1. Which president’s child was the first to wed in the Executive Mansion?
  • Thomas Jefferson
  • James Madison
  • James Monroe
  • Millard Fillmore
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2. Who was the first son of a president to tie the knot at the White House?
  • John Adams II

  • Andrew Jackson Jr.

  • Abraham Van Buren

  • Frederick Grant

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3. How long was it until the next White House wedding took place?
  • 13 years

  • 24 years

  • 33 years

  • 41 years

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4. The first president to marry while in office was:
  • William Henry Harrison

  • John Tyler

  • James K. Polk

  • Martin Van Buren

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5. Which White House bride abandoned her American citizenship shortly after her marriage?
  • Polly Jefferson

  • Ellen Wrenshall “Nellie” Grant

  • Sarah Knox Taylor

  • Abigail Fillmore

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6. Who was the only president to marry in the White House?
  • Rutherford B. Hayes

  • Chester Alan Arthur

  • Grover Cleveland

  • Benjamin Harrison

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7. This bride once said of her presidential dad: “(He) always wanted to be the corpse at every funeral, the bride at every wedding and the baby at every christening.
  • Esther Cleveland

  • Alice Lee Roosevelt

  • Margaret Wilson

  • Margaret Truman

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8. Which first daughter received wedding gifts that included “a pear-shaped diamond pendant weighing more than six carats” as well as a sack of potatoes, Bermuda onions and a washtub with six boxes of soap?
  • Alice Lee Roosevelt

  • Helen Taft

  • Margaret Truman

  • Jessie Wilson

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9. How long was it until the next White House wedding?
  • 5 months

  • 21 years

  • 43 years

  • 52 years

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10. Which bride had her reception at the White House, but not her wedding ceremony?
  • Anna Roosevelt

  • Luci Baines Johnson

  • Lynda Bird Johnson

  • Julie Nixon

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11. Which presidential daughter once dated — but didn’t marry — actor George Hamilton?
  • Luci Baines Johnson

  • Lynda Bird Johnson

  • Julie Nixon

  • Susan Ford

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12. One daughter of this president married the grandson of another chief executive:
  • Lyndon B. Johnson

  • Richard M. Nixon

  • Gerald R. Ford

  • Jimmy Carter

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13. The daughter of this president was the most recent child to have a White House wedding?
  • Lyndon B. Johnson

  • Gerald R. Ford

  • Richard M. Nixon

  • Jimmy Carter

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14. President George H. Bush’s daughter got married while her father was in office. Where did the wedding take place?
  • The East Room

  • Kennebunkport, Maine

  • Camp David

  • The Blue Room

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15. Which presidential relative had the most recent White House wedding?
  • Tony Rodham

  • Roger Clinton

  • Neil Bush

  • Michael Reagan

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Sources: All the President’s Children FirstLadies.org; WomensHistory.about.com; WhiteHouse.gov; Library of Congress; American-Presidents.com.