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- While each American president and first girl has reached the same heights of political office and public service, not all reached the White House on the same bodily top.
- John Adams and Abigail Adams have been only separated in top by an inch, whereas Thomas Jefferson was over a foot taller than his spouse, Martha Jefferson.
- We discovered the heights by means of on-line analysis and talking with presidential historic websites and libraries, however a couple of first women’ heights have been lost to historical past.
- Here is the peak distinction of each US president and first girl we might discover.
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Jefferson was a widower when his presidency started, and his daughter, Martha, acted as first girl, together with wives of the Cabinet secretaries.
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Rachel Jackson died simply months before her husband’s inauguration. Her niece Emily Donelson and his daughter-in-law Sarah Yorke Jackson acted as first girl in her absence.
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Martin Van Buren was also a widower, and his daughter-in-law Angelica Singleton Van Buren oversaw the duties of first girl.
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Tyler’s first spouse, Letitia, died from a stroke whereas in the White House. He married his second spouse, Julia, whereas nonetheless serving as president.
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Buchanan was a lifelong bachelor. His niece, Harriet Lane, acted as first girl throughout his term.
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Chester A. Arthur was a widower when he grew to become president after Garfield was shot, and his sister, Mary Arthur McElroy, served as first girl in his spouse’s place.
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Grover Cleveland served because the twenty second and twenty fourth president of the United States. Cleveland’s two terms have been break up aside by the presidency of Benjamin Harrison.
He married Frances throughout his first term, and he or she took over the duties of White House hostess from his sister, Rose Cleveland.
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Wilson’s first spouse, Ellen, died from an sickness throughout her husband’s presidency. He then remarried in 1915 to his second spouse, Edith.
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