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This table displays data about the spouses of U.S. Presidents, including the years of birth, death, and marriage, as well as the gender and number of children for each couple.

President Wife’s name Year and placeof wife’s birth Married Wife died Children1Sons DaughtersWashington Martha Dandridge Custis 1732, Va. 1759 1802 — —John Adams Abigail Smith1744, Mass. 1764 1818 3 2Jefferson2Martha Wayles Skelton1748, Va. 1772 1782 1 5Madison Dorothy “Dolley” Payne Todd1768, N.C. 1794 1849 — —Monroe Elizabeth “Eliza” Kortright1768, N.Y. 1786 1830 — 2J. Q. Adams Louisa Catherine Johnson1775, England 1797 1852 3 1Jackson Rachel Donelson Robards1767, Va. 1791 1828 — —Van Buren Hannah Hoes1788, N.Y. 1807 1819 4 —W. H. Harrison Anna Symmes1775, N.J. 1795 1864 6 4Tyler Letitia Christian1790, Va.1813184235 Julia Gardiner1820, N.Y. 1844 1889 5 2Polk Sarah Childress 1803, Tenn. 1824 1891 — —Taylor Margaret Smith 1788, Md. 1810 1852 1 5Fillmore Abigail Powers1798, N.Y.182618531 1 Caroline Carmichael McIntosh 1813, N.J. 1858 1881 ——Pierce Jane Means Appleton 1806, N.H. 1834 1863 3 —Buchanan (Unmarried) — — — — —Lincoln Mary Todd1818, Ky. 1842 1882 4 —A. Johnson Eliza McCardle 1810, Tenn. 1827 1876 3 2Grant Julia Dent1826, Mo. 1848 1902 3 1Hayes Lucy Ware Webb 1831, Ohio 1852 1889 7 1Garfield Lucretia Rudolph 1832, Ohio 1858 1918 5 2Arthur Ellen Lewis Herndon 1837, Va. 1859 1880 2 1Cleveland Frances Folsom1864, N.Y. 1886 1947 2 3B. Harrison Caroline Lavinia Scott1832, Ohio1853 189211 Mary Scott Lord Dimmick 1858, Pa. 18961948 —1McKinley Ida Saxton 1847, Ohio 1871 1907 — 2T. Roosevelt Alice Hathaway Lee1861, Mass.1880 1884—1 Edith Kermit Carow 1861, Conn. 18861948 4 1Taft Helen Herron1861, Ohio 1886 1943 2 1Wilson Ellen Louise Axson1860, Ga.1885 1914—3 Edith Bolling Galt1872, Va. 19151961 — —Harding Florence Kling DeWolfe1860, Ohio 1891 1924 — —Coolidge Grace Anna Goodhue1879, Vt. 1905 1957 2 —Hoover Lou Henry1875, Iowa 1899 1944 2 —F. D. Roosevelt (Anna) Eleanor Roosevelt1884, N.Y. 1905 1962 5 1Truman Bess Wallace1885, Mo. 1919 1982 — 1Eisenhower Mamie Geneva Doud1896, Iowa 1916 1979 2 —Kennedy Jacqueline Lee Bouvier1929, N.Y. 1953 1994 2 1L. B. Johnson Claudia Alta “Lady Bird” Taylor1912, Tex. 1934 2007 — 2Nixon Thelma Catherine “Pat” Ryan1912, Nev. 1940 1993 — 2Ford Elizabeth “Betty” Bloomer Warren1918, Ill. 1948 2011 3 1Carter Rosalynn Smith 1928, Ga. 1946 — 3 1Reagan Jane Wyman1914, Mo.19403—141 Nancy Davis1921, N.Y. 1952 2016 1 1G.H.W. Bush Barbara Pierce1925, N.Y. 1945 — 4 2Clinton Hillary Rodham1947, Ill. 1975 — — 1G. W. BushLaura Welch1946, Tex.1977——2Barack ObamaMichelle LaVaughn Robinson1964, Illinois1992——21. Includes children who died in infancy.2. Number of children listed here reflects only children Jefferson had with Martha Wayles Skelton. Scientists and historians agree, based on DNA evidence, that Jefferson may have fathered at least one child with slave Sally Hemings.3. Divorced in 1948.4. Adopted.

  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 agree, based on DNA evidence, that Jefferson may have fathered at least one child with slave Sally Hemings.

  3. Divorced in 1948.

  4. Adopted.

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