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Frances Folsom Cleveland - First Lady

Frances Cleveland: she married Grover Cleveland while he was President, in 1886, and served as First Lady 1886-1889 and 1893-1897 during his terms as twenty-second and twenty-fourth President of the United States. She remarried after his death.

Frances Cleveland Portrait

A portrait of Frances Cleveland, part of a larger gallery of portraits of American First Ladies.

Wedding of Frances Folsom and Grover Cleveland

A picture of the wedding in the White House of Frances and Grover Cleveland.

Biography

Biography on the official White House website.

Bibliography

Resources (mostly print) from www.firstladies.org - the National First Ladies Library. Also Rose Elizabeth Cleveland.

White House Weddings

Most of this page focuses on memorabilia from the 1886 White House wedding of Frances Folsom and Grover Cleveland. Also mentions Luci Johnson and Maria Monroe and some details of their White House weddings. From the Smithsonian's American Presidency exhibit.

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