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! === Potential male title === Each of the 45{{efn-ua|[[Grover Cleveland]] served two non-consecutive terms, so he is counted twice, as both the 22nd and 24th president.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/grover-cleveland-24/ |title=Grover Cleveland—24 |publisher=White House}}.</ref> Here, "presidents" refers to the 45 men who have held the office and not the 46 presidencies that have been held.}} presidents of the United States have been male, and all have either had their wives, or a female hostess, assume the role of first lady. Thus, a male equivalent of the title of first lady has never been needed. However, in 2016, as [[Hillary Clinton]] became the first woman to win a major party's presidential nomination, questions were raised as to what her husband [[Bill Clinton|Bill]] would be titled if she were to win the presidency. During the campaign, the title of '''First Gentleman of the United States''' was most frequently suggested for Bill Clinton, although as a former president himself, he might have been called "Mr. President".<ref>{{Cite news|date=2016-10-29|title=US election: What will Bill Clinton's title be if Hillary wins the presidency?|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-37790781|access-date=2021-05-15|archive-date=May 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515205128/https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-37790781|url-status=live}}</ref> In addition, state governors' male spouses are typically called the First Gentleman of their respective state (for example, [[Michael Haley (soldier)|Michael Haley]] was the first gentleman of South Carolina while his wife, [[Nikki Haley|Nikki]], served as governor).<ref>{{Cite web|last=THOMPSON|first=KRISSAH|title=What happens when a man takes over role of first lady?|url=https://www.delawareonline.com/story/life/2015/04/24/happens-man-takes-role-first-lady/26315515/|access-date=2021-05-15|website=delawareonline.com|language=en-US|archive-date=May 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515040636/https://www.delawareonline.com/story/life/2015/04/24/happens-man-takes-role-first-lady/26315515/|url-status=live}}</ref> Ultimately, Hillary Clinton lost the election, rendering this a moot point. In 2021, [[Kamala Harris]] became the first woman to hold a nationally elected office when she took office as vice president, making her husband [[Doug Emhoff]] the first male spouse of a nationally elected officeholder. Emhoff assumed the title of [[Second Gentleman of the United States]] ("gentleman" replacing "lady" in the title) making it likely that any future male spouse of a president will be given the title of first gentleman.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Poised To Be America's 1st Second Gentleman, Doug Emhoff Shakes Up Gender Stereotypes|url=https://www.npr.org/2020/11/25/938133209/poised-to-be-americas-1st-second-gentleman-doug-emhoff-shakes-up-gender-stereoty|date=November 25, 2020|website=NPR|publisher=National Public Radio|language=en|access-date=May 15, 2021|archive-date=November 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130214705/https://www.npr.org/2020/11/25/938133209/poised-to-be-americas-1st-second-gentleman-doug-emhoff-shakes-up-gender-stereoty|url-status=live}}</ref> 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