Collection Animal Ambassadors
Animals, whether pampered household pets, working livestock, birds, squirrels, or strays, have long been a major part of White House...
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Animals, whether pampered household pets, working livestock, birds, squirrels, or strays, have long been a major part of White House...
Biographies & Portraits
Biographies & Portraits
There was little resemblance between the petulant invalid who came to the White House with William McKinley in March 1897 and...
Quite naturally, shy Lieutenant Grant lost his heart to friendly Julia Dent, and made his love known, as he later...
Letitia Tyler had been confined to an invalid's chair for two years when her husband unexpectedly became president. After taking...
Born in 1820, Julia Gardiner by the age of 20 was already famous as the "Rose of Long Island." Descended from prominent...
Dubbed "His Accidency" by his detractors, John Tyler was the first vice president to be elevated to the office of...
Christened Claudia Alta Taylor when she was born in near Karnack, Texas, in 1912, she received her nickname as a small...
Martin Van Buren never remarried after his wife, Hannah, died on February 5, 1819. He entered the White House in 1837 as a...
First of the first ladies to hold a job after marriage, Abigail Fillmore was helping her husband's career. She was...
Born Thelma Catherine Ryan on March 16, 1912, in Ely, Nevada, "Pat" Nixon acquired her nickname within hours. Her father called her...