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Gentleman (Old French: gentilz hom, gentle + man; abbreviated gent.) is a term for a chivalrous, courteous, or honorable man. [1] Originally, gentleman was the lowest ...
Doug Emhoff became the first second gentleman of the United States when his wife Kamala Harris became vice president in 2021. The first man to formally serve as first gentleman was James E. Ferguson in 1925, a former governor of Texas who was forced from office due to corruption charges, and whose wife Miriam A. Ferguson later won
The second spouse's visibility in the public sphere has been a somewhat recent development. Although the role of the first lady as White House hostess dates from the beginning of the republic (and was typically filled by another member of the president's family if the president was unmarried or a widower), with a few exceptions, it was generally not until the late 20th century and early 21st ...
The evolving role of the second lady, a position with contours that have long been amorphous, now becomes more so as America ushers in Emhoff as the first second gentleman. The title itself is new.
Here’s what you need to know about Douglas Emhoff, Vice President Kamala Harris’s history-making husband.
In the past three and half years as Second Gentleman, Emhoff has pursued a small policy portfolio under the Biden Administration, revolving around his practice of law and his Jewish identity.
Douglas Craig Emhoff (born October 13, 1964) is an American lawyer who is the second gentleman of the United States. [1] He is married to Kamala Harris, the 49th vice president of the United States and the Democratic Party's nominee for president in the 2024 US presidential election.
The term gentleman (from Latin gentilis, belonging to a race or gens, and "man", cognate with the French word gentilhomme, the Spanish gentilhombre and the Italian gentil uomo or gentiluomo), in its original and strict signification, denoted a man of good family, analogous to the Latin generosus (its invariable translation in English-Latin ...