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Frances Clara Folsom Cleveland Preston
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Birthdate
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07/21/1864
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Death date
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10/29/1947
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President
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Grover Cleveland
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Dates of service
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06/02/1886-03/04/1889 (first term),
03/04/1893-03/04/1897 (second term)
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Relationship to president
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Spouse
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Other marriages
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Second marriage to Thomas J. Preston Jr.
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Websites
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First Ladies National Library Biography of Frances Cleveland
White House Historical Association: Frances Cleveland
The White House: Frances Folsom Cleveland
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Papers/letters collections
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Manuscripts for Frances Cleveland
Grover Cleveland Love Letters to Frances Cleveland
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Historical sites
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Frances Folsom Cleveland’s White House Wardrobe
Frances Clara Folsom Cleveland Gravesite
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Fascinating details
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- Frances Cleveland is the second first lady to marry a president during his term in the White House. Julia Tyler was the first.
- She became the youngest first lady at 21 years old (27 years younger than Grover Cleveland). She was also the daughter of President Cleveland’s former law partner.
- Her and President Cleveland had a second home in Washington to provide some privacy.
- Their daughter Esther was the first child of a president to be born in the White House.
- She supported the Women's Christian Temperance Union, African American Children's Charities, as well as the education and professional employment of women. She was also a patron of music and the arts.
- The candy bar “Baby Ruth” is named after Grover and Frances’ first-born Ruth Esther.
- Frances Cleveland was the first widow of a president to remarry.
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