First Lady Portraits
Gallery
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Martha Washington, wife of the 1st President of the United States George Washington.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association -
Abigail Adams, wife of the 2nd President of the United States John Adams.
National Gallery of Art -
Martha Jefferson, wife of the 3rd President of the United States Thomas Jefferson.
John Hutton for the White House Historical Association -
Dolley Payne Madison, wife of the 4th President of the United States James Madison.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association -
Elizabeth Monroe, wife of the 5th President of the United States James Monroe.
Courtesy of the Edwards Family -
Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, wife of the 6th President of the United States John Quincy Adams.
Portrait by Gilbert Stuart in 1821-1826; Oil on canvas, 30 x 25 inches.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association -
Rachel Jackson, wife of the 7th President of the United States Andrew Jackson.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association -
Emily Donelson, White House hostess for the 7th President of the United States Andrew Jackson.
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Hannah Van Buren, wife of the 8th President of the United States Martin Van Buren.
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Angelica Van Buren, White House hostess for the 8th President of the United States Martin Van Buren.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association -
Anna Harrison, wife of the 9th President of the United States William Henry Harrison.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association -
Jane Harrison, White House hostess for the 9th President of the United States William Henry Harrison.
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Letitia Tyler, first wife of the 10th President of the United States John Tyler.
Library of Congress -
Julia Tyler, second wife of the 10th President of the United States John Tyler.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association -
Sarah Polk, wife of the 11th President of the United States James K. Polk.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association -
Margaret Taylor, wife of the 12th President of the United States Zachary Taylor.
Library of Congress -
Abigail Powers Fillmore, wife of the 13th President of the United States Millard Fillmore.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association -
Jane Pierce, wife of the 14th President of the United States Franklin Pierce.
Library of Congress -
Harriet Lane, White House hostess for the 15th President of the United States James Buchanan.
Library of Congress -
Mary Lincoln, wife of the 16th President of the United States Abraham Lincoln.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association -
Eliza Johnson, wife of the 17th President of the United States Andrew Johnson.
Library of Congress -
Martha Johnson Patterson, White House hostess for the 17th President of the United States Andrew Johnson.
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Julia Grant, wife of the 18th President of the United States Ulysses S. Grant.
Library of Congress -
Lucy Hayes, wife of the 19th President of the United States Rutherford B. Hayes.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association -
Lucretia Garfield, wife of the 20th President of the United States James A. Garfield.
Library of Congress -
Ellen Arthur, wife of the 21st President of the United States Chester A. Arthur.
Library of Congress -
Mary Arthur McElroy, White House hostess for the 21st President of the United States Chester A. Arthur.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association -
Rose Cleveland, White House hostess for the 22nd President of the United States Grover Cleveland.
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Frances Cleveland, wife of the 22nd President of the United States Grover Cleveland.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association -
Caroline Harrison, first wife of the 23rd President of the United States Benjamin Harrison.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association -
Ida McKinley, wife of the 25th President of the United States William McKinley.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association -
Edith Roosevelt, wife of the 26th President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association -
Helen Taft, wife of the 27th President of the United States William H. Taft.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association -
Ellen Wilson, first wife of the 28th President of the United States Woodrow Wilson.
The President Woodrow Wilson House, Washington DC -
Edith Wilson, second wife of the 28th President of the United States Woodrow Wilson.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association -
Florence Harding, wife of the 29th President of the United States Warren G. Harding.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association -
Grace Coolidge, wife of the 30th President of the United States Calvin Coolidge.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association -
Lou Hoover, wife of the 31st President of the United States Herbert Hoover.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association -
Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of the 32nd President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association -
Bess Truman, wife of the 33rd President of the United States Harry S. Truman.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association -
Mamie Eisenhower, wife of the 34th President of the United States Dwight D. Eisenhower.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association -
Jacqueline Kennedy, wife of the 35th President of the United States John F Kennedy.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association -
Lady Bird Johnson, wife of the 36th President of the United States Lyndon B. Johnson.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association -
Pat Nixon, wife of the 37th President of the United States Richard Nixon.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association -
Betty Ford, wife of the 38th President of the United States Gerald R. Ford.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association -
Rosalynn Carter, wife of the 39th President of the United States Jimmy Carter.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association -
Nancy Reagan, wife of the 40th President of the United States Ronald Reagan.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association -
Barbara Bush, wife of the 41st President of the United States George Bush.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association -
Hillary Clinton, wife of the 42nd President of the United States William J. Clinton.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association -
Laura Bush, wife of the 43rd President of the United States George W. Bush.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association -
Michelle Obama, wife of the 44th President of the United States Barack Obama.
Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy -
Melania Trump, wife of 45th President of the United States Donald Trump.
Official White House Photo
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