List of First Ladies by Age
- The nation's longest-lived First Lady is Bess Truman who died at age of 97 years 8 months and 6 days.
- The oldest living First Lady is Rosalynn Carter, age 95. Her husband, age 98, living President (39th) Jimmy Carter is the oldest and logest-lived president.
- The shortest-lived First Lady(acting) was Emily Donelson (age 29). The shortest-lived official First Lade was Letitia Tyler (age 51).
- There are 6 living first ladies as of today, June 10, 2023.
First Ladies by Age
(33rd Pres. Harry S. Truman)
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(40th Pres. Ronald Reagan)
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(36th Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson)
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Firsts: 1st wife to hold the Bible at the Inauguration.
(39th Pres. Jimmy Carter)
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Firsts: 1st First Lady to make a foreign policy trip
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Shirley W - 2 years ago
what a romantic story!
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John Young - 2 years ago
“She’s the girl I want to marry,” Jimmy Carter told his mother after his first date with 17-year-old Rosalynn Smith, who had grown up as a friend and neighbor of the Carter family in Plains, Georgia. -- quote from WhiteHouse.gov I love this First Lady!
(38th Pres. Gerald Ford)
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(41st Pres. George H. W. Bush)
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Firsts: 1st First Lady to write a memoir from her dog?s perspective.
(28th Pres. Woodrow Wilson)
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Firsts: 1st First Lady to receive permanent Secret Service protection
(9th Pres. William Henry Harrison)
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Firsts: 1st woman to be both wife of a president and grandmother of a president (Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President). She was 1st Lady during her husband's 1-month term, holding the title for the shortest length of time. She was the first First Lady to be widowed while holding the title.
(11th Pres. James K. Polk)
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Firsts: 1st First Lady to host a Thanksgiving dinner at the White House.
(26th Pres. Theodore Roosevelt)
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(20th Pres. James A. Garfield)
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(7th Pres. Andrew Jackson)
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(22nd & 24th Pres. Grover Cleveland)
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Firsts: 1st First Lady to be married in the White House. 1st First Lady to have a baby in the White House. 1st President's widow to remarry.
(34th Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower)
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Firsts: 1st First Lady to appear in a televised presidential campaign ad
(27th Pres. William Howard Taft)
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Firsts: 1st First Lady to ride with the President during the Inauguration parade. 1st First Lady to write a commercially published book: ?Recollections of Full Years.? 1st First Lady to own and drive
(37th Pres. Richard Nixon)
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Firsts: 1st First Lady to wear pants in public.
(4th Pres. James Madison)
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Firsts: 1st First Lady to be featured on a silver dollar. During her eulogy, President Zachary Taylor was the first to refer to her as ?First Lady?.
(30th Pres. Calvin Coolidge)
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Firsts: 1st First Lady to receive an honorary degree from Boston University.
(32nd Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt)
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Firsts: 1st First Lady to host a weekly radio show. 1st First Lady to hold a press conference in the White House to women reporters only.
(6th Pres. John Quincy Adams)
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(18th Pres. Ulysses S. Grant)
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(21st Pres. Chester A. Arthur)
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(43rd Pres. George W. Bush)
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Firsts: 1st presidential spouse to deliver the White House weekly address.
(2nd Pres. John Adams)
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Firsts: 1st First Lady to live in the White House. 1st woman to be both wife of a president and mother of a president (John Quincy Adams 6th President)
(10th Pres. John Tyler)
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(42nd Pres. Bill Clinton)
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Firsts: 1st First Lady to host a webcast from the White House. 1st First Lady elected to a public office. 1st First Lady to be a 'de facto' federal official. 1st First Lady to have an office in West
(15th Pres. James Buchanan)
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(23rd Pres. Benjamin Harrison)
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(22nd Pres. Grover Cleveland)
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(1st Pres. George Washington)
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(31st Pres. Herbert Hoover)
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(46th Pres. Joe Biden)
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Firsts: First Italian American first lady. The oldest first lady to assume the role.
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Billie Beier - 1 year ago
Jill Biden’s press secretary called on Fox News host Rachel Campos-Duffy and the network to apologize on Monday for saying that the first lady had failed the country by allowing Joe Biden to run for president. What do you think?
(10th Pres. John Tyler)
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Firsts: 1st First Lady to be photographed. 1st woman to marry a sitting President.
(17th Pres. Andrew Johnson)
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(35th Pres. John F. Kennedy)
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(29th Pres. Warren G. Harding)
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Firsts: 1st First Lady to vote
(3rd Pres. Thomas Jefferson)
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(12th Pres. Zachary Taylor)
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(16th Pres. Abraham Lincoln)
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(5th Pres. James Monroe)
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(7th Pres. Andrew Jackson)
* Died 2 months 11 days before her husband's inauguration
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(23rd Pres. Benjamin Harrison)
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Firsts: 1st First Lady to have a Christmas tree in the White House. 1st First Lady to deliver a speech she had written herself.
(25th Pres. William McKinley)
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(8th Pres. Martin Van Buren)
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(19th Pres. Rutherford B. Hayes)
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Firsts: 1st First Lady to graduate from college. 1st First Lady to the host a White House Easter Egg Roll.
(28th Pres. Woodrow Wilson)
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Firsts: acting 1st lady; daughter of the President
(14th Pres. Franklin Pierce)
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(44th Pres. Barack Obama)
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Firsts: 1st African American First Lady
(13th Pres. Millard Fillmore)
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Firsts: 1st First Lady to have a job as a school teacher. Established the 1st library in the White House.
(28th Pres. Woodrow Wilson)
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Firsts: died during her husband?s presidency. Their daughter, Margaret Woodrow Wilson, served as hostess until her father married Edith.
(10th Pres. John Tyler)
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(45th Pres. Donald Trump)
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Firsts: 1st First Lady to be a former lingerie model, speak 5 lanuages. 1st first lady whose native language isn't English.
(21st Pres. Chester A. Arthur)
* Died 1 year 8 months 8 days before her husband's inauguration
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(9th Pres. William Henry Harrison)
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Firsts: briefly acted as 1st lady since the offical 1st lady was ill; daughter-in-law of the President
(8th Pres. Martin Van Buren)
* Died 18 years 28 days before her husband's inauguration
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(3rd Pres. Thomas Jefferson)
* Died 18 years 5 months 27 days before her husband's inauguration
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(7th Pres. Andrew Jackson)
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Firsts: acting 1st lady; niece of the President
Karen Steward - 1 year ago