Famous Visitors

Stewart Udall

Tuesday, May 04, 1965

Secretary of the Interior for President Lyndon B. Johnson.

Vice President & Mrs. Hubert Humphrey

1965 and 1967

Prince & Princess Mikasa

1965

From Japan.

Princess Christina

1965

From Sweden.

James Thomas Flexner

1965 and 1974

American writer; biographer of George Washington.

Mrs. Dorothy Troth Muir

1965

American writer.

Justice William O. Douglas

1962

Prince Souvanna Phouma

1962

Prime Minister of Laos.

Crown Prince Hasan as-Senussi

1962

The Crown Prince of Libya.

President John F. Kennedy

Tuesday, July 11, 1961

The 35th President and First Lady of the United States hosted a state dinner at Mount Vernon for President Muhammad Ayub Khan of Pakistan.

Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy (Mrs. John Fitzgerald Kennedy)

1961 and 1962

First Lady of the United States (1961-1963). In addition to her much-heralded state dinner at Mount Vernon for Pakistani President Ayub Khan in 1961, she also came out to the estate the following year, just to have a peaceful place to ride her horse.

Lady Bird Johnson (Mrs. Lyndon Johnson)

1961 and several other occasions

First Lady of the United States (1963-1969). Came to Mount Vernon on several occasions as First Lady, and at least once prior to that.

Senator Everett M. Dirksen

1961

The Honorable Allen W. Dulles

1961

Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.

Letitia Baldridge

1961 and 1989

Etiquette expert. Visited Mount Vernon in 1961, 1989, and other times.