First Lady birthdays
I’ve nearly run out of presidential birthdays to write about and I’m shifting over to the First Ladies. This isn’t First Ladies in the strictest sense — the women who filled the function of the First Lady (regardless of whether they were married to the president). This list is those married to the president (regardless of whether they married him before, after, or during the presidency — including those who were no longer married at the time of the presidency).
The only exception here is Harriet Lane. James Buchanan was the only bachelor president, so I’ve included his niece here.
As I compile the birthday posts for each month, I’ll add links below. Excited to dive into June — tied for the most First Lady birthdays and there are not one, but TWO First Ladies who share birthdays. (There are only two president who share a birthday.)
January
January 3, 1879: Grace Coolidge
January 5, 1917: Jane Wyman
January 17, 1964: Michelle Obama
January 26, 1826: Julia Grant
February
February 12, 1775: Louisa Adams
February 13, 1885: Bess Truman
February 20, 1949: Ivana Trump
March
March 8, 1783: Hannah Van Buren
March 12, 1806: Jane Pierce
March 13, 1798: Abigail Fillmore
March 29, 1874: Lou Hoover
April
April 8, 1918: Betty Ford
August 15, 1860: Florence Harding
April 19, 1832: Lucretia Garfield
April 26, 1970: Melania Trump
April 30, 1858: Mary Harrison
May
May 4, 1820: Julia Tyler
May 9, 1830: Harriet Lane
May 15, 1860: Ellen Wilson
March 16, 1912: Pat Nixon
May 20, 1768: Dolley Madison
June
June 2, 1731: Martha Washington
June 2, 1861: Helen Taft
June 3, 1951: Jill Biden
June 8, 1847: Ida McKinley
June 8, 1925: Barbara Bush
June 15, 1767: Rachel Jackson
June 30, 1768: Elizabeth Monroe
July
July 6, 1921: Nancy Reagan
July 21, 1864: Frances Cleveland
July 25, 1775: Anna Harrison
July 28, 1929: Jackie Kennedy
July 28, 1942: Neilia Biden
August
August 6, 1861: Edith Roosevelt
August 18, 1927: Rosalynn Carter
August 28, 1831: Lucy Hayes
August 30, 1837: Ellen (Nell) Arthur
September
September 4, 1803: Sarah Polk
September 21, 1788: Margaret Taylor
October
October 1, 1832: Caroline Harrison
October 4, 1810: Eliza Johnson
October 11, 1884: Eleanor Roosevelt
October 15, 1872: Edith Wilson
October 21, 1813: Caroline Fillmore
October 26, 1947: Hillary Clinton
October 27, 1963: Marla Maples
November
November 4, 1946: Laura Bush
November 12, 1790: Letitia Tyler
November 14, 1896: Mamie Eisenhower
November 22, 1744: Abigail Adams
December
December 13, 1818: Mary Lincoln
December 22, 1912: Lady Bird Johnson
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