Marriages during the White House years
Several presidential children were married outside the White House during their father’s presidency and some of these were spectacular social events. After the death of her father, when Fanny Hayes was married in Ohio, the sitting president William McKinley was in attendance, as well as his Cabinet.
The wedding of Luci Baines Johnson was a national social event, even though it took place at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington. And the small, private wedding of Julie Nixon, shortly after her own father had won the presidency, to Dwight David Eisenhower II, himself the grandson and namesake of a president, prompted widespread public interest and curiosity.
Dorothy Bush, daughter and sister to two presidents was the only presidential child married at Camp David.
A list of children married
during their father's presidency
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A list of children married
during their father's presidency
during their father's presidency
Twenty-two children were married while their father's served as president. Elliot Roosevelt was married twice during his fathers presidency so there were 23 weddings. Here is the list. Those in bold type were married in the White House.
1. Maria Hester Monroe March 9, 1820 Samuel L. Gouverneur
2. John Adams, II Feb. 25, 1828 Mary Catherine Hellen
3. Andrew Jackson Jr. Nov. 24, 1831 Sarah Yorke
4. Abraham Van Buren Nov. 27, 1838 Angelica Singleton
5. Elizabeth Tyler Jan. 31, 1842 William Nevison Waller
6. Nellie Grant May 21, 1874 Algernon Charles Satoris
7. Frederick Grant Oct. 20, 1874 Ida Marie Honore
8. Alice Roosevelt Feb. 17, 1906 Rep. Nicholas Longworth
9. Jessie Wilson Nov. 25, 1913 Frances Bowes Sayre
10. Eleanor Wilson May 7, 1914 William Gibbs McAdoo
11. Anna Roosevelt Jan. 1935 John Boettiger
12. Elliot Roosevelt July 22, 1933 Ruth Googins
13. FDR, Jr. June 30, 1937 Ethel duPont
14. John Roosevelt June 18, 1938 Anne Lindsay Clark
15. James Roosevelt April 14, 1941 Romelle Schneider
16. Elliot Roosevelt Dec. 3, 1944 Faye Emerson
17. Luci Baines Johnson Aug. 6, 1966 Patrick John Nugent
18. Lynda Bird Johnson Dec. 9, 1967 Charles Spittal Robb
19. Tricia Nixon June 12, 1971 Edward Ridley Finch Cox
20. Maureen Reagan April 25, 1981 Dennis Revell
21. Patti Davis August 14, 1984 Paul Grilley
22. Dorothy Walker Bush June 26, 1992 Robert Koch
23. Jenna Bush May 10, 2008 Henry Hager
Note: Julie Nixon married David David Eisenhower, II on December 22, 1968 after Richard Nixon was elected president but before his inauguration. The Dorothy Bush wedding took place at the presidential retreat at Camp David.
Doro Bush, tobogganing with her father above, was the only presidential child married at Camp David.
