Chronological List of Presidents and First Ladies of the United
States
Selected Images From the Collections of the Library of Congress
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of
Congress, Washington, D.C., 20540-4730
Each president and first lady is listed chronologically according to the president's
term(s) in office. The list of first ladies comes primarily from the book titled The
First Ladies, by Margaret B. Klapthor (Washington, D.C.: White House Historical
Association, 1994). Links lead to the portion of the illustrated list that includes
one or more images of the individual listed.
Jump to: 1809 | 1850 | 1901 | 1953 | 1993
- 1789-1797
- George Washington
- Martha Washington
- 1797-1801
- John Adams
- Abigail Adams
- 1801-1809
- Thomas Jefferson
- Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson (no image)
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- 1809-1817
- James Madison
- Dolley Madison
- 1817-1825
- James Monroe
- Elizabeth Kortright Monroe (no image)
- 1825-1829
- John Quincy Adams
- Louisa Catherine Adams
- 1829-1837
- Andrew Jackson
- Rachel Jackson
- 1837-1841
- Martin Van Buren
- Hannah Hoes Van Buren
- 1841
- William Henry Harrison
- Anna Tuthill Symmes Harrison
- 1841-1845
- John Tyler
- Letitia Christian Tyler and Julia Gardiner Tyler (no images)
- 1845-1849
- James K. Polk
- Sarah Childress Polk
- 1849-1850
- Zachary Taylor
- Margaret Mackall Smith Taylor (no image)
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- 1850-1853
- Millard Fillmore
- Abigail Powers Fillmore
- 1853-1857
- Franklin Pierce
- Jane M. Pierce
- 1857-1861
- James Buchanan
- (never married)
- 1861-1865
- Abraham Lincoln
- Mary Todd Lincoln
- 1865-1869
- Andrew Johnson
- Eliza McCardle Johnson
- 1869-1877
- Ulysses S. Grant
- Julia Dent Grant
- 1877-1881
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes
- Lucy Webb Hayes
- 1881
- James A. Garfield
- Lucretia Rudolph Garfield
- 1881-1885
- Chester Alan Arthur
- Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur
- 1885-1889
- Grover Cleveland
- Frances Folsom Cleveland
- 1889-1893
- Benjamin Harrison
- Caroline Lavinia Scott Harrison
- Mary Lord Harrison [Harrison's second
wife, but never a first lady]
- 1893-1897
- Grover Cleveland
- Frances Folsom Cleveland
- 1897-1901
- William McKinley
- Ida Saxton McKinley
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- 1901-1909
- Theodore Roosevelt
- Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt
- 1909-1913
- William H. Taft
- Helen Herron Taft
- 1913-1921
- Woodrow Wilson
- Ellen Axson Wilson and Edith
Bolling Galt Wilson
- 1921-1923
- Warren G. Harding
- Florence Kling Harding
- 1923-1929
- Calvin Coolidge
- Grace Goodhue Coolidge
- 1929-1933
- Herbert Hoover
- Lou Henry Hoover
- 1933-1945
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Eleanor Roosevelt
- 1945-1953
- Harry S. Truman
- Bess Wallace Truman
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- 1953-1961
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Mamie Doud Eisenhower
- 1961-1963
- John F. Kennedy
- Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
- 1963-1969
- Lyndon B. Johnson
- Lady Bird Johnson
- 1969-1974
- Richard M. Nixon
- Pat Nixon
- 1974-1977
- Gerald R. Ford
- Betty Ford
- 1977-1981
- Jimmy Carter
- Rosalynn Carter
- 1981-1989
- Ronald Reagan
- Nancy Reagan
- 1989-1993
- George Bush
- Barbara Bush
- 1993-2001
- Bill Clinton
- Hillary Rodham Clinton
2001-
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