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2 unusual facts about First Lady of the United States


Little Loomhouse

On a visit in the 1940s while still the First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt crushed a floorboard, which she later signed; it is now lost.

Ralph Perk

Perk's wife, Lucille, achieved notoriety when she rejected an invitation from the First Lady Pat Nixon to an event at the White House in order to attend her regular bowling night.


1983 NBA draft

Robinson, who led the Beavers to the 2009 College Basketball Invitational title, has an additional claim to fame as the older brother of current First Lady Michelle Obama.

Barbara Staff

Ray Barnhart criticized First Lady Betty Ford for having "danced a jig" with singer Tony Orlando when Nancy Davis Reagan made her entrance to the convention hall; Staff termed Mrs. Ford's behavior "a low, cheap shot" to divert attention from the Reagan campaign.

Calvin Coolidge, Jr.

Calvin Coolidge, Jr, was born in Northampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, on April 13, 1908 and was the younger of the two children of Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933), the 30th President of the United States (1923–1929) and Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge (1879–1957), First Lady of the United States from 1923 to 1929.

Helen J. Farabee

First Lady of the United States Rosalynn Carter appointed her to the Public Committee on Mental Health.

Jennie Eisenhower

She is the granddaughter of former U.S. President Richard Nixon and former First Lady Pat Nixon and the great-granddaughter of former U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower and former First Lady Mamie Eisenhower.

Kiss cam

The kiss cam became widely known outside the US and Canada on July 16, 2012, when US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama were 'caught' twice by the kiss cam during an international basketball match between Team USA and Brazil at the Verizon Center in Washington D.C. The president kissed his wife on the second occasion.

Paul v. Clinton

The plaintiff, Peter F. Paul, alleged that President Bill Clinton and his wife, First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, deceived him into paying for the Gala Hollywood Farewell Salute to President Clinton, during Hillary Clinton's first Senate race in 2000, by making a promise that the President would work for Paul's company, Stan Lee Media, after his Presidential term was over.

President of the United States

As part of their protection, presidents, first ladies, their children and other immediate family members, and other prominent persons and locations are assigned Secret Service codenames.

Raymond Meier

Just over two months later, on September 26, 2006, First Lady of the United States, Laura Bush also appeared at a fundraising campaign event for Senator Meier.

Wichita Falls Independent School District

In 2005, Hirschi High School IB World Topics teacher Sherry Lindemann was named Texas Teacher of the Year where she represented the WFISD and thousands of Texas teachers at a formal ceremony held by President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush in the White House Rose Garden.


see also

Christopher Houlihan

While in France, he served as an assistant musician at The American Cathedral in Paris and had the honor of performing for the then President and First Lady of the United States, Mr. And Mrs. George W. Bush

Claudia Johnson

Lady Bird Johnson (Claudia Alta Taylor Johnson, 1912–2007), First Lady of the United States during the presidency of her husband Lyndon B. Johnson

Elizabeth Johnson

Eliza McCardle Johnson (1810–1876), First Lady of the United States, wife of President Andrew Johnson

Patricia Ryan

Pat Nixon, sometimes known as Patricia Ryan, (1912–1993), former first lady of the United States and wife of U.S. president Richard Nixon

Prayas

Laura Bush, the first lady of the United States, visited Prayas headquarters in Tughlaquabad as part of her state visit to India in 2006.