Thelma Catherine “Pat” Ryan and Richard Nixon fell in love after meeting at an audition for a community play. The two married on June 21, 1940, in Riverside, California and following that, they honeymooned in Mexico.
The photo above is a picture from Nixon’s wedding shower. Nixon became president after his second presidential campaign. As you may already know, Mr. Nixon was a part of one of the biggest American political scandals in modern history.
Edith Wilson Was One of Her Husband's Advisers
President Woodrow Wilson met Edith Bolling Galt a year after his wife passed away. She was also married but her husband had also passed away in 1908. The two married on December 18, 1915, in Washington, D.C. It was thought by many that Wilson would not be elected for a second term due to his quick courtship to Edith.
However, he was inaugurated for the second time in March of 1917. Edith proved to be an invaluable advisor to her husband during his second term, which included the beginning of WWI.
Lyndon Baines Johnson Proposed on the First Date
Lyndon Baines Johnson, LBJ for short met Claudia Alta, “Lady Bird” Taylor through a mutual friend. Sometime after Lady Bird made a confession that she felt drawn to LBJ “like a moth drawn to a flame.” Wildly enough, he proposed to her on the first date and she accepted about two weeks later.
The two married in San Antonio, Texas on November 17, 1934. A honeymoon to Mexico came after the wedding. LBJ became the 36th president of the United States in 1963 after John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
America’s First Presidential Wedding
When George Washington was 26, he married Martha, who was 27 at the time on January 6, 1759. They married at the White House, which was a plantation at the time. Martha was married previously and had four children, but her husband passed away.
According to Wikipedia and the few remaining depictions of the event, “Washington’s suit was of blue and silver cloth with red trimming and gold knee buckles. The bride wore purple silk shoes with spangled buckles, which are occasionally displayed at Mount Vernon.” Her dress was also blue, to coordinate with Washington’s.
A Snapshot of Barack and Michelle Obama's Garter Toss
In 2018 Michelle posted this intimate photo from her wedding reception of her and Barack on Instagram. In her caption, she shared with her followers that he had been sick with a cold in the morning but felt better when he was at the altar.
She recalled: “We ended up dancing almost all night. Twenty-five years later, we’re still having fun, while also doing the hard work to build our partnership and support each other as individuals. I can’t imagine going on this wild ride with anybody else.”