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RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - LincolnToddFan - 08-23-2014
When Willie Lincoln died, former President Pierce set aside his political differences with Abraham Lincoln and wrote him a very warm and sympathetic condolence letter, as one grieving father to another.
("The President's War: Six Presidents and the Civil War That Divided Them" auth. Chris DeRose)
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - Eva Elisabeth - 08-23-2014
In this sad context - after delivering his lengthy address (the longest inaugural address at all) without an overcoat or hat, William Henry Harrison consequently caught pneumonia and died a month later. One First Lady faced the same fate (dying of pneumonia after attending an inauguration in the bitter cold). Who?
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - LincolnToddFan - 08-23-2014
Hi Eva E., I have honestly never read about this...I'm eager to know who it was!
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - Eva Elisabeth - 08-23-2014
What about a wild guess?
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - RJNorton - 08-23-2014
Caroline Harrison?
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - Eva Elisabeth - 08-23-2014
VERY logical guess, Roger! But this was the fate of a later First Lady.
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - LincolnToddFan - 08-23-2014
Was it Woodrow Wilson's first wife? Not sure, but I think he was married to another woman before Edith Galt whose name I can't remember.
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - Eva Elisabeth - 08-23-2014
Excellent guess, Toia! I'm sorry to say it was not President Wilson's first wife.
Hint #1: It was not during her husband's inauguration that she caught a cold and developed pneumonia.
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - Eva Elisabeth - 08-23-2014
Hint #2: She died at the Willard Hotel in Washington.
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - Eva Elisabeth - 08-23-2014
Hint #3: She loved reading.
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - STS Lincolnite - 08-23-2014
Abigail Fillmore?
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - Eva Elisabeth - 08-23-2014
Kudos, Scott! Abigail Fillmore caught pneumonia after attending Franklin Pierce's inauguration.
You win my best wishes for a wonderful, divine Sunday!
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - RJNorton - 08-24-2014
Which President once lived here?
![[Image: wholivedhere.jpg]](http://rogerjnorton.com/wholivedhere.jpg)
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - Eva Elisabeth - 08-24-2014
Wild guess - Grant?
RE: Presidents and First Ladies Trivia - RJNorton - 08-24-2014
Good try, Eva! But it is not Grant.