US First Ladies Trivia Quiz

Answer: 3

Martha Washington was first married to Daniel Custis, Martha Jefferson to Bathurst Skelton, and Dolley Madison to John Todd. Abigail Adams was the only of these Mothers of Liberty who was never widowed.

Answer: Ida McKinley

The death of her mother and daughters strained Ida's health, which could have contributed to her ill health in her older years.

Answer: Abigail Fillmore

Abigail Powers was a schoolteacher when she met Millard Fillmore, who was illiterate. She continued teaching after her marriage, the first First Lady to continue working a paying job after marriage.

Answer: Louisa Adams

Louisa Adams was born in London, England, in 1775. She moved with her family to France at the age of three. She was twenty-six years old before she ever set foot in the United States.

Answer: Lou Hoover

The Hoovers lived in China early in their marriage. Herbert Hoover worked for a civilian engineering corporation there. They learned Chinese and spoke it at home from time to time.

Answer: James Buchanan

James Buchanan was the only President to never marry. Harriet Lane became First Lady at twent-six, younger than every other First Lady before her except Julia Tyler.

Answer: Abigail Fillmore

Abigail Fillmore was born in the city of Stillwater, New York in March 1798. She was nearly two years older than her husband, who was born in January 1800. They were married in February 1826.

Answer: Abigail Adams Smith

Martha Jefferson Randolph served as hostess for her father, Thomas Jefferson, because her mother had died nearly twenty years earlier. Priscilla Cooper Tyler, dauther-in-law to the President, served as First Lady for John Tyler after the death of his wife Leticia.

The President soon married Julia Gardiner, relieveing young Mrs. Tyler of her duties as First Lady. Angelica Singleton van Buren married Abraham,the son of Martin van Buren; she served as First Lady because Hannah van Buren died of tuberculosis in 1819. Abigail "Nabby" Adams Smith never served as First Lady, because her mother died seventeen years after her father's term as President ended.

Answer: Jacqueline Kennedy

Jacqueline Kennedy lost her son Patrick Kennedy in the summer of 1963, and lost her husband in November the same year.

Answer: 37

Out of the first forty presidents, thirty-five of them had their wives be their First Ladies. James Buchanan never married. Thomas Jefferson, Martin van Buren, and Chester Arthur were widowers when they took office. William Henry Harrison died before his wife took her duties as First Lady. John Tyler and Woodrow Wilson each had two wives during their time in office.