First Lady of the United States Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Non-spouses in the role === Several women (at least thirteen) who were not presidents' wives have served as first lady, as when the president was a bachelor or widower, or when the wife of the president was unable to fulfill the duties of the first lady herself. In these cases, the position has been filled by a female relative of the president, such as [[Presidency of Thomas Jefferson|Jefferson's]] daughter [[Martha Jefferson Randolph]], [[Andrew Jackson#Presidency (1829β1837)|Jackson's]] daughter-in-law [[Sarah Yorke Jackson]] and his wife's niece [[Emily Donelson]], [[Zachary Taylor|Taylor]]'s daughter [[Mary Elizabeth Bliss]], [[Benjamin Harrison]]'s daughter [[Mary Harrison McKee]], [[James Buchanan#Presidency (1857β1861)|Buchanan's]] niece [[Harriet Lane]], and [[Grover Cleveland|Cleveland's]] sister [[Rose Cleveland]]. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page