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White House couples long kept passion in the shadows
A new Library of Congress study of 184 letters and cables from 23 presidents and their wives shows how romance shaped political careers from the early days of the republic to the White House. The volume reveals bold declarations of love, jealousy, and ambition across eras, with figures like Adams, LBJ, Eisenhower, and Roosevelt surfacing in intimate exchanges.
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Ronald Reagan
Nancy
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Lyndon Johnson
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Lady Bird
Eddy Roosevelt
Alice Lee
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Grard W. Gawalt
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Lucretia Rudolph
James Garfield
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Kay Summersby
Ulysses S. Grant
Julia Dent
Chester Arthur
New York
Ellen Lewis Herndon
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Garfield
Harry Truman
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