Unusually powerful

Wife & mother of presidents

Died two decades before he was POTUS

Her first husband and baby died on the same day

Maybe saved a LaFayette from the guillotine

British

Died days after his election

First language was Dutch

Wife & grandmother of presidents

Age-appropriate!

Less age-appropriate!

Highly educated

FIRST LADY TO ZACHARY TAYLOR // #12

DIDN’T WANT TAYLOR TO GO INTO POLITICS; PRAYED FOR HIS DEFEAT

THEIR DAUGHTER, BETTY, HANDLED FIRST LADY DUTIES

FIRST LADY TO MILLARD FILLMORE // #13

WAS FILLMORE’S TEACHER

ONLY PRE-20TH CENTURY FIRST LADY TO CONTINUE TO WORK AFTER GETTING MARRIED

GOT SICK AT PIERCE’S INAUGURATION AND DIED LESS THAN A MONTH AFTER LEAVING OFFICE

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Wealthy widow

FIRST LADY TO FRANKLIN PIERCE // #14

DIDN’T WANT PIERCE TO GET INTO POLITICS

WHEN THEIR ONLY SURVIVING CHILD WAS KILLED IN A HORRIFIC TRAIN ACCIDENT, SHE TOOK IT AS A SIGN FROM GOD

STAUNCH ABOLITIONIST

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“First Lady” first used with her

Limb of Satan

FIRST LADY TO ANDREW JOHNSON // #17

SHE TAUGHT JOHNSON HOW TO READ, WRITE, ETC.

MARRIED AT 16, MAKING HER THE YOUNGEST TO MARRY A FUTURE PRESIDENT

MARRIED BY ABE LINCOLN’S UNCLE

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Friends with Jefferson Davis’ wife

FIRST LADY TO RUTHERFORD B. HAYES // #19

WHEN SHE WAS TWO, HER ABOLITIONIST FATHER DIED TRAVELING TO FREE THE ENSLAVED PEOPLE HE’D INHERITED

FIRST FIRST LADY WITH A COLLEGE DEGREE

STARTED THE WHITE HOUSE EASTER EGG ROLL TRADITION

FIRST LADY TO JAMES GARFIELD // #20

THEIR EARLY MARRIAGE WAS KINDA LOVELESS

JAMES HAD A FEW AFFAIRS; HE EVENTUALLY CAME CLEAN BLAH BLAH BLAH

EVENTUALLY SHE AND GARFIELD ACTUALLY FELL IN LOVE

FOR REAL

WIFE OF CHESTER ARTHUR // #21

WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD, SHE BEFRIENDED FORMER FIRST LADY DOLLEY MADISON (SEVEN DECADES HER SENIOR)

CHET CALLED HER “MY LITTLE REBEL WIFE” (HE WAS AN ABOLITIONIST AND SHE WAS FROM A SLAVEHOLDING FAMILY)

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FIRST LADY TO GROVER CLEVELAND // #22 & 24

ASKED THE WHITE HOUSE STAFF TO KEEP THINGS IN GOOD SHAPE BECAUSE THEY’D BE BACK

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Terrified of light switches

Niece / wife!

Unladylike zest

Died the same day as her MIL

FIRST LADY TO THEODORE ROOSEVELT // #26

THEODORE DIDN’T BELIEVE IN SECOND MARRIAGES AND SURPRISED HIMSELF BY WANTING TO MARRY AGAIN

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Determined to marry a president

Gifted artist

Secretly ran the show

First woman to vote for her husband to be president

FIRST LADY TO CALVIN COOLIDGE // #30

WHEN HER MOM SUGGESTED SHE DELAY HER WEDDING UNTIL SHE’D HAD A YEAR OF WORK EXPERIENCE OR KNEW HOW TO BAKE BREAD, COOLIDGE SNAPPED “WE WILL BUY BREAD!”

LOVED ANIMALS, MUSIC, AND CHILDREN

HAD A PET RACCOON NAMED REBECCA

I love Lou

Badass

Longest living First Lady

Her grandson married Nixon's daughter

One of two FLOTUS to remarry

Majored in history & journalism

Exceedingly punctual

Went through some stuff

Longest presidential marriage

Ronnie’s first wife

Planned his schedule around astrology

Mom and mother of presidents

FIRST LADY TO GEORGE W. BUSH // #43

ONLY FIRST LADY WITH TWINS

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FIRST LADY TO BARACK OBAMA // #44

THEY MET AT WORK: HE FELL FOR HER QUICKLY; SHE WAS SKEPTICAL

SHE TURNED HIM DOWN MULTIPLE TIMES BECAUSE SHE WAS HIS BOSS

AMONG MY FAVORITE FIRST LADIES

FIRST WIFE OF DONALD TRUMP // #45

MARRIED TO ONE OF TWO PRESIDENTS WITH FOREIGN-BORN WIVES (IN THIS CASE, TWO FOREIGN-BORN WIVES)

FIRST EX-WIFE OF A PRESIDENT TO PREDECEASE HER EX

SECOND WIFE OF DONALD TRUMP // #45

FIRST LADY TO DONALD TRUMP // #45

FIRST WIFE OF JOE BIDEN // #46

FIRST LADY TO JOE BIDEN // #46

Jefferson’s daughter

“First Lady” was coined for her

Grover Cleveland’s sister