POTUS First Ladies Quiz

In 1920, Florence Harding was the first First Lady to vote for her husband after women were granted the right to vote by the ratification of the 19th amendment.

In 2000, Clinton was elected as the first female senator from New York. Other First Ladies had been appointed to public office before Clinton, but Clinton was the first to hold office by election.

Adams (née Johnson), wife of John Quincy, was born in London, England in 1775 to an English mother and American father.

Jefferson‘s wife, Martha, died on September 6, 1782 – 18 years before he assumed the presidency. The First Lady’s duties fell to Jefferson’s eldest daughter, Patsy.

Letitia Tyler, age 51, died September 10, 1842 of a stroke.

Buchanan became legal guardian to his niece, Harriet, when she was orphaned at age 11.

Lou Hoover graduated from Stanford University in 1898 with a B.A. in geology. As soon as she completed her degree, Hoover proposed.

Kennedy won a special Emmy for her 1962 televised tour of the remodeled White House.

On August 24, 1814, the British captured Washington, DC and burned many important buildings, including the White House. Dolley Madison enlisted the help of two others to remove the 8-foot tall painting and take it to safety.

The $1 Silver Certificates featuring Martha Washington as the first, and so far only, woman as the primary portrait were first published in 1886.