page_title: Second Lady of the United States
section_title: 19th century
hierarchical_section_title: Second Lady of the United States / List of spouses of the Vice Presidents / 19th century
context_page_description: The Second Lady of the United States is the wife of the Vice President of the United States. The name took shape as late-20th-century and early-21st-century vice presidential wives took on public policy roles that attracted a great deal of media attention. Tipper Gore, wife of Vice President Al Gore of Tennessee, was active in several campaigns to remove indecent material from popular American entertainment like movies, television shows and music, starting when her husband was a senator.
  At this date, there are five living current or former Vice Presidents' wives:
  Marilyn Quayle, wife of Dan Quayle.
  Tipper Gore, wife of Al Gore.
  Lynne Cheney, wife of Dick Cheney.
  Jill Biden, wife of Joe Biden
  Karen Pence, wife of Mike Pence
context_section_description: Vacant: Aaron Burr (1801-1805) was a widower
  Vacant: George Clinton (1805-1813) was a widower
  Ann Thompson Gerry, wife of Elbridge Gerry (1813-1814)
  Hannah Minthorne Tompkins, wife of Daniel D. Tompkins (1817-1825)
  Floride Bonneau Colhoun Calhoun, wife of John C. Calhoun (1825-1832)
  Vacant: Martin Van Buren (1833-1837) was a widower (his daughter-in-law Angelica Van Buren would serve as his First Lady)
  Vacant: Richard Mentor Johnson (1837-1841) was unmarried, yet some considered Julia Chinn to be his common law wife with whom he had two children.
  Letitia Christian Tyler, wife of John Tyler (1841)
  Sophia Nicklin Dallas, wife of George M. Dallas (1845-1849)
  Abigail Powers Fillmore, wife of Millard Fillmore
  Vacant: William R. King (1853) was unmarried
  Mary Cyrene Burch Breckinridge, wife of John C. Breckinridge
  Ellen Vesta Emery Hamlin, wife of Hannibal Hamlin
  Eliza McCardle Johnson, wife of Andrew Johnson
  Ellen Maria Wade Colfax, wife of Schuyler Colfax
  Vacant: Henry Wilson (1873-1875) was a widower
  Vacant: William A. Wheeler (1877-1881) was a widower
  Vacant: Chester A. Arthur (1881) was a widower
  Eliza Morgan Hendricks, wife of Thomas A. Hendricks
  Anna Livingston Reade Street Morton, wife of Levi P. Morton
  Letitia Green Stevenson, wife of Adlai E. Stevenson
  Jennie Tuttle Hobart, wife of Garret Hobart
  Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt, wife of Theodore Roosevelt
caption: Letitia Christian Tyler was the first Vice Presidential consort to ascend to the post of First Lady through the death of a president
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