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Emily Tennessee Donelson ( Nashville, 1º giugno 1807 – Nashville, 19 dicembre 1836) è stata una politica statunitense, First lady degli Stati Uniti d'America pro tempore dal 1829 al 1834 durante la presidenza di Andrew Jackson. Era la nipote della moglie di Jackson, Rachel Donelson Jackson, deceduta poche settimane prima dell'insediamento ...
Emily Tennessee Donelson (June 1, 1807 – December 19, 1836) was the acting first lady of the United States from 1829 to 1834 during the presidency of her uncle Andrew Jackson. She was the daughter of the brother of Jackson’s wife. Jackson’s wife, Rachel Donelson Jackson, died weeks before her husband's presidential inauguration .
Born in Tennessee on June 1, 1807, Emily Donelson was the daughter of John and Mary Donelson. 1 She married her cousin, Andrew J. Donelson, on September 16, 1824. 2 The couple accompanied Andrew and Rachel Jackson to Washington, D.C. shortly after their marriage. They went on to have four children together and lived at The Hermitage with the ...
The spirit of Dolley Madison is everywhere in the blocks surrounding the White House. She lived at 1333 F Street, in the White House, in the Octagon House, and in a former row house in the 2000 block of Pennsylvania Avenue. But nowhere in Washington do visitors better imagine Dolley than at her residence across from Saint John’s Church.
After Jackson dismissed Emily Donelson, he asked Sarah Yorke Jackson, wife of his adopted son, Andrew Jackson Jr., to assume the hostessing duties. Sarah Jackson was not unfamiliar with the role, having taken on those responsibilities when Emily was ill. Yet Rachel Jackson's death cast a pall over the administration's social calendar, and while ...
Andrew Jackson’s wife Rachel Donelson Jackson died of a heart attack in 1828, only five days after Jackson was elected as president. Following the precedent set by the widowed President Jefferson, Jackson asked a relative to serve as hostess in the White House––his wife’s favorite niece, Emily Donelson. Emily was 21 years old when her ...
Emily took over the role of first lady from her aunt, Rachel Donelson Jackson, Andrew Jackson's first and only wife, who died before Andrew Jackson’s inauguration. She supported literacy and education, especially for girls. Andrew Jackson replaced Emily Donelson with Sarah Yorke Jackson, his daughter-in-law, when Emily’s name became ...
