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Unusual White House Weddings Noted Through History
National Geographic historians list 15 White House weddings from 1812 to 1967 with notable gifts and public coverage. The article recalls rare bridal traditions, notable brides and grooms, and the famous Lynda Bird Johnson ceremony amid broad press attention. It also notes early marriages under presidents Madison, Monroe, Cleveland, and Roosevelt era milestones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Tricia Nixon
Edward Cox
White House
Algernon Sartoris
Nellie Grant
Cox
Alice
Theodore Roosevelt
Ohio
Nicholas Longworth
National Geographic Society
Jessie Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
Francis B. Sayre
New York
Eleanor
the Treasury
William Gibbs McAdoo
Fdr
Wilson
Alice Wilson
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Harry Hopkins
Louise Gill Macy
Jessie Wilson Francis Seyre
Lynda Bird Johnson
Charles S. Robb
John Tyler
Elizabeth
William N. Waller
Virginia
Maria Hester Monroe
Samuel Gouveneur
James Monroe
Tyler
Dolley Madison
Lucy Payne Washington
Thomas Dodd
Supreme Court of the
United States
Andrew Jackson
Mary Eastin
Lucius J. Polk
Tennessee
Grover Cleveland
Frances Folsom
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