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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, the only person to serve in this role during two non-consecutive terms.
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.
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.
The Georgian mansion at 15 Hodge Rd. in Princeton was the retirement home of former President Grover Cleveland. A New Jersey native, Cleveland left office in March 1897 and spent the last 11 years ...
Cleveland was 49 years old at the time; Frances was 21. [165] He was the second president to wed while in office [ c ] and remains the only president to marry in the White House. This marriage was unusual because Cleveland was the executor of Oscar Folsom's estate and had supervised Frances's upbringing after her father's death; nevertheless ...
Cleveland's two terms were split apart by the presidency of Benjamin Harrison. He married Frances during his first term, and she took over the duties of White House hostess from his sister, Rose ...
Also note that first ladies not recognized by the National First Ladies' Library listing include Martha Jefferson Randolph, Emily Donelson, Sarah Yorke Jackson, Angelica Van Buren, Priscilla Tyler, Mary McElroy, Rose Cleveland, Mary McKee, and Margaret Woodrow Wilson.
Family of Grover Cleveland: March 4, 1893 — March 4, 1897 Grover and Frances Cleveland Ruth, Esther and Marion: Esther Cleveland was born in 1893, she was the first and only child of a president to be born in the White House. 25 Family of William McKinley: March 4, 1897 — September 14, 1901 William and Ida McKinley: 26 Family of Theodore ...