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President James Monroe lived in the White House from 1817-1825. His 17-year-old daughter Maria Monroe married her second cousin Samuel L. Gouverneur on March 8, 1820, in the first wedding ever performed in the White House. It was a simple wedding and only family friends were invited. They spent $100.00 for candles to decorate the alter.
President John Quincy Adams lived in the White House from 1825-1829. His 25-year old son John Adams II was married to Mary Catherine Hellen on February 25, 1828. True to the fantasies Mary Hellen must have held since age thirteen, the second White House wedding was almost a recreation of the Maria Monroe experience
President Ulysses S. Grant lived in the White House from 1869-1877. His daughter Nelie Grant married Algernon Sartoris, a European nobleman, on May 21, 1874. She wore a $10,000 wedding gown, and the bridegroom carried a bouquet of roses in his arms during the ceremony. Although only 200 guests attended, it was a most distinguished gathering of people, and the most elaborate wedding ever performed at the White House. After the wedding Grant was found in his room crying. He thought his 20-year-old daughter was too young to marry.
President Theodore Roosevelt lived in the White House from 1901 - 1909. His daughter Alice Longworth married Representative Nicholas Longworth in 1906. He became Speaker of the House in 1925. It was the most fabulous wedding ever performed at the White House. More than 700 people were invited and the bride and groom escaped the crowds after the wedding by climbing out a back window of the White House.
President Woodrow Wilson lived in the White House from 1913-1921. His 25-year-old daughter Eleanor "Nellie" Wilson married Secretary of the Treasury William McAdoo on May 7, 1914 at the White House. Overnight she became a Cabinet officer's wife in her father's own administration.
President Lyndon Johnson lived in the White house from 1963-1969. His 19-year-old daughter Luci Baines Johnson married Patrick John Nugent in 1966 to at a high-profile wedding at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington D.C.
President Richard Nixon lived in the White House from 1969 to 1974. His 25-year-old daughter Tricia Nixon married Edward Finch Cox (a Harvard law student) on June 12, 1971 in the Rose Garden at the White House. This wedding took place after Nixon was elected president, but before he took office, so he was not yet living at the White House.
*(Note: President Nixon's 20-year-old daughter Julie Nixon married David Eisenhower on December 22, 1968 at the Marble Collegiate Church in New York City. This wedding took place after Nixon was elected president, but before he took office, so he was not yet living at the White House.)
President George H. W. Bush lived in the White House from 1989-1993. His 33-year-old daughter Dorothy Bush married Robert P. Koch on June 26, 1992 at Camp David. Dorothy divorced her first husband and kept her second wedding very quite. The media learned about it after the event.
President George W. Bush lived in the White House from 2001-2009. His 25-year-old daughter Jenna Bush was married to Henry Hager on May 10, 2008. As the President's daughter she could have been married at the White House, but the White House had never been her home. When the President and Mrs. Bush moved into the White House in 2001, Jenna Bush was in school at the University of Texas. She and her twin sister, Barbara, were never part of the Washington scene. And so, she chose a place where she felt most comfortable - the Bush family ranch in Crawford, Texas.
President James Monroe lived in the White House from 1817-1825. His 17-year-old daughter Maria Monroe married her second cousin Samuel L. Gouverneur on March 8, 1820, in the first wedding ever performed in the White House. It was a simple wedding and only family friends were invited. They spent $100.00 for candles to decorate the alter.
President Ulysses S. Grant lived in the White House from 1869-1877. His daughter Nelie Grant married Algernon Sartoris, a European nobleman, on May 21, 1874. She wore a $10,000 wedding gown, and the bridegroom carried a bouquet of roses in his arms during the ceremony. Although only 200 guests attended, it was a most distinguished gathering of people, and the most elaborate wedding ever performed at the White House. After the wedding Grant was found in his room crying. He thought his 20-year-old daughter was too young to marry.
President Theodore Roosevelt lived in the White House from 1901 - 1909. His daughter Alice Longworth married Representative Nicholas Longworth in 1906. He became Speaker of the House in 1925. It was the most fabulous wedding ever performed at the White House. More than 700 people were invited and the bride and groom escaped the crowds after the wedding by climbing out a back window of the White House.
President Woodrow Wilson lived in the White House from 1913-1921. His 25-year-old daughter Eleanor "Nellie" Wilson married Secretary of the Treasury William McAdoo on May 7, 1914 at the White House. Overnight she became a Cabinet officer's wife in her father's own administration.
President Lyndon Johnson lived in the White house from 1963-1969. His 19-year-old daughter Luci Baines Johnson married Patrick John Nugent in 1966 to at a high-profile wedding at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington DC.
President Richard Nixon lived in the White House from 1969 to 1974. His 25-year-old daughter Tricia Nixon married Edward Finch Cox (a Harvard law student) on June 12, 1971 in the Rose Garden at the White House. This wedding took place after Nixon was elected president, but before he took office, so he was not yet living at the White House.
*(Note: President Nixon's 20-year-old daughter Julie Nixon married David Eisenhower on December 22, 1968 at the Marble Collegiate Church in New York City. This wedding took place after Nixon was elected president, but before he took office, so he was not yet living at the White House.)
President George H. W. Bush lived in the White House from 1989-1993. His 33-year-old daughter Dorothy Bush married Robert P. Koch on June 26, 1992 at Camp David. Dorothy divorced her first husband and kept her second wedding very quiet. The media learned about it after the event.
President George W. Bush lived in the White House from 2001-2009. His 25-year-old daughter Jenna Bush was married to Henry Hager on May 10, 2008. As the President's daughter she could have been married at the White House, but the White House had never been her home. When the President and Mrs. Bush moved into the White House in 2001, Jenna Bush was in school at the University of Texas. She and her twin sister, Barbara, were never part of the Washington scene. And so, she chose a place where she felt most comfortable - the Bush family ranch in Crawford, Texas.
President Nixon and President Johnson's daughters married in the White House.
John Adams II, son of John Quincy, was married in the White House in 1828. Sons of Van Buren, Grant, and fours sons of Franklin Roosevelt took brides while their fathers were President .
Three US Presidents took a bride while they were in office- Tyler, Cleveland and Wilson. Cleveland was the only one who actually had the wedding in the White House.
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Who is the only president to engage in combat while in office?
James Madison was the only president to engage in combat while in office. It was during the War of 1812.
Who were the presidents who married while in office?
President Grover Cleveland became the first and only president to be married in the White House on June 2, 1886.John Tyler was the first to be married while he was president, but the wedding did not take place in the White House.
What did john calhoun change while in office?
Nothing. He was never President, only Vice President under JQ Adams and (first term of) Jackson.
Who was the only president to visit a foreign country while in office?
The only president who visited a foreign country during his governance was President Theodore Roosevelt. He visited Panama in 1903 to check on the Panama Canal progress.
Who was the president to die in the office while John Tyler became the first vice president?
The first U.S. president to die in office was William Henry Harrison. He served only 31 days in office. He died of pneumonia and pleurisy on April 4, 1841.
What was unusual about the 22nd president?
He, Grover Cleveland, was also the 24th President. He was the only President to marry for the first time while President and during his second term he became the only President to father a child while in office. He was the only President born in New Jersey.
Who is the only president to marry?
The only president to remain a bachelor was James Buchanan, who held office from 1857 to 1861. He was succeeded by Abraham Lincoln.
Who is the only president to engage in combat while in office?
James Madison was the only president to engage in combat while in office. It was during the War of 1812.
Who were the presidents who married while in office?
President Grover Cleveland became the first and only president to be married in the White House on June 2, 1886.John Tyler was the first to be married while he was president, but the wedding did not take place in the White House.
What happened in America while Garfield was president?
He is the only president to be inaugurated in office. He took office July 2, 1881.
What year did Grover Cleveland marry in office?
Grover Cleveland married his wife, Frances Folsom, on June 2, 1886. Cleveland is the only president to be married in the White House.
Who was the first and only president who got married?
The first President born in the United States was George Washington, and the only President never to marry was James Buchanan, the 15th President of the United States. A link can be found below.
Only US President who survived a bullet wound while in office?
Ronald Reagan.
Only president to attend KY Derby while in office?
George W Bush
Who was the only president to come under enemy fire while in office?
Lincoln Lincoln
Who was the first us president to get married while in office?
John Tyler was the first US President to re-marry while in office.President Tyler's first wife died in 1842 about a year after he took over as President following the death of President William Henry Harrison. He got remarried June 26, 1844, not long before the end of his time as President. He would be the first President to get married while in office.Woodrow Wilson's first wife, died August 6, 1914, the summer after he took office. He remarried December 18, 1915 while still President, but this was obviously many years after Tyler and Cleveland.The only President to come to office a bachelor and get married while serving as President was Grover Cleveland.
Who was the only president among your founding fathers to face gunfire while in office?
James Madison
