NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Margaret Taylor

Margaret Mackall Smith Taylor (September 21, 1788 – August 14, 1852), wife of Zachary Taylor, was First Lady of the United States from 1849 to 1850. public domain from loc. ... September 21 is the 264th day of the year (265th in leap years). ... 1788 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... August 14 is the 226th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (227th in leap years), with 139 days remaining. ... 1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Zachary Taylor (November 24, 1784 â€“ July 9, 1850) was an American military leader and the twelfth President of the United States. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... For the game, see: 1850 (board game) Year 1850 (MDCCCL) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...

"Peggy" Smith was born in Calvert County, Maryland, daughter of Ann Mackall and Walter Smith, a major in the American Revolutionary War according to family tradition. In 1809, visiting a sister in Kentucky, she met young Lieutenant Taylor. They were married the following June, and for a while the young wife stayed on the farm given them as a wedding present by Zachary's father. She bore her first baby there, but followed her husband from one remote garrison to another along the western frontier. An admiring civilian official cited her as one of the "delicate females...reared in tenderness" who had to educate "worthy and most interesting" children at a fort in Indian country. Calvert County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maryland. ... Combatants American Revolutionaries French Monarchy Spanish Empire Dutch Republic Oneida and Tuscarora tribes Polish volunteers Prussian volunteers Kingdom of Great Britain Hessian mercenaries Iroquois Confederacy Loyalists Commanders George Washington Nathanael Greene Gilbert de La Fayette Comte de Rochambeau Bernardo de GÃ¡lvez Tadeusz KoÅ›ciuszko Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben Sir... Year 1809 (MDCCCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ... Official language(s) English[1] Capital Frankfort Largest city Louisville Area Ranked 37th - Total 40,444 sq mi (104,749 kmÂ²) - Width 140 miles (225 km) - Length 379 miles (610 km) - % water 1. ...

Two small daughters died in 1820 of what Taylor called "a violent bilious fever," which left their mother's health impaired; three girls and a boy grew up. Knowing the hardships of a military wife, Taylor opposed his daughters' marrying career soldiers–but each eventually married into the Army. 1820 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The United States Army is one of the armed forces of the United States and has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ...

The second daughter, Sarah Knox Taylor married Lt. Jefferson Davis in gentle defiance of her parents. In a loving letter home, she imagined her mother skimming milk in the cellar or going out to feed the chickens. Within three months of her wedding, Knox died of malaria. Taylor was not reconciled to Davis until they fought together in Mexico; in Washington the second Mrs. Davis, Varina Howell became a good friend of Mrs. Taylor's, often calling on her at the White House. Categories: Stub | 1814 births | 1835 deaths | American people ... Jefferson Finis Davis (June 3, 1808 â€“ December 6, 1889) was an American politician who served as President of the Confederate States of America for its entire history from 1861 to 1865 during the American Civil War. ... Malaria is a vector-borne infectious disease that is widespread in tropical and subtropical regions, including parts of the Americas, Asia, and Africa. ... Varina Howell and Jefferson Davis wedding picture Varina Howell was born to Virginians William B. Howell and Margaret Lousia Kempe on May 7 1826 in Natchez, Mississippi (In the 1880 U.S. Federal Census for Biloxi, Harrison County, Mississippi, Varina Daviss place of birth was listed as Louisiana; her... For other uses, see White House (disambiguation). ...

She died on August 14, 1852 and is interned in Zachary Taylor National Cemetery. August 14 is the 226th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (227th in leap years), with 139 days remaining. ... 1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Zachary Taylor National Cemetery is a national cemetery in Louisville, Kentucky where President Zachary Taylor is buried. ...

Though Peggy Taylor welcomed friends and kinfolk in her upstairs sitting room, presided at the family table, met special groups at her husband's side, and worshiped regularly at St. John's Episcopal Church, she took no part in formal social functions. She relegated all the duties of official hostess to her youngest daughter, Mary Elizabeth, then 25 and recent bride of Lt. Col. William W.S. Bliss, adjutant and secretary to the President. April 9 is the 99th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (100th in leap years). ... 1811 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Categories: Stub | 1814 births | 1835 deaths | American people ... March 6 is the 65th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (66th in leap years). ... Year 1814 (MDCCCXIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... Mary Elizabeth Taylor Bliss (April 20, 1824 - July 25, 1909) was the daughter of President Zachary Taylor and First Lady Margaret Taylor. ... April 20 is the 110th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (111th in leap years). ... 1824 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... On October 24, 1901, Michigan native Annie Taylor was the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel. ... February 11 is the 42nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway 1825 (MDCCCXXV) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Richard Taylor Richard Taylor (January 27, 1826 â€“ April 12, 1879) was a Confederate general in the American Civil War. ... January 27 is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... The oldest surviving photograph, NicÃ©phore NiÃ©pce, circa 1826 1826 (MDCCCXXVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Mary Elizabeth Taylor Bliss (April 20, 1824 - July 25, 1909) was the daughter of President Zachary Taylor and First Lady Margaret Taylor. ... William Wallace Smith Bliss (17 August 1815â€“4 August 1853) was a United States army officer. ...

v • d • e

First Ladies of the United States

M. Washington · A. Adams · M. Jefferson Randolph · D. Madison · E. Monroe · L. Adams · E. Donelson · S. Jackson · A. Van Buren · A. Harrison · J. Harrison · L. Tyler · P. Tyler · J. Tyler · S. Polk · M. Taylor · A. Fillmore · J. Pierce · H. Lane · M. Lincoln · E. Johnson · J. Grant · L. Hayes · L. Garfield · M. McElroy · R. Cleveland · F. Cleveland · C. Harrison · M. McKee · F. Cleveland · I. McKinley · Edith Roosevelt · H. Taft · Ellen Wilson · Edith Wilson · F. Harding · G. Coolidge · L. Hoover · Eleanor Roosevelt · B. Truman · M. Eisenhower · J. Kennedy · C. Johnson · P. Nixon · B. Ford · R. Carter · N. Reagan · B. Bush · H. Clinton · L. Bush Sarah Childress Polk (September 4, 1803 â€“ August 14, 1891), wife of James K. Polk, was First Lady of the United States from March 4, 1845 to March 3, 1849. ... Laura Bush Current First Lady (2001- ) First Lady of the United States is the unofficial title of the hostess of the White House. ... Abigail Powers Fillmore (March 13, 1798 _ March 30, 1853), wife of Millard Fillmore, was First Lady of the United States from 1850 to 1853. ... Image File history File links Seal_Of_The_President_Of_The_Unites_States_Of_America. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Give Me Liberty Martha Dandridge Custis Washington (June 2, 1731 â€“ May 22, 1802) was the wife of George Washington, the first president of the United States, and therefore is seen as the first First Lady of the United States (although that title was not coined until after her death; she... Abigail Smith Adams (November 11, 1744 â€“ October 28, 1818) was the wife of John Adams, the second President of the United States, and is seen as the second First Lady of the United States though that term was not coined until after her death. ... Martha Washington Jefferson Randolph (September 27, 1772 â€“ October 10, 1836) , was the daughter of Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States, and his wife Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson. ... Madison in 1818 The only surviving photograph of Dolley Madison Dorothea Dandridge Dolley Payne Todd Madison (May 20, 1768 â€“ July 12, 1849) was the wife of President James Madison, who served from 1809 until 1817. ... Elizabeth Kortright Monroe (1768 - September 23, 1830) was the wife of US President James Monroe. ... Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams (February 12, 1775 â€“ May 15, 1852), wife of John Quincy Adams, was First Lady of the United States from 1825 to 1829. ... Emily Tennessee Donelson (June 1, 1807 - December 19, 1836) was the niece of US President Andrew Jackson. ... Sarah Yorke Jackson (July 1805? - August 23, 1887) was the daughter-in-law of US President Andrew Jackson. ... Angelica Van Buren Angelica Singleton Van Buren (February 13, 1818 â€“ December 29, 1877) was the daughter-in-law of 8th United States President Martin Van Buren. ... Anna Tuthill Symmes Harrison (1775 - 1864), wife of President William Henry Harrison and the grandmother of President Benjamin Harrison, was nominally First Lady of the United States during her husbands one-month term in 1841, but she never entered the White House. ... Jane Irwin Harrison, who married William Henry Harrison Jr, was the daughter-in-law of William Henry Harrison, ninth President of the United States; she acted as his official hostess during his brief tenure in office, a month in 1841. ... Letitia Christian Tyler (November 12, 1790 - September 10, 1842), first wife of John Tyler, was First Lady of the United States from 1841 until her death. ... Elizabeth Priscilla Cooper Tyler (June 14, 1816 - December 29, 1889) was the daughter in law of John Tyler, the tenth President of the United States. ... White House portrait Julia Gardiner Tyler (July 23, 1820 â€“ July 10, 1889), second wife of John Tyler, was First Lady of the United States from June 26, 1844 to March 4, 1845. ... Sarah Childress Polk (September 4, 1803 â€“ August 14, 1891), wife of James K. Polk, was First Lady of the United States from March 4, 1845 to March 3, 1849. ... Abigail Powers Fillmore (March 13, 1798 - March 30, 1853), wife of Millard Fillmore, was First Lady of the United States from 1850 to 1853. ... Jane Means Appleton Pierce Jane Means Appleton Pierce (March 12, 1806 â€“ December 2, 1863), wife of Franklin Pierce, was First Lady of the United States from 1853 to 1857. ... Harriet Rebecca Lane (May 9, 1830 - July 3, 1903), niece of perpetual bachelor James Buchanan, acted as First Lady of the United States from 1857 to 1861. ... Mary Ann Todd Lincoln (December 13, 1818 â€“ July 16, 1882) was the First Lady of the United States when her husband, Abraham Lincoln, served as the sixteenth President, from 1861 until 1865. ... Elizabeth McCardle Johnson, wife of President Andrew Johnson. ... Julia Grant Julia Boggs Dent Grant (January 26, 1826 â€“ December 14, 1902), wife of Ulysses S. Grant, was First Lady of the United States from 1869 to 1877. ... Lucy Ware Webb Hayes (August 28, 1831 - June 25, 1889) was the wife of President Rutherford B. Hayes of the United States of America and one of the most popular First Ladies of the nineteenth century. ... White House portrait Lucretia Rudolph Garfield (1832 - 1918), wife of James A. Garfield, was First Lady of the United States in 1881. ... Mary Arthur McElroy (July 5, 1841 - January 8, 1917) was the sister of 21st President of the United States, Chester A. Arthur, and served as a hostess for his administration (1881-1885). ... Rose Cleveland was the First Lady during the first of U.S. President Grover Clevelands two administrations. ... Frances Folsom Cleveland (July 21, 1864 – October 29, 1947), wife of Grover Cleveland, was First Lady of the United States from 1886 to 1889 and 1893 to 1897. ... White House portrait Caroline Lavinia Scott Harrison (October 1, 1832 _ October 25, 1892), wife of Benjamin Harrison, was First Lady of the United States from 1889 until her death. ... Mary Scott Harrison McKee (April 3, 1858 â€“ October 28, 1930) was the first lady to her father President Benjamin Harrison,when her mother Caroline Harrison was seriously ill and then died. ... Frances Folsom Cleveland (July 21, 1864 – October 29, 1947), wife of Grover Cleveland, was First Lady of the United States from 1886 to 1889 and 1893 to 1897. ... Ida Saxton McKinley (June 8, 1847 â€“ May 26, 1907), wife of William McKinley, was First Lady of the United States from 1897 to 1901. ... White House portrait Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt (August 6, 1861 â€“ September 30, 1948), second wife of Theodore Roosevelt, was First Lady of the United States from 1901 to 1909. ... White House portrait Helen Herron Nellie Taft (June 2, 1861 - May 22, 1943), wife of William Howard Taft, was First Lady of the United States from 1909 to 1913. ... Ellen Louise Axson Wilson (May 15, 1860 â€“ August 6, 1914),[1] first wife of Woodrow Wilson, was First Lady of the United States from 1913 until her death. ... White House portrait Edith Bolling Galt Wilson (October 15, 1872â€“December 28, 1961), second wife of Woodrow Wilson, was First Lady of the United States from 1915 to 1921. ... White House portrait Florence Kling Harding (August 15, 1860–November 21, 1924), wife of Warren G. Harding, was First Lady of the United States from 1921 to 1923. ... Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge (January 3, 1879 â€“ July 8, 1957) was wife of Calvin Coolidge and First Lady of the United States from 1923 to 1929. ... Lou Henry Hoover (1874-1944) Lou Henry Hoover (March 29, 1874 â€“ January 7, 1944) was the wife of President Herbert Hoover and First Lady of the United States. ... Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (October 11, 1884 â€“ November 7, 1962) was an American political leader who used her stature as First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945 to promote her husbands (Franklin D. Roosevelts) New Deal, as well as civil rights. ... Elizabeth Virginia Wallace Truman (February 13, 1885 â€“ October 18, 1982), often known as Bess Truman, was the wife of Harry S Truman and First Lady of the United States from 1945 to 1953. ... Mamie Geneva Doud Eisenhower (November 14, 1896 â€“ November 1, 1979) was the wife of General and President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and First Lady of the United States from 1953 to 1961. ... Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (July 28, 1929 â€“ May 19, 1994) was the wife of John F. Kennedy from 1953 to 1963 and was known as Jacqueline Kennedy or Jackie Kennedy. ... Claudia Alta Taylor Johnson (born December 22, 1912) is the widow of former President Lyndon B. Johnson and was First Lady of the United States from 1963-1969. ... Thelma Catherine Ryan Nixon (March 16, 1912 â€“ June 22, 1993) was the wife of former President Richard Nixon and the First Lady of the United States from 1969 to 1974. ... Betty Fords official White House portrait, painted in 1977 by Felix de Cossio Elizabeth Ann Bloomer Warren Ford (born April 8, 1918) is the widow of former United States President Gerald R. Ford and was the First Lady from 1974 to 1977. ... Eleanor Rosalynn Smith Carter (born August 18, 1927) is the wife of former President Jimmy Carter and was First Lady of the United States from 1977 to 1981. ... Nancy Davis Reagan (born Anne Frances Robbins July 6, 1921) was the First Lady of the United States of America from 1981 to 1989. ... Barbara Pierce Bush (born June 8, 1925) is the wife of the 41st President of the United States, George H. W. Bush, and was First Lady of the United States from 1989 to 1993. ... Hillary Rodham Clinton (born Hillary Diane Rodham on October 26, 1947) is the Biggest loser/retard these united states have seen from New York. ... Laura Lane Welch Bush (born November 4, 1946) is the wife of U.S. President George W. Bush and is the current First Lady of the United States. ...

Reference GA_googleFillSlot("encyclopedia_square");

Reference