List of First Ladies by Age at Inauguration
- Acting First Lady Sarah Angelica Van Buren was the youngest to become First Lady at age 20.
- Acting First Lady Emily Donelson was the second youngest at age 21.
- The youngest offical First Lady was Fances Cleveland who became First Lady at age 21.9.
- Jill Biden is the oldest to become First Lady at age 69.
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First Ladies by Age at Inauguration
(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
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(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.
(41st Pres. George H. W. Bush)
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Firsts: 1st First Lady to write a memoir from her dog?s perspective.
(29th Pres. Warren G. Harding)
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Firsts: 1st First Lady to vote
(12th Pres. Zachary Taylor)
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(33rd Pres. Harry S. Truman)
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(40th Pres. Ronald Reagan)
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(1st Pres. George Washington)
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(37th Pres. Richard Nixon)
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Firsts: 1st First Lady to wear pants in public.
(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.
(38th Pres. Gerald Ford)
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(34th Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower)
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Firsts: 1st First Lady to appear in a televised presidential campaign ad
(31st Pres. Herbert Hoover)
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(17th Pres. Andrew Johnson)
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(43rd Pres. George W. Bush)
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Firsts: 1st presidential spouse to deliver the White House weekly address.
(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.
(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.
(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)
(36th Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson)
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Firsts: 1st wife to hold the Bible at the Inauguration.
(10th Pres. John Tyler)
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(6th Pres. John Quincy Adams)
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(25th Pres. William McKinley)
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(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!
(20th Pres. James A. Garfield)
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(5th Pres. James Monroe)
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(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.
(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
(14th Pres. Franklin Pierce)
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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.
(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.
(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
(44th Pres. Barack Obama)
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Firsts: 1st African American First Lady
(30th Pres. Calvin Coolidge)
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Firsts: 1st First Lady to receive an honorary degree from Boston University.
(28th Pres. Woodrow Wilson)
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Firsts: 1st First Lady to receive permanent Secret Service protection
(18th Pres. Ulysses S. Grant)
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(16th Pres. Abraham Lincoln)
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(11th Pres. James K. Polk)
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Firsts: 1st First Lady to host a Thanksgiving dinner at the White House.
(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?.
(21st Pres. Chester A. Arthur)
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(26th Pres. Theodore Roosevelt)
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(22nd Pres. Grover Cleveland)
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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
(23rd Pres. Benjamin Harrison)
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(35th Pres. John F. Kennedy)
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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.
(3rd Pres. Thomas Jefferson)
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(28th Pres. Woodrow Wilson)
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Firsts: acting 1st lady; daughter of the President
(15th Pres. James Buchanan)
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(10th Pres. John Tyler)
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(10th Pres. John Tyler)
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Firsts: 1st First Lady to be photographed. 1st woman to marry a sitting President.
(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.
(7th Pres. Andrew Jackson)
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Firsts: acting 1st lady; niece of the President
(8th Pres. Martin Van Buren)
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