A genealogy of the wives of the American presidents and their first two generations of descent / Craig Hart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hart, Craig, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Presidents' spouses--United States--Genealogy.

Presidents' spouses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (310 p.)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From Martha Washington to Laura Bush, the wife of each U.S. president has found her place in history, often setting trends and doing important work for the nation. This reference work traces the lineage of all presidents' wives, arranged alphabetically from Abigail Adams to Jane Wyman. Genealogy reveals that some of the women are connected to one another through common ancestry, sometimes even through royal blood--for example, the bloodlines of Laura Bush and Abigail Adams join at King Henry II and can then be traced to King Pepin the Short, born in 714. Several others can be traced back to Ki

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; Abigail Adams; Louisa Adams; Ellen Arthur; Barbara Bush; Laura Bush; Rosalynn Carter; Frances Cleveland; Hillary Rodham Clinton; Grace Coolidge; Mary Geneva (Mamie) Eisenhower; Abigail Fillmore; Caroline Fillmore; Elizabeth (Betty) Ford; Lucretia Garfield; Julia Grant; Florence Harding; Anna Harrison; Caroline Harrison; Mary Harrison; Lucy Hayes; Lou Hoover; Rachel Jackson; Martha Jefferson; Claudia Alta (Lady Bird) Johnson; Eliza Johnson; Jacqueline Kennedy; Mary Lincoln; Dorothea (Dolley) Madison; Ida McKinley; Elizabeth Monroe; Thelma Catherine (Pat) Nixon

Jane PierceSarah Polk; Jane Reagan (Wyman); Nancy Reagan; Alice Roosevelt; Edith Roosevelt; Eleanor Roosevelt; Helen Taft; Margaret Taylor; Elizabeth (Bess) Truman; Julia Tyler; Letitia Tyler; Hannah Van Buren; Martha Washington; Edith Wilson; Ellen Wilson; Sources; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780786483679

0786483679