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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 is the only first lady in U.S. history to have served in the role during two non-consecutive terms.
The wedding of President Grover Cleveland, who was 49 years old, and his bride Frances Folsom, who was 21 years old, took place on June 2, 1886, in the Blue Room of the White House. Cleveland was the sitting President of the United States and remains the only U.S. president to be married in the White House.
Apr 18, 2024 · Frances Cleveland (born July 21, 1864, Buffalo, New York, U.S.—died October 29, 1947, Baltimore, Maryland) was an American first lady (1886–89; 1893–97), the wife of Grover Cleveland, 22nd and 24th president of the United States, and the youngest first lady in American history.
Frances Clara Folsom Cleveland became the youngest First Lady at age 21; married to President Grover Cleveland she was the 23rd and 25th First Lady of the United States.
On June 2, 1886, she married President Grover Cleveland in a small ceremony in the Blue Room. At just twenty-one years old, she was the youngest first lady in American history and the only one married in the White House. Following their marriage, Frances took over the White House hosting duties from the president’s sister, Rose.
Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837 – June 24, 1908) was an American politician who served as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States from 1885 to 1889 and from 1893 to 1897. He is the only president in U.S. history to serve non-consecutive presidential terms.
Dec 16, 2009 · Frances Cleveland (1864-1947) was the wife of Grover Cleveland, the 22nd and 24th president of the United States.
Oct 27, 2009 · Although Cleveland was not the first president to marry while in office, he is the only one who had the ceremony in the White House. At age 21, Frances became the youngest first lady in U.S....
Although Frances Folsom Cleveland was the wife of President Grover Cleveland and served as his First Lady for part of his first term and during all of his second term, he entered the presidency as a bachelor.
When Folsom was killed in a carriage accident, Cleveland became the administrator of his estate and the ward of then 12-year old Frances, devoting himself to the welfare of the girl and her mother. Intimates of the Clevelands and Folsoms knew that the attachment between the president and Frank was more than friendship.
Frances and Grover Cleveland returned to the White House in 1893 after her husband won the 1892 presidential election. This time she was not only a wife but a mother, and she handled both roles with great care and responsibility.
Grover Cleveland, the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, wed the young Frances Folsom June 2, 1886, in the White House.
Jun 2, 2011 · Grover Cleveland became the first and only president to be married at the White House when he wed Frances Folsom 125 years ago.
Jun 27, 2014 · President Grover Cleveland was 49. His bride, Frances, was 21, the youngest first lady in history. Here began America’s first celebrity-culture feeding frenzy.
The Grover Cleveland Online Presidential Library is a growing digital repository of items associated with President Grover Cleveland, First Lady Frances Folsom, his political career, personal life, his residences and his birthplace in Caldwell, New Jersey. Scholars and researchers can search and view the digitized collection to examine the ...
After his first two years in office as a bachelor President, Cleveland married Frances Folsom in 1886, becoming the first President to be married in the White House. Although Frances was almost thirty years younger than her husband, the two had a seemingly happy marriage and five children.
Mar 28, 2019 · It was 1864, and lawyer Grover Cleveland gifted his friend and law partner a baby buggy for his partner’s newborn daughter, Frances Folsom — the girl who, as an adult decades later, would wed...
Dec 28, 2023 · Frances Folsom Cleveland, the youngest First Lady in U.S. history, was an exceptionally beautiful and charming young woman. Following her marriage to Grover Cleveland, she became an overnight tabloid media sensation. A frenzied press began to cover her every movement and fashion statement.
President Grover Cleveland was ill-prepared for the American sovereigns’ (as he referred to the public) fascination with his soon-to-be-bride when he formally announced their upcoming nuptials on May 28, 1886.
Aug 20, 2002 · Grover Cleveland. The American Presidents Series: The 22nd and 24th President, 1885-1889 and 1893-1897. Author: Henry F. Graff; Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., General Editor. Read Excerpt. About This Book. A fresh look at the only president to serve nonconsecutive terms.
Apr 6, 2016 · On June 2, 1886, Grover Cleveland became the only president ever to be married in the White House, and 21-year-old Frances Folsom became the youngest first lady in the nation’s history. Their wedding was in the Blue Room, before a select gathering of friends, relatives and Cabinet members.
Nov 16, 2009 · Cleveland entered the White House as a bachelor and left a married man and father of two. His new wife was a young woman 27 years his junior named Frances Folsom.
May 8, 2024 · He married Frances Folsom in the nation’s first White House wedding. And they lived devotedly until Cleveland died.
The final home of the Caldwell-born commander-in-chief, the late President Grover Cleveland, was listed earlier this year for $5.95 million. At 15 Hodge Road in Princeton, the home was selected by ...
Grover Cleveland’s political career—a dizzying journey that saw him rise from obscure lawyer to president of the United States in just three years—was marked by contradictions. A politician of uncharacteristic honesty and principle, he was nevertheless dogged by secrets from his personal life. A believer in limited government, he pushed ...
2 days ago · Trials as soap operas. An already unusual election - Trump is trying to become the first candidate since Grover Cleveland in 1892 to re-take the White House after losing it four years previously ...
May 28, 2024 · Pope Francis apologized Tuesday, May 28, 2024, after he was quoted using a vulgar term about gays to reaffirm the Catholic Church’s ban on gay priests. Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni issued a statement acknowledging the media storm that erupted about Francis’ comments, which were delivered behind closed doors to Italian bishops on May 20.
