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    Sarah Yorke Jackson

    First Lady of the United States

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  1. Sarah Jackson ( née Yorke; July 1805 – August 23, 1887) was the White House hostess and acting first lady of the United States from November 26, 1834, to March 4, 1837. She served in this role as the daughter-in-law of U.S. President Andrew Jackson after marrying his adopted son, Andrew Jackson, Jr.

  2. Sarah Yorke was born ca. 1803/05 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to parents Peter and Mary. 1 Relatives raised Sarah after she was orphaned as a child. 2 She married Andrew Jackson Jr., the adopted son of President Andrew Jackson, in 1831. 3 Sarah lived at Jackson’s plantation, The Hermitage, and oversaw the operation of the household and the enslaved laborers there, during his presidency.

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  5. The White House Historical Association placed a wreath at the gravesite of James Hoban, Irish immigrant and the designer and builder of the White House, on Thursday, March 21 at 11:00AM at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Washington, D.C. In 2021, the Association restored the gravesite of Hoban and has held an annual wreath placement ceremony every ...

  6. Notable are the his­toric photographic images. Original photographs, stereo­graphs, glass and film negatives, and color transparencies, as well as copies of photographs from other reposito­ries, illustrate the history of the White House from the 1840s to

  7. Andrew Jackson to Sarah Yorke Jackson. Historical sites. Sarah Yorke Jackson Gravesite. Fascinating details. First “first lady” to be the daughter-in-law of a president and first to serve as co-hostess (with Emily Donelson). Sarah Yorke served as co-hostess with Emily Donelson, per President Jackson’s request, when Emily’s name became ...

  8. Sep 19, 2017 · English: Sarah Yorke Jackson, first lady of the United States from 1834 to 1837, during the presidential tenure of her father-in-law, President Andrew Jackson. The painting was created around 1833 by Ralph Eleaser Whiteside Earl and completed around 1921 by Mayna Treanor Avent.