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This photograph of President and Mrs. Cleveland with their children was taken at their home in Princeton, New Jersey, in 1907. Left to right: Esther (age 13), Francis Grover (age 3), Mrs. Cleveland, Marion (age 11), Richard (age 9), and President Cleveland.
Biographies & Portraits
Biographies & Portraits
The first Democrat elected after the Civil War, Grover Cleveland was the only president to leave the White House and...
Rose Cleveland was Grover Cleveland's sister and fufilled the White House hostess duties until she gave up the role to...
"I detest him so much that I don't even think his wife is beautiful," said one of President Grover Cleveland's...
We introduce costume to White House History in this issue, with plans for other issues on the subject. Looking good...
Artists often use studies or sketches to develop their final compositions, and this is especially true of portrait painters. Prominent...
President Grover Cleveland was ill-prepared for the American sovereigns’ (as he referred to the public) fascination with his soon-to-be-bride when he...
On Saturday, October 24, 1903, the sensationalist New York World reported that President Theodore Roosevelt’s secretary, William Loeb Jr., outfitted the me...
Through the vision of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, the White House Historical Association was chartered on November 3, 1961, “to enhance understanding, ap...
During the last three decades of the nineteenth century, Americans were entertained, challenged, educated, and even shocked by an orator...
Two leading ladies appeared at Washington’s National Theatre on the evening of July 2, 1886. On stage was Nellie McCartee, the st...