White House Weddings
Twenty-two children were married while their father's served as president. Elliot Roosevelt was married twice during his father's presidency making there were 23 weddings.
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1. Maria Hester Monroe March 9, 1820 Samuel L. Gouverneur
2. John Adams, II Feb. 25, 1828 Mary Catherine Hellen 3. Andrew Jackson Jr. Nov. 24, 1831 Sarah Yorke 4. Abraham Van Buren Nov. 27, 1838 Angelica Singleton 5. Elizabeth Tyler Jan. 31, 1842 William N. Waller 6. Nellie Grant May 21, 1874 Algernon C. Satoris 7. Frederick Grant Oct. 20, 1874 Ida Marie Honore 8. Alice Roosevelt Feb. 17, 1906 Nicholas Longworth 9. Jessie Wilson Nov. 25, 1913 Frances B. Sayre 10. Eleanor Wilson May 7, 1914 William G. McAdoo 11. Anna Roosevelt Jan. 1935 John Boettiger |
12. Elliot Roosevelt July 22, 1933 Ruth Googins
13. FDR, Jr. June 30, 1937 Ethel duPont 14. John Roosevelt June 18, 1938 Anne Lindsay Clark 15. James Roosevelt April 14, 1941 Romelle Schneider 16. Elliot Roosevelt December 3, 1944 Faye Emerson 17. Luci Baines Johnson Aug. 6, 1966 Patrick John Nugent 18. Lynda Bird Johnson Dec. 9, 1967 Charles Spittal Robb 19. Tricia Nixon June 12, 1971 Edward R. F. Cox 20. Maureen Reagan April 25, 1981 Dennis Revell 21. Patti Davis August 14, 1984 Paul Grilley 22. Dorothy Walker Bush June 26, 1992 Robert Koch 23. Jenna Bush May 10, 2008 Henry Hager * Bold type were married in the White House
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Note: Julie Nixon married David Eisenhower II on December 22, 1968 after Richard Nixon was elected president but before his inauguration.
The Greatest Social Events in American History
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The weddings of presidential children are some of the greatest social events in American history. First families are the closest we have to royalty and their weddings are greatly anticipated by the American public.
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