



 |
 |
 |
 |
Three presidents' wives died while their husbands occupied the White House: Letitia Tyler, age fifty-one, September 10, 1842; Caroline Harrison, age sixty, October 25, 1892; and Ellen Wilson, age fifty-four, August 6, 1914. John Tyler and Woodrow Wilson remarried during their presidencies, Tyler in 1844 to Julia Gardiner, and Wilson in 1915 to Edith Bolling Galt. Benjamin Harrison, who was defeated for reelection two weeks after Caroline died, married Mary Scott Lord Dimmick in 1896. more... |
|