My understanding is that Roosevelt had a younger wife, but she died before his presidency, so that one wouldn't count.
Alice Hathaway became Teddy's wife when she was 19. Tragically dying after giving birth to their first child two day later. And yes, Theodore was not the president at that time.
Since no one else is playing, and you're stumped George, I will just reveal the answer.
The youngest wife of a president to become First Lady was also the first to be married in the White House. Frances Cleveland was 21 yrs. old when she married Grover Cleveland in a White House ceremony. If memory serves, John Phillip Souza led the U.S. Marine band and conducted, even wrote a song.… A lot of Presidential firsts with this Presidential couple. First child born in the White House to a sitting president, from Grover's second wife. First non-consecutive terms by a First Lady. (Odd, now that Melania Trump had become First Lady again, I've yet to hear her name ever mentioned).
Frances (who liked to be called Frank) was a celebrity in her own right. America couldn't get enough of the young presidential bride. The media couldn't get enough. That's why I made the association of her with Jackie Kennedy. Like Jackie in her day, Frances took America by storm in hers.
Anyone today would recognize that U.S. presidents live a long time, with Jimmy Carter passing away at 100 in 2024. The average age of a U.S. president is 78 years old. But only five presidents died in their 50s. Name three.
I'm going with JFK (young guy whose term was interrupted), William Henry Harrison (he got sick almost immediately upon being sworn in and died), and FDR (who also died in office, and was plagued with health problems long before he was elected president.)
I think Kennedy was still in his 40s when he was shot. I suspect that FDR was older than 59 when he died (after 14 years in office). I also thing WHH was an older guy.
I'm thinking Abraham Lincoln, William McKinley, and James Garfield. All assassinated and moderately young.
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Teddy Roosevelt was our youngest president, but I don't know anything about his wife.
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She was 40.
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My understanding is that Roosevelt had a younger wife, but she died before his presidency, so that one wouldn't count.
I have no idea who the youngest First Lady was.
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Alice Hathaway became Teddy's wife when she was 19. Tragically dying after giving birth to their first child two day later. And yes, Theodore was not the president at that time.
Since no one else is playing, and you're stumped George, I will just reveal the answer.
The youngest wife of a president to become First Lady was also the first to be married in the White House. Frances Cleveland was 21 yrs. old when she married Grover Cleveland in a White House ceremony. If memory serves, John Phillip Souza led the U.S. Marine band and conducted, even wrote a song.… A lot of Presidential firsts with this Presidential couple. First child born in the White House to a sitting president, from Grover's second wife. First non-consecutive terms by a First Lady. (Odd, now that Melania Trump had become First Lady again, I've yet to hear her name ever mentioned).
Frances (who liked to be called Frank) was a celebrity in her own right. America couldn't get enough of the young presidential bride. The media couldn't get enough. That's why I made the association of her with Jackie Kennedy. Like Jackie in her day, Frances took America by storm in hers.
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Human is technically still up.
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Yes, sort of, I technically played Raf's turn, but let me come up with something again. Okay.
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Anyone today would recognize that U.S. presidents live a long time, with Jimmy Carter passing away at 100 in 2024. The average age of a U.S. president is 78 years old. But only five presidents died in their 50s. Name three.
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I'm going with JFK (young guy whose term was interrupted), William Henry Harrison (he got sick almost immediately upon being sworn in and died), and FDR (who also died in office, and was plagued with health problems long before he was elected president.)
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I think Kennedy was still in his 40s when he was shot. I suspect that FDR was older than 59 when he died (after 14 years in office). I also thing WHH was an older guy.
I'm thinking Abraham Lincoln, William McKinley, and James Garfield. All assassinated and moderately young.
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