A chart listing the wives and children of the U.S. presidents.
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| President | Wife's name | Year and place of wife's birth | Married | Wife died | Children1 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sons | Daughters | |||||
Washington | Martha Dandridge Custis | 1732, Va. | 1759 | 1802 | — | — |
John Adams | Abigail Smith | 1744, Mass. | 1764 | 1818 | 3 | 2 |
Jefferson 2 | Martha Wayles Skelton | 1748, Va. | 1772 | 1782 | 1 | 5 |
Madison | Dorothy “Dolley” Payne Todd | 1768, N.C. | 1794 | 1849 | — | — |
Monroe | Elizabeth “Eliza” Kortright | 1768, N.Y. | 1786 | 1830 | — | 2 |
J. Q. Adams | Louisa Catherine Johnson | 1775, England | 1797 | 1852 | 3 | 1 |
Jackson | Rachel Donelson Robards | 1767, Va. | 1791 | 1828 | — | — |
Van Buren | Hannah Hoes | 1788, N.Y. | 1807 | 1819 | 4 | — |
W. H. Harrison | Anna Symmes | 1775, N.J. | 1795 | 1864 | 6 | 4 |
Tyler | Letitia Christian | 1790, Va. | 1813 | 1842 | 3 | 4 |
Julia Gardiner | 1820, N.Y. | 1844 | 1889 | 5 | 2 | |
Polk | Sarah Childress | 1803, Tenn. | 1824 | 1891 | — | — |
Taylor | Margaret Smith | 1788, Md. | 1810 | 1852 | 1 | 5 |
Fillmore | Abigail Powers | 1798, N.Y. | 1826 | 1853 | 1 | 1 |
Caroline Carmichael McIntosh | 1813, N.J. | 1858 | 1881 | — | — | |
Pierce | Jane Means Appleton | 1806, N.H. | 1834 | 1863 | 3 | — |
Buchanan | (Unmarried) | — | — | — | — | — |
Lincoln | Mary Todd | 1818, Ky. | 1842 | 1882 | 4 | — |
A. Johnson | Eliza McCardle | 1810, Tenn. | 1827 | 1876 | 3 | 2 |
Grant | Julia Dent | 1826, Mo. | 1848 | 1902 | 3 | 1 |
Hayes | Lucy Ware Webb | 1831, Ohio | 1852 | 1889 | 7 | 1 |
Garfield | Lucretia Rudolph | 1832, Ohio | 1858 | 1918 | 5 | 2 |
Arthur | Ellen Lewis Herndon | 1837, Va. | 1859 | 1880 | 2 | 1 |
Cleveland | Frances Folsom | 1864, N.Y. | 1886 | 1947 | 2 | 3 |
B. Harrison | Caroline Lavinia Scott | 1832, Ohio | 1853 | 1892 | 1 | 1 |
Mary Scott Lord Dimmick | 1858, Pa. | 1896 | 1948 | — | 1 | |
McKinley | Ida Saxton | 1847, Ohio | 1871 | 1907 | — | 2 |
T. Roosevelt | Alice Hathaway Lee | 1861, Mass. | 1880 | 1884 | — | 1 |
Edith Kermit Carow | 1861, Conn. | 1886 | 1948 | 4 | 1 | |
Taft | Helen Herron | 1861, Ohio | 1886 | 1943 | 2 | 1 |
Wilson | Ellen Louise Axson | 1860, Ga. | 1885 | 1914 | — | 3 |
Edith Bolling Galt | 1872, Va. | 1915 | 1961 | — | — | |
Harding | Florence Kling DeWolfe | 1860, Ohio | 1891 | 1924 | — | — |
Coolidge | Grace Anna Goodhue | 1879, Vt. | 1905 | 1957 | 2 | — |
Hoover | Lou Henry | 1875, Iowa | 1899 | 1944 | 2 | — |
F. D. Roosevelt | (Anna) Eleanor Roosevelt | 1884, N.Y. | 1905 | 1962 | 5 | 1 |
Truman | Bess Wallace | 1885, Mo. | 1919 | 1982 | — | 1 |
Eisenhower | Mamie Geneva Doud | 1896, Iowa | 1916 | 1979 | 2 | — |
Kennedy | Jacqueline Lee Bouvier | 1929, N.Y. | 1953 | 1994 | 2 | 1 |
L. B. Johnson | Claudia Alta “Lady Bird” Taylor | 1912, Tex. | 1934 | — | — | 2 |
Nixon | Thelma Catherine “Pat” Ryan | 1912, Nev. | 1940 | 1993 | — | 2 |
Ford | Elizabeth “Betty” Bloomer Warren | 1918, Ill. | 1948 | — | 3 | 1 |
Carter | Rosalynn Smith | 1928, Ga. | 1946 | — | 3 | 1 |
Reagan | Jane Wyman | 1914, Mo. | 19403 | — | 14 | 1 |
Nancy Davis | 1921 (?)5, N.Y. | 1952 | — | 1 | 1 | |
Bush | Barbara Pierce | 1925, N.Y. | 1945 | — | 4 | 2 |
Clinton | Hillary Rodham | 1946, Ill. | 1975 | — | — | 1 |
| G. W. Bush | Laura Welch | 1946, Tex. | 1977 | | | 2 |
| Barack Obama | Michelle LaVaughn Robinson | 1964, Illinois | 1992 | | | 2 |
1. Includes children who died in infancy.
2. Number of children listed here reflects only children Jefferson had with Martha Wayles Skelton. Scientists and historians are debating DNA evidence suggesting Jefferson fathered at least one child with slave Sally Hemings.
3. Divorced in 1948.
4. Adopted.
5. Birthday officially given as 1923 but her high school and college records show 1921 for year of birth.
