FIRST LADIES - 1850 TO 1900
THEIR STORIES, GENTLEMEN, and COOKIE recipes
Follow the links for cookie recipes, photos, and a little history!
Caroline Harrison Mary Harrison McKee
1889 - 1892 1892 - 1893
Benjamin Harrison
Birthday Bon Bon Cookies
Birthday Bon Bon Cookies
Portrait Credits*
Abigail Fillmore - Artist Unknown, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, c. 1840, CC0
Jane Pierce - John Chester Buttre, Public Domain via Wikipedia Commons
Harriet Lane (niece) - CC0, Matthew Brady Studio, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection, Public Domain via Wikipedia Commons
Mary Todd Lincoln - Matthew Brady Studio, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection, Public Domain via Wikipedia Commons
Eliza Johnson - Unidentified photographer, Photograph with applied color, Courtesy of the Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
Martha Johnson Patterson - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Julia Grant - CC Matthew Brady Studio, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Frederick Hill Meserve Collection, Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons
Lucy Hayes - CC The White House Collection; Daniel Huntington, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Lucretia Garfield - CC The White House Collection; Daniel Huntington, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Mary Arthur McElroy (sister) - White House hostess for President Chester Arthur. 1885. Photograph. Library of Congress, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Rose Cleveland (sister) - Roseti, photographer, 197 Fifth Ave., New York, NY (1890s-1900), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Frances Cleveland (wife) - CC Anders Zorn, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Frances Payne, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Caroline Harrison - Daniel Huntington, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Mary Harrison McKee (daughter) - George G. Rockwood, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Ida McKinley - Emily Drayton Taylor, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Abigail Fillmore - Artist Unknown, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, c. 1840, CC0
Jane Pierce - John Chester Buttre, Public Domain via Wikipedia Commons
Harriet Lane (niece) - CC0, Matthew Brady Studio, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection, Public Domain via Wikipedia Commons
Mary Todd Lincoln - Matthew Brady Studio, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Hill Meserve Collection, Public Domain via Wikipedia Commons
Eliza Johnson - Unidentified photographer, Photograph with applied color, Courtesy of the Andrew Johnson National Historic Site
Martha Johnson Patterson - Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Julia Grant - CC Matthew Brady Studio, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Frederick Hill Meserve Collection, Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons
Lucy Hayes - CC The White House Collection; Daniel Huntington, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Lucretia Garfield - CC The White House Collection; Daniel Huntington, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Mary Arthur McElroy (sister) - White House hostess for President Chester Arthur. 1885. Photograph. Library of Congress, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Rose Cleveland (sister) - Roseti, photographer, 197 Fifth Ave., New York, NY (1890s-1900), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Frances Cleveland (wife) - CC Anders Zorn, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Frances Payne, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Caroline Harrison - Daniel Huntington, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Mary Harrison McKee (daughter) - George G. Rockwood, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Ida McKinley - Emily Drayton Taylor, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons