Famous First Ladies of the United States: A List

• Adams, Abigail

  Wife of President John Adams

• Adams, Louisa

  The wife of U.S. president John Quincy Adams

• Biden, Jill

  The First Lady of the United States, 2021-present

• Bush, Barbara Pierce

  U.S. First Lady, 1989-93

• Bush, Laura

  The wife of former president George W. Bush

• Carter, Rosalynn

  First Lady of the United States, 1977-81

• Cleveland, Frances Folsom

  President Grover Cleveland's young wife

• Clinton, Hillary Rodham

  The former First Lady who became the Democratic nominee for president in 2016

• Coolidge, Grace

  First Lady to U.S. President Calvin Coolidge

• Eisenhower, Mamie

  President Dwight D. Eisenhower's wife

• Fillmore, Abigail Powers

  President Millard Fillmore's wife

• Ford, Betty

  The former First Lady who founded the Betty Ford Center

• Garfield, Lucretia Rudolph

  President James Garfield's wife

• Grant, Julia Dent

  The wife of President U.S. Grant

• Harding, Florence Kling

  U.S. President Warren G. Harding's wife

• Harrison, Anna

  U.S. President William Henry Harrison's wife

• Harrison, Caroline Scott

  The wife of U.S. President Benjamin Harrison

• Hayes, Lucy

  First Lady to U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes

• Hoover, Lou Henry

  United States president Herbert Hoover's wife

• Jackson, Rachel Donelson Robards

  President Andrew Jackson's wife

• Johnson, Eliza McCardle

  President Andrew Johnson's wife

• Johnson, Lady Bird

  Wife of President Lyndon Johnson

• Lincoln, Mary Todd

  Abe Lincoln's wife

• Madison, Dolley

  Socialite First Lady of the United States, 1809-1817

• McKinley, Ida Saxton

  First Lady of the United States, 1897-1901

• Monroe, Elizabeth Kortright

  First Lady of the United States, 1817-25

• Nixon, Pat

  President Richard Nixon's wife

• Obama, Michelle

  First Lady of the United States, 2009-2017

• Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy

  Wife of president John F. Kennedy

• Pierce, Jane

  The wife of President Franklin Pierce

• Polk, Sarah Childress

  President James K. Polk's wife

• Reagan, Nancy

  First Lady of the United States, 1981-89

• Roosevelt, Edith

  President Teddy Roosevelt's second wife

• Roosevelt, Eleanor

  First Lady of the United States, 1933-45

• Taft, Helen "Nellie"

  President William Howard Taft's wife

• Taylor, Margaret Smith Mackall

  President Zachary Taylor's wife

• Truman, Bess

  President Harry S. Truman's wife

• Trump, Melania

  First Lady of the United States, 2017-2021

• Tyler, Julia Gardiner

  President John Tyler's second wife

• Tyler, Letitia Christian

  United States First Lady, 1841-1842

• Van Buren, Hannah

  Wife of U.S. president Martin Van Buren

• Washington, Martha

  George Washington's wife and the first U.S. First Lady, 1789-1797

• Wilson, Edith Bolling Galt

  The second wife of President Woodrow Wilson

• Wilson, Ellen Axson

  President Woodrow Wilson's first wife

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