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The first wedding of a child of a president in the White House. February 25, 1828: John Adams II (son of President John Quincy Adams) married his first cousin, Mary Catherine Hellen, in the Blue Room. The first wedding of a grandchild of a president at the White House (grandson of President John Adams).
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 wedding of Grover Cleveland and Frances Folsom took place in the Blue Room of the White House on June 2, 1886. [9]: 253 The president wished for a quiet wedding, so only 31 guests were invited, [1]: 141 and the press was explicitly denied entry. [9]: 253 Hundreds of well-wishers gathered outside of the White House to celebrate.
John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis were one of America's most beloved and widely recognized couples — but their marriage wasn't without scandal — even before they wed.
Grover Cleveland was the first president to serve non-consecutive terms, and the first president to be married (to Frances Folsom) at the White House. First president born in New Jersey. [173] First president to get married at the White House. [67] First president to have a child born in the White House. [68] [174]
When she finished school in Philadelphia, she moved into the Executive Residence in 1819. On March 9, 1820, she married her first cousin, Samuel L. Gouverneur, in the first wedding ever performed at the White House. The President and First Lady's only son, James, died much earlier in childhood. 6 Family of John Quincy Adams: March 4, 1825 —
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden are as loving as newlyweds in a new interview, talking marriage and moving in to the White House.
Grover Cleveland entered the White House as a bachelor, but married while in office. Because this list also serves as a bibliography of first ladies, in these cases, when someone regularly filled the role of White House hostess and informal first lady while the president was unmarried, an entry is provided.