Famous Visitors

First Lady Melania Trump

Monday, February 27, 2017

First Lady Melania Trump visited the Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington.

Michelle Robinson Obama (Mrs. Barack Hussein Obama)

August 2009

First Lady of the United States (2009-2016). Made an informal visit to Mount Vernon with her mother, and daughters Malia and Sasha.

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Laura Bush (Mrs. George W. Bush)

Spring 2001 and other occasions

First Lady of the United States (2001-2009). Came to Mount Vernon with members of her Austin, Texas, garden club. (Spring 2001) Came back to visit the estate with friends in 2003 and again in 2007, first with her husband to celebrate President's Day, and later in the year with the wife of the Japanese Prime Minister.

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Hillary Rodham Clinton (Mrs. William Jefferson Clinton)

1999

First Lady of the United States hosted a luncheon at Mount Vernon.

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Barbara Bush (Mrs. George Herbert Walker Bush)

Wednesday, June 17, 1992

First Lady of the United States (1989-1993).

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Rosalynn Carter (Mrs. Jimmy Carter)

Thursday, September 08, 1977

First Lady of the United States (1977-1981). Accompanied a group of wives of Latin American dignitaries to Mount Vernon; the ladies and their husbands were in Washington for the signing of the Panama Canal Treaty.

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Lady Bird Johnson (Mrs. Lyndon Johnson)

1965 and several other occasions

Lady Bird Johnson came to Mount Vernon on several occasions as First Lady and at least once prior to that.

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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.

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Eleanor Roosevelt (Mrs. Franklin Delano Roosevelt)

1933 and many other occasions

First Lady of the United States (1933-1945).

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Lou Henry Hoover (Mrs. Herbert Hoover)

1929 and several other occasions

First Lady of the United States (1929-1933). Came to Mount Vernon on several occasions during her husband's presidency.

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Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt (Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt)

1906 and several other times

First Lady of the United States (1901-1909). Came to Mount Vernon several times during her husband's presidency.

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Ida Saxton McKinley (Mrs. William McKinley)

1898

First Lady of the United States (1897-1901)

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Caroline Scott Harrison (Mrs. Benjamin Harrison)

1890

First Lady of the United States (1889-1892).

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Mary Todd Lincoln

Tuesday, March 26, 1861

First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln came to Mount Vernon with some friends, where they were given a tour by Superintendent Upton Herbert, and a lunch of bread, butter, and ham.

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Dolley Payne Todd Madison and Sarah Childress Polk

June 1845

First Ladies of the United States (1809-1817). Madison was invited to visit Mount Vernon in 1805, prior to becoming First Lady, but was unable to go. Later went to Mount Vernon in 1845, after her time as First Lady, in the company of President and Mrs. Polk.

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Famous First Ladys

First Lady Melania Trump

Monday, February 27, 2017

Michelle Robinson Obama (Mrs. Barack Hussein Obama)

August 2009

Laura Bush (Mrs. George W. Bush)

Spring 2001 and other occasions

Hillary Rodham Clinton (Mrs. William Jefferson Clinton)

1999

Barbara Bush (Mrs. George Herbert Walker Bush)

Wednesday, June 17, 1992

Rosalynn Carter (Mrs. Jimmy Carter)

Thursday, September 08, 1977

Lady Bird Johnson (Mrs. Lyndon Johnson)

1965 and several other occasions

Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy (Mrs. John Fitzgerald Kennedy)

1961 and 1962

Eleanor Roosevelt (Mrs. Franklin Delano Roosevelt)

1933 and many other occasions

Lou Henry Hoover (Mrs. Herbert Hoover)

1929 and several other occasions

Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt (Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt)

1906 and several other times

Ida Saxton McKinley (Mrs. William McKinley)

1898

Caroline Scott Harrison (Mrs. Benjamin Harrison)

1890

Mary Todd Lincoln

Tuesday, March 26, 1861

Dolley Payne Todd Madison and Sarah Childress Polk

June 1845

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