Norwich bulletin., 1921-09-17
ODD INCIDENTS IN AMERICAN
 HISTORY
BRIDES OF THE WHITE HOUSE

BRIDES OF THE WHITE HOUSE
 The public has always been deeply l interested in a wedding that has taken | place at the White House, and there l
 have been many of them. The first l was when a niece of Dolly Madison married a Congressman in 1911. Only 1 one of our Presidents was married in ] the White Heuse-GreYer Cleveland 1 Two others were married during their l terms of Office-John Tyler and Pres ! ident Wilson.
 All except six of our Presidents en- tered the White House as married men. Four were widowers-J Jefferson Jackson EanBurep and Arthrs Only one Of our Presidents came to the White House and left it a bachelor James Buchanan.
 The earliest wedding that of Miss Todd, niece Of the Madisons, occurred
 on March Ii 1911. The bride was a
 beautiful Philadelphia girl, but Dolly
 Madison brought about the wedding in
 the White House to furnish a social
 sensation. The bride was a Quakeress
 and is said to have denqrred at the
 lavish display, but the festivities were
 8 nine days wonder" in Washing
 ton.
 The next wedding occurred nine
 years later when, in 1920 Miss Maria Monroe, the youngest daughter to
 President Monroe was married to Law renee Gouvener, the presidents pri- vate secretary, She was described as being the belle of Washington.
 The next wedding was that of Miss Helen Jackson, a connection of the fa- i nous Adams family, of I&esa chf'e~. to John Adams, a son Of President John Quincy Adams. The M-<.,....- occurred in the East Room. This was the only wedding of the son of 6 pres ident in the Executive Mansion. AS the 1 brides health was e-~- he ceremony was of the qpietest kind.
 Three WcGu-4es uct >.-. t; at the pres ident's horne during 1be regime of President Jackson. Tine first was that 1 of Miss Lewis laughter of Major Lewis Of Nashville, Te1n and neighbor of the President. When her wedding day Was s.p.--4--.- s 1 President Jackson prevailed upon h2,, 1 to be married in the White House. Her husband was secretary of the French l Legion, and he desired the honor of being the first foreigner to take a 1 White House bride. In the same way
 Jackson prevailed upon his niece, Miss 1 Easten, of Tennessee, to accept the l hospitality Of his home for her wed : ding with MT. Polk, of the same State The Lewis wedding occurred in 1S30 and that of Miss Easten in 1892.
 The third wedding in the Admin | tstration Of President Jackson was that of his adopted son, Andrew Jack son, Jr., to Miss Sarah Yorke of Phil adelphia, young Jackson took his wife this wedding was celebrated in PhiIa- l dephia young Jackson took his wife fn of hA
 In President Van Buren's admins
 tration, Miss Angelica Singleton oi South Carolina, was married to Maiol
 Abram Van Buren a son of President Van Buren and his private secretary They also went to live at the White House temporarily. Gen T. s. Grant! oldest son Fred D. Grant was livins . in the White House when he went t( , Chicago for his bride and they spen the first six months of their married l life in the Presidents mansion. Thi , wedding took place in 1874
 7 The second daughter of presiden t to marry in the White House was Mis- D Eliza beth Tyler, daughter of Johl [ Tyler, to Congressman William Gardi } in 1s42. President Tyler two years la 2 ter married Miss Julia Gardiner l ner, a daughter of Senator Gardine, 2 of New York, and took her to tn . White House a bride.
 = Nellie Grants wedding to Algernol !? Sartoris, on May 21, 1874 and Grove t Clevelands marriage to Miss Franci a l Folsom, on June 2, 1886 were anon
 the brilliant social affairs that hay been held at the White House. Mis- z Alive RooseyeIt's wedding to Nichela d Longworth, February r, 1906, was a v brilliant as any of the weddings a V the mansion. Two daughters of Presi Il dent Wilson have been married in tn = White House since he has been Presi Y dent but both weddings were modes : affairs in comparison to those of Mis k Grant and Miss Folsom and Mis- r Roosevelt.
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