American First Ladies
The First Lady of the United States is the hostess of the White House. The role is usually, but (contrary to popular belief) not always, filled by the wife of the president; bachelor and widowed presidents have had daughters, sisters, nieces or friends as their first ladies. It is unknown what the protocol will be should a woman become president. (See also Presidents of the United States.)
| Name | Years | Other Names | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martha Washington | 1789-1797 | (Dandridge, Custis) |  |
| Abigail Adams | 1797-1801 | | |
| Martha Jefferson Randolph | 1801-1809 | | |
| Dolley Madison | 1809-1817 | | |
| Elizabeth Monroe | 1817-1825 | (Kortright) | |
| Louisa Adams | 1825-1829 | (Johnson) | |
| Emily Donelson | 1829-1834 | | |
| Sarah Jackson | 1834-1837 | (Yorke) | |
| Angelica Van Buren | 1838-1841 | | |
| Anna Harrison | 1841 | | |
| Jane Harrison | 1841 | (Irwin) | |
| Letitia Tyler | 1841-1842 | (Christian) | |
| Priscilla Tyler | 1842-1844 | (Cooper) | |
| Julia Tyler | 1844-1845 | (Gardiner) | |
| Sarah Polk | 1845-1849 | (Childress) | |
| Margaret Taylor | 1849-1850 | (Smith) | |
| Abigail Fillmore | 1850-1853 | | |
| Jane Pierce | 1853-1857 | | |
| Harriet Lane | 1857-1861 | | |
| Mary Todd Lincoln | 1861-1865 | | |
| Eliza Johnson | 1865-1869 | (McCardle) | |
| Julia Grant | 1869-1877 | | |
| Lucy Ware Hayes | 1877-1881 | (Webb) | |
| Lucretia Garfield | 1881 | (Rudolph) | |
| Mary McElroy | 1881-1885 | (Arthur) | |
| Rose Cleveland | 1885-1886 | | |
| Frances Cleveland | 1886-1889; 1893-1897 | (Folsom, Preston) | |
| Caroline Harrison | 1889-1892 | | |
| Mary McKee | 1892-1893 | (Scott, Harrison) | |
| Ida McKinley | 1897-1901 | (Saxton) | |
| Edith Roosevelt | 1901-1909 | | |
| Nellie Taft | 1909-1913 | (Herron) | |
| Ellen Wilson | 1913-1914 | (Axson) | |
| Margaret Woodrow Wilson | 1914-1915 | | |
| Edith Wilson | 1915-1921 | (Bolling) | |
| Florence Harding | 1921-1923 | | |
| Grace Coolidge | 1923-1929 | | |
| Lou Hoover | 1929-1933 | (Henry) | |
| Eleanor Roosevelt | 1933-1945 | | |
| Elizabeth Truman | 1945-1953 | | |
| Mamie Eisenhower | 1953-1961 | (Doud) | |
| Jackie Kennedy | 1961-1963 | (Bouvier, Onassis) | |
| Claudia "Lady Bird" Johnson | 1963-1969 | | |
| Pat Nixon | 1969-1974 | (Ryan) | |
| Betty Ford | 1974-1977 | | |
| Rosalynn Carter | 1977-1981 | (Smith) | |
| Nancy Reagan | 1981-1989 | (Davis, Robbins) | |
| Barbara Bush | 1989-1993 | | |
| Hillary Clinton | 1993-2001 | (Rodham) | |
| Laura Bush | 2001-2009 | | |
| Michelle Obama | 2009-2017 | (Robinson) | |
| Melania Trump | 2017-2021 | (Knauss, Knavs) | |
| Jill Biden | 2021- | (Jacobs) | |