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Wedding of Grover Cleveland and Frances Folsom. The wedding of President Grover Cleveland, who was 49 years old, and his bride Frances Folsom, who was 21 years old, took place on June 2, 1886, in the Blue Room of the White House.
During Cleveland’s second term, Frances became the only first lady to give birth to a child at the White House when her daughter Esther was born in 1893. She gave birth to a third daughter, Marion, in 1895.
Dec 16, 2009 · Frances was visiting the new president in the White House in March 1885 when he expressed his desire to marry her. The news came as a shock to Emma Folsom, who believed that she would be the...
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Frances Clara Folsom Cleveland became the youngest First Lady at age 21; married to President Grover Cleveland she was the 23rd and 25th First Lady of the United States.
Despite the President's best efforts "Frankie" (as she was called in the popular press, a nickname she disliked) became an instant celebrity. She was so mobbed by admirers at public events that the president feared for her safety.
Sep 26, 2013 · In an 1874 affidavit, Halpin strongly implied that Cleveland’s entry into her room and the incident that transpired there was not consensual—he was forceful and violent, she alleged, and later...
Sep 15, 2017 · The Jacobean playwright Thomas Middleton invented the concept of “white people” on October 29, 1613, the date his play The Triumphs of Truth was first performed.
