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Jun 15, 2017 · Rachel Jackson, the Scandalous Divorcee Who Almost Became First Lady | History| Smithsonian Magazine. HISTORY. Rachel Jackson, the Scandalous Divorcee Who Almost Became First Lady. Rachel...
Rachel Donelson was a child of the frontier. Born in Virginia on June 15, 1767, she journeyed to the Tennessee wilderness with her parents Colonel John Donelson and Rachel Donelson when she was 12. At 17, while living in Kentucky, she married Lewis Robards, of a prominent Mercer County family.
Rachel Donelson Jackson. About The White House. First Families. Rachel Donelson Robards Jackson was married to Andrew Jackson. When she died before his inauguration as President in 1829,...
Rachel Jackson was the wife of Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States. She lived with him at their home at the Hermitage, where she died just days after his election and before his inauguration in 1829—therefore she never served as first lady, a role assumed by her niece, Emily Donelson.
Click here to see full bio of Rachel Jackson. Rachel Jackson died a few months before her husband took office. Their niece, Emily Donelson, and daughter-in-law, Sarah Yorke Jackson, served as hostesses during Jackson’s administration. Emily Donelson (niece)
Rachel Donelson Jackson. Lived: 1767-1828 Mrs. Andrew Jackson . Wearing the white dress she had purchased for her husband's inaugural ceremonies in March 1829, Rachel Donelson Jackson was buried in the garden at The Hermitage, her home near Nashville, Tennessee, on Christmas Eve in 1828. Lines from her epitaph--"A being so gentle and so ...
Wearing the white dress she had purchased for her husband’s inaugural ceremonies in March 1829, Rachel Donelson Jackson was buried in the garden at the Hermitage, her home near Nashville, Te...
