Frances Cleveland
Sign in to saveFirst Lady of the United States from 1886 to 1889 and 1893 to 1897
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1868
- Died
- 1947-10-29
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Private diary, September-October 1882
via Open Library + Wikidata
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,328x
- Robust Locally Weighted Regression and Smoothing Scatterplots
· 1979 · cited 14,537x
- Cancer-related inflammation
· 2008 · cited 9,157x
- The protein data bank: A computer-based archival file for macromolecular structures
· 1977 · cited 6,768x
- Searching for Common Threads: Understanding the Multiple Effects of Diversity in Organizational Groups
· 1996 · cited 6,035x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- President
- Grover Cleveland
- Preceded by
- Mary Harrison McKee (acting)
- Succeeded by
- Ida Saxton McKinley
- Born
- Frances Clara Folsom , ( 1864-07-21 ) July 21, 1864, Buffalo, New York , U.S.
- Died
- October 29, 1947 (1947-10-29) (aged 83), Baltimore , Maryland, U.S.
- Resting place
- Princeton Cemetery
- Party
- Democratic
- Spouses
- Grover Cleveland ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1886 ; died 1908 ) Thomas J. Preston Jr. ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1913 )
- Children
- 5, including Ruth , Esther , Richard , and Francis
- Education
- Wells College ( BA )
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 21 July 1864
- Died
- 29 October 1947
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Clara
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Buffalo
- Place of death
- Baltimore
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- First Lady of the United States
- Educated at
- Wells College
- Political party
- Democratic Party (United States)
Article
Frances Clara Cleveland Preston (née Folsom, christened Frank Clara; July 21, 1864 – October 29, 1947) was the first lady of the United States from 1886 to 1889 and again from 1893 until 1897, as the wife of President Grover Cleveland. She was the first to hold the position nonconsecutively. Having married Cleveland at age 21, she was the youngest first lady in American history.
When Folsom was an infant, she first met Grover Cleveland. Her father, Oscar Folsom, was also a close friend to Cleveland. When her father died in 1875, Cleveland became the executor of the estate, paid off the family's outstanding debts, and provided for the well-being of Frances and her mother, Emma. After graduating from Wells College, she married Grover Cleveland during his first presidential term. When he lost reelection in 1888, the Clevelands went into private life for four years and began having children. After Grover Cleveland was elected president again in 1892, Frances dedicated much of her time in the second term to her children.