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White House Wedding History and a Roosevelt Engagement
A long survey traces White House weddings from 1811 to 1880 and notes Miss Alice Roosevelt is to wed Congressman Longworth in February in the last room of the executive mansion. The piece recalls Nellie Grant’s 1874 ceremony and lists nine prior White House brides, detailing rooms, hosts, and social context across administrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Roosevelt
Nicolas Longworth
White House
Nellie Grant
President Grant
Algernon Charles Frederick Sartoris
England
Miss Roosevelt
Sartoris Grant
Monroe
Paris
Miss Todd
Philadelphia
Madison
Bridsgroom
Congress
John G. Jackson
Virginia
Stonewall Jack
Red Room
Marie
Blue Room
March
Samuel
Gouverneur
New York
World
John Adams
Helen Jackson
Miss Lewis
Tennessee
Jackson
Mo Pageot
Lova Lian
Miss Masten
Mr. Polk
van Buren
Major van Buren
Angelica Simgleton
South Carolina
Alin
Executive Mansion
Miss Tyler
President Tyler
William Waller
Tyler
Washington
Webster
Marine Band
South
Julia Gardner
Gordlock
Park
Taylor
Wilmore
Pierce
Tachianin
Incoln
Johnson
Sir Howard Thornton
Chant
Wilson
Grant
Palace
Hayes
Hmily Platt
Russell Hastings
Cleveland
Frances Folsom
Lam
India
Congressman Longworth