First Ladies Gallery

An illustrated guide to the first ladies of the United States

Please note: Martha Jefferson, Rachel Jackson, Hannah Hoes Van Buren, and Ellen Arthur all died before their husbands became president. The first dates listed indicate when they served as first ladies. The dates in parenthesis are their birth and death dates.

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Michelle Obama2009–present (1964-)
Laura Bush2001–2009 (1947-)	Hillary Clinton1993–2001 (1947-)	Barbara Bush1989–1993 (1925-)	Nancy Reagan1981–1989 (1921-)
Rosalynn Carter1977–1981 (1928-)	Elizabeth Ford1974–1977 (1918-2011)	Patricia Nixon1969–1974 (1912-1993)	Claudia Johnson1963–1969 (1912-)
Jaqueline Onassis1961–1963 (1929-1994)	Mamie Eisenhower1953–1961 (1896-1979)	Elizabeth Truman1945–1953 (1885-1982)	Anna Eleanor Roosevelt1933–1945 (1884-1962)
Lou Henry Hoover 1929–1933 (1875-1944)	Grace Coolidge 1923–1929 (1879-1957)	Florence Harding 1921–1923 (1860-1924)	Edith Wilson 191–1921 (1872-1961)
Ellen Wilson 1913–1914 (1860-1914)	Helen Taft 1909–1913 (1861-1943)	Edith Roosevelt 1901–1909 (1861-1948)	Ida McKinley 1897–1901 (1847-1907)
Caroline Harrison 1889–1893 (1832-1892)	Frances Cleveland 1885–1889 1893–1897 (1864-1947)	Ellen Arthur 1837–1885	Lucretia Garfield 1881 (1832-1918
Lucy Hayes 1877–1881 (1831-1889)	Julia Grant 1869–1877 (1826-1902)	Eliza Johnson 1865–1869 (1810-1876)	Mary Lincoln1861–1865 (1818-1876)
Harriet Lane 1857–1861	Jane Pierce 1853–1857 (1806-1863)	Abigail Fillmore 1850–1853 (1798-1853)	Margaret Taylor 1849–1850 (1788-1852)
Sarah Childress Polk1845–1849 (1803-1891)	Julia Tyler 1844–1845 (1788-1852)	Letitia Tyler 1841–1842 (1790-1842)	Anna Harrison 1841 (1775-1864)
Hannah Hoes Van Buren 1837–1841	Louisa Adams 1825–1829 (1775-1852)	Elizabeth Monroe 1817–1825 (1768-1830)	Dolley Madison1809–1817 (1768-1849)
Rachel Jackson 1829–1837	Martha Jefferson 1801–1809	Abigail Adams1797–1801 (1744-1818)	Martha Washington1789–1787 (1732-1802)

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