First Family Weddings

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[afraidfortherepublic]

I ran across this historical collection of photos of First Family Weddings and I thought that I'd post some of them for your enjoyment. Many of these I've never seen before. Please go to the link to see all of them.

[afraidfortherepublic]

The guests arrive for Alice Roosevelt's 1906 marriage to Ohio congressman Nicholas Longworth. This wedding is considered the grandest of all nuptials held at the White House.

Seventeen White House weddings have been documented:

March 29, 1812
Lucy Payne Washington (the sister of Dolley Madison) married Thomas Todd on the State Floor, probably in the Blue Room.

March 9, 1820
Maria Hester Monroe (daughter of President and Mrs. James Monroe) married Samuel Lawrence Gouverneur (Mrs. Monroe’s nephew) on the State Floor, probably in the Blue Room.

February 25, 1828 John Adams (son of President and Mrs. John Quincy Adams) married Mary Catherine Hellen (Mrs. Adams’ niece) in the Blue Room.

April 10, 1832
Mary A. Eastin (Rachel Jackson’s niece) married Lucius J. Polk in the East Room.

November 29, 1832
Mary Anne Lewis (daughter of a close friend of President Andrew Jackson) married Alphonse Pageot in the East Room.

January 31, 1842
Elizabeth Tyler (daughter of President and Mrs. John Tyler) married William Waller in the East Room.

May 21, 1874 Nellie Grant (daughter of President and Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant) married Algernon Sartoris in the East Room.

June 19, 1878
Emily Platt (niece of Lucy Hayes) married Russell Hastings in the Blue Room.

June 2, 1886
President Grover Cleveland married Frances Folsom in the Blue Room.

February 17, 1906
Alice Lee Roosevelt (daughter of President and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt) married Nicholas Longworth in the East Room.

November 25, 1913
Jessie Woodrow Wilson (daughter of President and Mrs. Woodrow Wilson) married Francis Bowes Sayre in the East Room.

May 7, 1914
Eleanor Randolph Wilson (daughter of President and Mrs. Woodrow Wilson) married William Gibbs McAdoo in the Blue Room.

August 7, 1918
Alice Wilson (niece of President Woodrow Wilson) married Isaac Stuart McElroy, Jr., in the Blue Room.

July 30, 1942
Harry Hopkins (assistant to President Franklin D. Roosevelt) married Louise Gill Macy in the Second Floor Oval Room (then the president’s study).

December 9, 1967
Lynda Bird Johnson (daughter of President and Mrs. Johnson) married Charles Spittal Robb in the East Room.

June 12, 1971
Tricia Nixon (daughter of President and Mrs. Richard Nixon) married Edward Finch Cox in the Rose Garden.

May 28, 1994
Anthony Rodham (brother of Hillary Rodham Clinton) married Nicole Boxer in the Rose Garden.

[Dinah Lord]

Thanks for the enjoyable ping!

Here we are up to 120+ posts and no pic of Barack and Michelle. Hahaha. (Couldn't resist)

[afraidfortherepublic]

That is a disgusting photo. What’s with those two? Can’t they afford shoes that fit? There are many pictures of them floating around with their shoes off. I take my shoes off too, but never in front of people outside the family, or in front of a camera. My mama taught me better.

I’ve seen pictures of them with their feet all over the seats of AF One and all over the WH furniture.

[Albion Wilde]

Jay Kelly (Amy's Husband), Amy Carter and soon to be 9 years of age and a Drummer Hugo Carter

Her husband's name is James Gregory Wentzel, not Kelly; and their son is Hugo James Wentzel.

[Albion Wilde]

My grandparents were young marrieds living in DC during the Alice Roosevelt Longworth era. Fifty years later, my grandmother was still talking about how Alice Longworth's wedding stirred up the town. There was a song about Alice called "My Sweet Little Alice Blue Gown." Scroll down for a "click to play" audio file.

[Albion Wilde]

The Carter pics were the perfect picture of a couple Yugo driving liberals. LOL

A friend of mine lives one block from them. They live in a fairly unpretentious not-very-upper-middle artsy yuppie leafy neighborhood just north of the center of Atlanta. The houses are renovated late Victorian or Arts and Crafts bungalows (1920s) with front porches and separate garage buildings in the rear on the alley, small yards with mature plantings, and sidewalks.

[Albion Wilde]

I am interested in Amy Carter’s two husbands..... I may poke around on the internet and see what I can learn

You will probably learn that she has been married once, to James Wentzel, the father of her son, who was born three years after James and Amy were married.

[Albion Wilde]

Chelsea’s dress is gorgeous. She looks happy. Were they married by a minister and a rabbi, or just a rabbi?

[MHGinTN]

Both actually!

[Momto2]

Did Amy just have a baby girl named Mia? If you look at James Wentzel's facebook page - he has a photo of new (Jan. 27th) baby girl. In the comments section it says "Congratulations to you and Sherri"..... He does mention his son, Hugo, is about to turn 11 years old. He also has a photo of himself with this woman (Sherri) There are several comments about Sherri but none about Amy -

If you have further information - I would be interested.....

[Momto2]

Oh... and also, they both (Jim Wentzel and Sherri) work for the Cartoon Network :)

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[Vor Lady]

Thanks for the wedding ping!