Garfield |
Lucretia Rudolph |
James A. Garfield |
1881 |
1858 |
1832-1918 |
18 |
Frances Cleveland (1) |
Frances Folsom |
Grover Cleveland (1) |
1886-89 |
1886 |
1864-1947 |
19 |
Caroline Harrison |
Caroline Lavinia Scott |
Benjamin Harrison |
1889-92 |
1853 |
1832-92 |
18 |
Frances Cleveland (2) |
v.s. |
Grover Cleveland (2) |
1893-97 |
v.s. |
v.s. |
20 |
Ida McKinley |
Ida Saxton |
William McKinley |
1897-1901 |
1871 |
1847-1907 |
21 |
Edith Roosevelt |
Edith Kermit Carow |
Theodore Roosevelt |
1901-09 |
1886 |
1861-1948 |
22 |
Helen Taft |
Helen Herron |
William Howard Taft |
1909-13 |
1886 |
1861-1943 |
23 |
Ellen Wilson |
Ellen Louise Axson |
Woodrow Wilson |
1913-14 |
1885 |
1860-1914 |
24 |
Edith Wilson |
Edith Bolling (widow, Galt) |
Woodrow Wilson |
1915-21 |
1915 |
1872-1961 |
25 |
Florence Harding |
Florence Mabel Kling (ex-DeWolfe) |
Warren G. Harding |
1921-23 |
1891 |
1860-1924 |
26 |
Anna Coolidge |
Grace Anna Goodhue |
Calvin Coolidge |
1923-29 |
1905 |
1879-1957 |
27 |
Lou Hoover |
Louise Henry |
Herbert Hoover |
1929-33 |
1899 |
1874-1944 |
28 |
Eleanor Roosevelt |
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt |
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
1933-45 |
1905 |
1884-1962 |
29 |
Bess Truman |
Elizabeth Virginia Wallace |
Harry S. Truman |
1945-53 |
1919 |
1885-1982 |
30 |
Mamie Eisenhower |
Mamie Geneva Doud |
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
1953-61 |
1916 |
1896-1979 |
31 |
Jacqueline Kennedy |
Jacqueline Lee Bouvier |
John F. Kennedy |
1961-63 |
1953 |
1929-94 |
32 |
Lady Bird Johnson |
Claudia Alta Taylor |
Lyndon B. Johnson |
1963-69 |
1934 |
1912-2007 |
33 |
Pat Nixon |
Thelma Catherine Patricia Ryan |
Richard M. Nixon |
1969-74 |
1940 |
1912-93 |
34 |
Betty Ford |
Elizabeth Anne Bloomer |
Gerald Ford |
1974-77 |
1948 |
1918-2011 |
35 |
Rosalynn Carter |
Eleanor Rosalynn Smith |
Jimmy Carter |
1977-81 |
1946 |
1927- |
36 |
Nancy Reagan |
Anne Frances Robbins; Nancy Davis |
Ronald Reagan |
1981-89 |
1952 |
1921- |
37 |
Barbara Bush |
Barbara Pierce |
George H. Bush |
1989-93 |
1945 |
1925- |
38 |
Hillary Clinton |
Hillary Diane Rodham |
Bill Clinton |
1993-2001 |
1975 |
1947- |
39 |
Laura Bush |
Laura Lane Welch |
George W. Bush |
2001-09 |
1977 |
1946- |
40 |
Michelle Obama |
Michelle LaVaughan Robinson |
Barrack H. Obama |
2009- |
1992- |
1964- |
|
Notes
Presidents Jefferson, Jackson, Van Buren and Arthur
were widowers before their presidency began. President Buchanan
was a bachelor.
Sources
Manweller, M., ed. Chronology of the U.S. Presidency,
vol. 1. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 2012. |