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<p>[QUOTE="Troodon, post: 96416, member: 4626"]Only others I can think of are Chester A. Arthur, the only president who was never married, either before or after he served office; and Andrew Jackson, who was married at the time of his election, but his wife Rachel died before he was sworn into office. Woodrow Wilson had the opposite situation as Jackson... he wasn't married when elected or sworn in, but he got married while in the White House, the only president to have ever done so.</p><p><br /></p><p>Really hope Rachel Jackson rates a coin... she deserves it. She was a huge part of Jackson's life and it's her memory that really drove him as a president. If I can only afford to buy one of the first lady coins, this would be the one I'd be sure to get.</p><p><br /></p><p>When Andrew Jackson moved into the White House in 1837, he planted a tree there in her memory. Sadly, this tree was killed and had to be torn down when someone crashed a plane into it in 1993. Was a big news event at the time (though the tree wasn't mentioned much) because of the supposed lapse in security over Washington D.C. airspace, but Clinton wasn't at the White House at the time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Troodon, post: 96416, member: 4626"]Only others I can think of are Chester A. Arthur, the only president who was never married, either before or after he served office; and Andrew Jackson, who was married at the time of his election, but his wife Rachel died before he was sworn into office. Woodrow Wilson had the opposite situation as Jackson... he wasn't married when elected or sworn in, but he got married while in the White House, the only president to have ever done so. Really hope Rachel Jackson rates a coin... she deserves it. She was a huge part of Jackson's life and it's her memory that really drove him as a president. If I can only afford to buy one of the first lady coins, this would be the one I'd be sure to get. When Andrew Jackson moved into the White House in 1837, he planted a tree there in her memory. Sadly, this tree was killed and had to be torn down when someone crashed a plane into it in 1993. Was a big news event at the time (though the tree wasn't mentioned much) because of the supposed lapse in security over Washington D.C. airspace, but Clinton wasn't at the White House at the time.[/QUOTE]
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