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Rachel Jackson - First Lady

Rachel Jackson, wife of Andrew Jackson, seventh President of the United States. She died in 1828, just before Jackson was elected President, so she never served as First Lady.

Biography

Biography on the official White House website.

Portrait (Library of Congress)

From an engraving by J.C. Buttre.

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