US First Ladies have played influential roles in American history, hosting dignitaries, championing social causes, promoting ...

All the ex-tenants of the White House —Mrs. Thomas J. Preston Jr. (formerly Cleveland), Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Mrs. William Howard Taft, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, Mrs ...

The once and future first lady plans her return to the White House amid questions of how much time she'll actually spend ...

Andrew Jackson, also a widower when he came to the White House in 1829, asked his niece, Emily Donelson, to take on hostess duties. Other first ladies, after moving into the White House ...

Andrew Jackson, also a widower when he came to the White House in 1829, asked his niece, Emily Donelson, to take on hostess duties. Celebrity memoirs and more: Sign up for USA TODAY's Everyone's ...

Still, the old General could not maintain discipline in his own household. His nephew, Andrew Jackson Donelson, was also his secretary. Much to his surprise, dismay and displeasure, Mr. and Mrs.

But that would be inaccurate. As far back as the times of Old Hickory, President Andrew Jackson married Rachel Donelson who, as it turned out, was not legally divorced and had run away from her ...

Duel pistols were no match for the White House incumbent, who fended off the assailant with his cane on this date in 1835 ...