American First Ladies
The First Lady of the United States is the hostess of the White House. The role is usually, but (contrary to popular belief) not always, filled by the wife of the president; bachelor and widowed presidents have had daughters, sisters, nieces or friends as their first ladies. It is unknown what the protocol will be should a woman become president. (See also Presidents of the United States.)
| Name | Years | Other Names | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abigail Adams | 1797-1801 |  | |
| Abigail Fillmore | 1850-1853 | | |
| Angelica Van Buren | 1838-1841 | | |
| Anna Harrison | 1841 | | |
| Barbara Bush | 1989-1993 | | |
| Betty Ford | 1974-1977 | (Elizabeth) | |
| Caroline Harrison | 1889-1892 | (Carrie) | |
| Claudia "Lady Bird" Johnson | 1963-1969 | | |
| Dolley Madison | 1809-1817 | (Dorothea) | |
| Edith Roosevelt | 1901-1909 | | |
| Edith Wilson | 1915-1921 | | |
| Eleanor Roosevelt | 1933-1945 | (Anna) | |
| Eliza Johnson | 1865-1869 | | |
| Elizabeth Monroe | 1817-1825 | | |
| Elizabeth Truman | 1945-1953 | (Bess) | |
| Ellen Wilson | 1913-1914 | (Louise) | |
| Emily Donelson | 1829-1834 | | |
| Florence Harding | 1921-1923 | | |
| Frances Cleveland | 1886-1889; 1893-1897 | (Clara) | |
| Grace Coolidge | 1923-1929 | | |
| Harriet Lane | 1857-1861 | | |
| Hillary Clinton | 1993-2001 | | |
| Ida McKinley | 1897-1901 | | |
| Jackie Kennedy | 1961-1963 | (Jacqueline, Lee) | |
| Jane Harrison | 1841 | | |
| Jane Pierce | 1853-1857 | | |
| Jill Biden | 2021-2025 | (Tracy) | |
| Julia Grant | 1869-1877 | | |
| Julia Tyler | 1844-1845 | | |
| Laura Bush | 2001-2009 | | |
| Letitia Tyler | 1841-1842 | | |
| Lou Hoover | 1929-1933 | (Louise) | |
| Louisa Adams | 1825-1829 | (Catherine) | |
| Lucretia Garfield | 1881 | | |
| Lucy Ware Hayes | 1877-1881 | | |
| Mamie Eisenhower | 1953-1961 | (Mary, Geneva) | |
| Margaret Taylor | 1849-1850 | (Peggy, Mackall) | |
| Margaret Woodrow Wilson | 1914-1915 | | |
| Martha Jefferson Randolph | 1801-1809 | (Patsy) | |
| Martha Washington | 1789-1797 | | |
| Mary McElroy | 1881-1885 | | |
| Mary McKee | 1892-1893 | | |
| Mary Todd Lincoln | 1861-1865 | (Ann) | |
| Melania Trump | 2017-2021; 2025- | (Melanija) | |
| Michelle Obama | 2009-2017 | (LaVaughn) | |
| Nancy Reagan | 1981-1989 | (Anne, Frances) | |
| Nellie Taft | 1909-1913 | (Helen, Louise) | |
| Pat Nixon | 1969-1974 | (Patricia, Thelma, Catherine) | |
| Priscilla Tyler | 1842-1844 | (Elizabeth) | |
| Rosalynn Carter | 1977-1981 | (Eleanor) | |
| Rose Cleveland | 1885-1886 | | |
| Sarah Jackson | 1834-1837 | | |
| Sarah Polk | 1845-1849 | |