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Frances Clara Cleveland Preston (née Folsom, christened Frank Clara; July 21, 1864 – October 29, 1947) was the first lady of the United States from 1886 to 1889 and again from 1893 until 1897, as the wife of President Grover Cleveland. She was the first, and until 2025, only person to serve in this role during two non-consecutive terms.
The first reception was held on June 15 for the diplomatic corps, and its organization was the first duty carried out by Frances Cleveland as first lady. Prince August Leopold of Brazil was also in attendance. After the diplomatic corps, the judiciary, members of Congress, military officers, and executive officials were invited to pay their ...
Grover and Frances Cleveland (m.1886) Frances Cleveland was the youngest of the First Ladies. She and Cleveland married on June 2, 1886, when she was 21 years old. When she and Cleveland departed the White House, she told the staff 'take care of everything as we would like to see it just the way it is when we return, four years from today'. 23
Cleveland’s father is Richard Cleveland, the fourth of Grover Cleveland’s five children with his wife, Frances Folsom. Grover Cleveland was a latecomer when it came to starting a family.
First first lady to be legally adopted by her mother's second husband. [59] First first lady invited to address the United Nations General Assembly. [59] First first lady married to a divorcé. [60] First first lady to attend a British royal wedding. [61] [62] First incumbent first lady to attend an Olympic Games (the 1984 Summer Olympics in ...
The first lady of the United States is the hostess of the White House.The position is traditionally filled by the wife of the president of the United States, but, on occasion, the title has been applied to women who were not presidents' wives, such as when the president was a bachelor or widower, or when the wife of the president was unable to fulfill the duties of the first lady.
The Georgian mansion at 15 Hodge Rd. in Princeton was the retirement home of former President Grover Cleveland. A New Jersey native, Cleveland left office in March 1897 and spent the last 11 years ...
Frances Bean Cobain, the daughter of late Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain and Hole frontwoman Courtney Love, has given birth to her first baby with her husband, Riley Hawk. Frances, 32, tied the knot ...