FLOTUS (or rather would be) – Hannah Hoes Van Buren

A.K.A.: Hannah Van Buren

D.O.B.: March 8, 1783

P.O.B.: Kinderhook, New York

Relationship to POTUS: Wife of Martin Van Buren

5 facts:

• Was not actually ever First Lady: died 18 years before her husband was elected President.

• Died of tuberculosis.

• Hannah and Martin were first cousins once removed, and were both raised in Dutch households, speaking Dutch.

• Her husband called her “Jannetje”.

• Martin Van Buren never remarried.

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