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Martha Washington, wife of the 1st President of the United States George Washington, 1789-1797.
Portrait by Eliphalet Frazer Andrews in 1878. Oil on canvas, 96 3/16 x 59 7/8 inches.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association
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Abigail Adams, wife of the 2nd President of the United States John Adams, 1797-1801.
Portrait by Gilbert Stuart in 1800/1815. Oil on canvas, 28 7/8 x 23 1/2 inches.
National Gallery of Art
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Martha Skelton Jefferson (1748-1782), wife of the 3rd President of the United States Thomas Jefferson, 1801-1809.
Portrait by John Hutton in 2014. Oil on copper plate.
John Hutton for the White House Historical Association
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Martha Jefferson Randolph, White House Hostess and daughter of the 3rd President of the United States Thomas Jefferson, 1801-1809.

Unknown creator after Thomas Sully, date unknown. Photograph, 8 x 10 inches.
Library of Congress
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Dolley Payne Madison, wife of the 4th President of the United States James Madison, 1809-1817.
Portrait by Gilbert Stuart in 1804. Oil on canvas, 29 3/16 x 24 1/8 inches.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association
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Elizabeth Kortright Monroe, wife of the 5th President of the United States, James Monroe, 1817-1825.
Portrait by Eben Farrington Comins after John Vanderlyn in 1932. Oil on canvas, 30 3/16 x 24 inches.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association
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Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, wife of the 6th President of the United States, John Quincy Adams, 1825-1829.
Portrait by Gilbert Stuart ca. 1821-1826. Oil on canvas, 30 1/16 x 25 inches.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association
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Rachel Donelson Jackson (1767-1828), wife of the 7th President of the United States Andrew Jackson, 1829-1837.
Portrait by Howard Chandler Christy after Ralph E.W. Earl in 1941. Oil on canvas, 41 x 31 1/8 inches.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association
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Emily Tennessee Donelson, White House Hostess and niece of the 7th President of the United States Andrew Jackson, 1829-1837.

Portrait by Ralph E. W. Earl in 1830. Oil on canvas, 30 3/16 x 25 1/8 inches.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association
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Sarah Yorke Jackson, White House Hostess and daughter-in-law of the 7th President of the United States Andrew Jackson, 1829-1837.

Portrait by Mayna Treanor Avent after Ralph E.W. Earl ca. 1921. Oil on canvas, 30 x 24 1/2 inches.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association
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Hannah Van Buren (1783-1819), wife of the 8th President of the United States Martin Van Buren, 1837-1841.

Creator unknown ca. 1815. Watercolor on ivory, 2 3/8 x 2 1/16 inches
Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
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Angelica Van Buren, White House Hostess and daughter-in-law of the 8th President of the United States Martin Van Buren, 1837-1841.

Portrait by Henry Inman in 1842. Oil on canvas, 42 1/4 x 33 5/8 inches.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association
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Anna Tuthill Symmes Harrison, wife of the 9th President of the United States William Henry Harrison, 1841.
Creator unknown ca. 1820. Oil on board, 30 x 25 inches.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association
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Jane Harrison, White House Hostess and daughter-in-law of the 9th President of the United States William Henry Harrison, 1841.

Creator unknown ca. 1841-1842. Oil on canvas, 33 x 28 inches.
Smithsonians National Museum of American History
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Letitia Christian Tyler (1790-1842), Wife of the 10th President of the United States John Tyler, 1841-1845.

Portrait by unknown artist ca. 1830-1840. Photograph, 8 x 10 inches.
Library of Congress
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Priscilla Cooper Tyler, White House Hostess and daughter-in-law of the 10th President of the United States John Tyler, 1841-1845.
Creator unknown, date unknown. Photograph, 8 x 10 inches.
Library of Congress
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Letitia Tyler Semple, White House Hostess and daughter of the 10th President of the United States John Tyler, 1841-1845.
Creator unknown ca. 1850-1860. Photograph, 8 x 10 inches.
Library of Congress
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Julia Gardiner Tyler, wife of the 10th President of the United States John Tyler, 1841-1845.
Portrait by Francesco Anelli ca. 1846-1848. Oil on canvas, 50 1/8 x 38 7/8 inches.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association
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Sarah Childress Polk, wife of the 11th President of the United States James K. Polk, 1845-1849.

Portrait by George Dury in 1883. Oil on canvas, 50 3/8 x 40 3/16 inches.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association
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Margaret Mackall Smith Taylor, wife of the 12th President of the United States Zachary Taylor, 1849-1850.

Portrait by the Bureau of National Literature and Art in 1903. Drawing. No certain likeness of Mrs. Taylor survives.
Library of Congress
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Margaret Elizabeth “Betty” Taylor Bliss, White House Hostess and daughter of the 12th President of the United States Zachary Taylor, 1849-1850.
Creator unknown ca. 1840-1910. Photograph, 8 x 10 inches.
Library of Congress
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Abigail Powers Fillmore, wife of the 13th President of the United States Millard Fillmore, 1850-1853.

Creator unknown, date unknown. Photograph.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association
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Jane Means Appleton Pierce, wife of the 14th President of the United States Franklin Pierce, 1853-1857.

Portrait by John Chester Buttre in 1886. Engraving.
Library of Congress
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Harriet Lane Johnston, White House Hostess and niece of the 15th President of the United States James Buchanan, 1857-1861.

Creator unknown, ca. 1860. Photograph.
Library of Congress
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Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of the 16th President of the United States Abraham Lincoln, 1861-1865.

Portrait by Katherine Helm in 1925. Oil on canvas, 46 x 34 1/8 inches.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association
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Eliza McCardle Johnson, wife of the 17th President of the United States Andrew Johnson, 1865-1869.
Portrait by John Chester Buttre in 1883. Engraving.
Library of Congress
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Martha Johnson Patterson, White House Hostess and daughter of the 17th President of the United States Andrew Johnson, 1865-1869.

Creator unknown, date unknown. Photograph.
Library of Congress
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Julia Dent Grant, wife of the 18th President of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant, 1869-1877.

Portrait by Mathew Brady, date unknown. Photograph.
Library of Congress
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Lucy Webb Hayes, wife of the 19th President of the United States Rutherford B. Hayes, 1877-1881.

Portrait by Daniel Huntington in 1881. Oil on canvas, 87 1/8 x 54 3/4 inches.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association
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Lucretia Rudolph Garfield, wife of the 20th President of the United States James A. Garfield, 1881.

Portrait by Mathew Brady ca. 1860-1870. Photograph.
Library of Congress
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Ellen Herndon Arthur, wife of the 21st President of the United States Chester A. Arthur, 1881-1885.

Portrait by Charles Milton Bell ca. 1870-1880. Photograph.
Library of Congress
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Mary Arthur McElroy, White House Hostess and sister of the 21st President of the United States Chester A. Arthur, 1881-1885.

Portrait by John Sartain, date unknown. Print.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association
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Rose Cleveland, White House Hostess and sister of the 22nd/24th President of the United States Grover Cleveland, 1885-1889, 1893-1897.
Creator unknown ca. 1910-1920. Photograph, 8 x 10 inches.
Library of Congress
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Frances Folsom Cleveland, wife of the 22nd/24th President of the United States Grover Cleveland, 1885-1889, 1893-1897.

Portrait by Casimir Gregory Stapko after Anders Zorn in 1952. Oil on canvas, 54 1/16 x 36 1/16 inches.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association
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Caroline Lavinia Scott Harrison (1832-1892), wife of the 23rd President of the United States Benjamin Harrison, 1889-1893.

Portrait by Daniel Huntington in 1894. Oil on canvas, 88 1/2 x 54 1/2 inches.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association
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Mary Scott Harrison McKee, White House Hostess and daughter of the 23rd President of the United States Benjamin Harrison, 1889-1893.

Creator unknown ca. 1920-1930. Photograph, 8 x 10 inches.
Library of Congress
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Ida Saxton McKinley, wife of the 25th President of the United States William McKinley, 1897-1901.

Portrait by Emily Drayton Taylor in 1899. Watercolor on ivory, 3 3/16 x 2 1/2 inches.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association
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Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, wife of the 26th President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt, 1901-1909.

Portrait by Théobald Chartran in 1902. Oil on canvas, 58 1/4 x 50 1/4 inches.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association
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Helen Herron Taft, wife of the 27th President of the United States William Howard Taft, 1909-1913.

Portrait by Bror Kronstrand in 1910. Oil on canvas, 76 1/4 x 46 1/4 inches.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association
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Ellen Axson Wilson (1860-1914), wife of the 28th President of the United States Woodrow Wilson, 1913-1921.

Creator unknown in 1913. Photograph.
Library of Congress
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Margaret Woodrow Wilson, White House Hostess and daughter of the 28th President of the United States Woodrow Wilson, 1913-1921.
Creator unknown ca. 1912. Photograph.
Library of Congress
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Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, wife of the 28th President of the United States Woodrow Wilson, 1913-1921.

Portrait by Adolfo Müller-Ury in 1916. Oil on canvas, 39 3/4 x 29 1/2 inches.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association
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Florence Kling Harding, wife of the 29th President of the United States Warren G. Harding, 1921-1923.
Portrait by Philip Alexius de László de Lombos (Fülöp László) in 1921. Oil on canvas, 32 x 22 inches.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association
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Grace Goodhue Coolidge, wife of the 30th President of the United States Calvin Coolidge, 1923-1929.
Portrait by Howard Chandler Christy in 1924. Oil on canvas, 90 3/4 x 42 1/4 inches.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association
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Lou Henry Hoover, wife of the 31st President of the United States Herbert Hoover, 1929-1933.

Portrait by Richard Marsden Brown after Philip Alexius de László de Lombos (Fülöp László) in 1950. Oil on canvas, 29 ½ by 19 ¾ inches.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association
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Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of the 32nd President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933-1945.

Portrait by Douglas Chandor in 1949. Oil on canvas, 49 1/8 x 38 1/4 inches.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association
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Elizabeth (Bess) Wallace Truman, wife of the 33rd President of the United States Harry S. Truman, 1945-1953.

Portrait by Martha Greta Kempton in 1967. Oil on canvas, 32 x 26 inches.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association
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Mamie Doud Eisenhower, wife of the 34th President of the United States Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953-1961.

Portrait by Thomas Edgar Stephens in 1959. Oil on canvas, 42 3/8 x 34 3/8 inches.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association
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Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, wife of the 35th President of the United States John F. Kennedy, 1961-1963.

Portrait by Aaron Shikler in 1970. Oil on canvas, 48 x 32 inches.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association
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Lady Bird Johnson, wife of the 36th President of the United States Lyndon B. Johnson, 1963-1969.

Portrait by Elizabeth Shoumatoff in 1968. Oil on canvas, 31 5/8 x 26 1/2 inches.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association
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Patricia Nixon, wife of the 37th President of the United States Richard Nixon, 1969-1974.

Portrait by Henriette Wyeth in 1978. Oil on canvas, 45 7/8 x 36 inches.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association
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Betty Ford, wife of the 38th President of the United States Gerald R. Ford, 1974-1977.

Portrait by Felix de Cossio in 1977. Oil on canvas, 36 x 30 inches.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association
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Rosalynn Carter, wife of the 39th President of the United States Jimmy Carter, 1977-1981.

Portrait by George Augusta in 1984. Oil on canvas, 36 x 30 inches.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association
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Nancy Reagan, wife of the 40th President of the United States Ronald Reagan, 1981-1989.

Portrait by Aaron Shikler in 1987. Oil on canvas, 44 1/8 x 24 inches.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association
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Barbara Bush, Wife of the 41st President of the United States George H.W. Bush, 1989-1993.

Portrait by Charles Fagan in 2005. Oil on canvas, 38 x 31 11/16 inches.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association
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Hillary Rodham Clinton, wife of the 42nd President of the United States William J. Clinton, 1993-2001.

Portrait by Simmie Knox in 2003. Oil on canvas, 47 15/16 x 36 inches.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association
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Laura Bush, wife of the 43rd President of the United States George W. Bush, 2001-2009.

Portrait by John Howard Sanden in 2012. Oil on canvas, 48 x 28 inches.
White House Collection/White House Historical Association
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Michelle Obama, wife of the 44th President of the United States Barack Obama, 2009-2017.

Portrait by Chuck Kennedy in 2013. Photograph, 9 x 13.65 inches.
Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy
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Melania Trump, wife of the 45th President of the United States Donald J. Trump, 2017-2021
Official White House Photo
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Dr. Jill Biden, wife of the 46th President of the United States Joseph R. Biden Jr., 2021-
Official White House Photo by Cheriss May

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