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Frances Clara Cleveland Preston (née Folsom, christened Frank Clara; July 21, 1864 – October 29, 1947) was the first lady of the United States from 1886 to 1889 and again from 1893 until 1897, as the wife of President Grover Cleveland. She was the first, and until 2025, only person to serve in this role during two non-consecutive terms.
The wedding of President Grover Cleveland, who was 49 years old, and his bride Frances Folsom, who was 21 years old, took place on June 2, 1886, in the Blue Room of the White House. Cleveland was the sitting President of the United States and remains the only U.S. president to be married in a room of the White House.
In 1885, the daughter of Cleveland's friend Oscar Folsom visited him in Washington. [169] Frances Folsom was a student at Wells College. When she returned to school, President Cleveland received her mother's permission to correspond with her, and they were soon engaged to be married. [169]
Cleveland’s father is Richard Cleveland, the fourth of Grover Cleveland’s five children with his wife, Frances Folsom. Grover Cleveland was a latecomer when it came to starting a family.
Francis Grover Cleveland (July 18, 1903 – November 8, 1995) was an American stage actor, director, producer and politician. He was the co-founder of the Barnstormers Theatre, a theatre company in Tamworth, New Hampshire. His parents were President Grover Cleveland and First Lady Frances Folsom.
Grover Cleveland stands alone in American history as the only President to serve non-consecutive terms. On the anniversary of his birth, here’s a look at one of most fascinating White House ...
Richard Folsom Cleveland [1] (October 28, 1897 – January 10, 1974) was an American lawyer and civic leader who spent his career with the law firm of Semmes, Bowen & Semmes. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He was the son of President Grover Cleveland .
Grover Cleveland Credit - Library of Congress/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images. D onald Trump is often described as unprecedented, but in winning a non-consecutive second term—thus occupying two ...