Presidential Marriage Stats

Presidential marriages have come in many shapes and forms. Here are some lists of the different types of Presidential marriages:

Presidents who were bachelors before they were sworn in:

• James Buchanan – He never married

• Grover Cleveland  – He married Frances during his first term in office

Presidents whose wives were married before:

• Washington – Martha was married to Daniel Custis before she married Washington

• Jefferson – Martha was married to Bathurst Skelton before she married Jefferson

• Madison – Dolley was married to John Todd before she married Madison

• Jackson – Rachel was married to Lewis Robards before she married Jackson

• Benjamin Harrison – Mary (his second wife) was married to Walter Dimmick before she married Harrison

• Wilson – Edith (his second wife) was married to Norman Galt before she married Wilson

• Harding – Florence was married to Henry DeWolfe before she married Harding

• Ford – Betty was married to William Warren before she married Ford

• Reagan – Jane (his first wife) was married to Ernest Wyman and Myron Futterman before she married Reagan

• Trump – Ivana (his first wife) was married to Alfred Winklmayr before she married Trump

Presidents whose wives married after their marriages to the President:

• Cleveland – Frances married Thomas Preston after Cleveland’s death

• Kennedy – Jacqueline married Aristotle Onassis after Kennedy’s death

• Reagan – Jane married Frederick Karger after her divorce from Reagan

• Trump – Ivana married Ricardo Mazzucchell after her divorce from Trump and married Rossano Rubicondi after her divorce from Mazzucchell

Presidents who were divorced and married the woman who would become First Lady:

• Reagan – Divorced Jane and married Nancy

• Trump – Divorced Ivana and Marla and then married Melania

Presidents who were married more than once:

• Tyler – Tyler married Letitia and after her death he married Julia. He married Julia while he was President

• Fillmore – Fillmore married Abigail and after her death he married Caroline

• Benjamin Harrison – Harrison married Caroline and after her death he married Mary

• Theodore Roosevelt – Roosevelt married Alice and after her death he married Edith

• Wilson – Wilson married Ellen and after her death he married Edith. He married Edith while he was President

• Reagan – Reagan divorced Jane and after that he married Nancy

• Trump – Trump divorced Ivana and then Marla. After that Trump married Melania

Presidents and First Ladies whose only marriage was to each other:

• John Adams – Wife: Abigail

• Monroe – Wife: Elizabeth

• John Quincy Adams – Wife: Louisa

• Van Buren – Wife: Hannah

• WH Harrison – Wife: Anna

• Polk – Wife: Sarah

• Taylor – Wife: Margaret

• Pierce – Wife: Jane

• Lincoln – Wife: Mary

• Andrew Johnson – Wife: Eliza

• Grant – Wife: Julia

• Hayes – Wife: Lucy

• Garfield – Wife: Lucretia

• Arthur – Wife: Ellen

• McKinley – Wife: Ida

• Taft – Wife: Helen

• Coolidge – Wife: Grace

• Hoover – Wife: Lou

• Franklin Roosevelt – Wife: Eleanor

• Truman – Wife: Bess

• Eisenhower – Wife: Mamie

• Lyndon Johnson – Wife: Lady Bird

• Nixon – Wife: Pat

• Carter – Wife: Rosalynn

• George HW Bush – Wife: Barbara

• Clinton – Wife: Hillary

• George W Bush – Wife: Laura

• Obama – Wife: Michelle