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Martha Washington

1789-1797

Biography

Abigail Adams

1797-1801

Biography

Martha Jefferson

1801-1809

Biography

Martha Jefferson Randolph

1802-1803, 1805-1806

Biography

Dolley Madison

1809-1817

Biography

Elizabeth Monroe

1817-1825

Biography

Louisa Adams

1825-1829

Biography

Rachel Jackson

1828

Biography

Emily Donelson

1829-1836

Biography

Sarah Yorke Jackson

1836-1837

Biography

Hannah Van Buren

1837-1838

Biography

Angelica Van Buren

1838-1841

Biography

Anna Harrison

1841

Biography

Jane Harrison

1841

Biography

Letitia Tyler

1841-1842

Biography

Priscilla Cooper Tyler

1841-1844

Biography

Julia Tyler

1844-1845

Biography

Sarah Polk

1845-1849

Biography

Margaret Taylor

1849-1850

Biography

Abigail Powers Fillmore

1850-1853

Biography

Jane Pierce

1853-1857

Biography

Harriet Lane

1857-1861

Biography

Mary Lincoln

1861-1865

Biography

Eliza Johnson

1865-1869

Biography

Martha Johnson Patterson

1865-1869

Biography

Julia Grant

1869-1877

Biography

Lucy Hayes

1877-1881

Biography

Lucretia Garfield

1881

Biography

Ellen Arthur

1880

Biography

Mary Arthur McElroy

1881-1885

Biography

Rose Cleveland

1885-1886

Biography

Frances Cleveland

1886-1889, 1893-1897

Biography

Caroline Harrison

1889-1893

Biography

Ida McKinley

1897-1901

Biography

Edith Roosevelt

1901-1909

Biography

Helen Taft

1909-1913

Biography

Ellen Wilson

1913-1914

Biography

Edith Wilson

1915-1921

Biography

Florence Harding

1921-1923

Biography

Grace Coolidge

1923-1929

Biography

Lou Hoover

1929-1933

Biography

Eleanor Roosevelt

1933-1945

Biography

Elizabeth Truman

1945-1953

Biography

Mamie Eisenhower

1953-1961

Biography

Jacqueline Kennedy

1961-1963

Biography

Claudia Johnson

1963-1969

Biography

Patricia Nixon

1969-1974

Biography

Betty Ford

1974-1977

Biography

Rosalynn Carter

1977-1981

Biography

Nancy Reagan

1981-1989

Biography

Barbara Bush

1989-1993

Biography

Hillary Clinton

1993-2001

Biography

Laura Bush

2001-2009

Biography

Michelle Obama

2009-2017

Biography

Melania Trump

2017-2021

Biography

Dr. Jill Biden

2021-

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