FLOTUS – Helen Louise Herron Taft

A.K.A.: Helen “Nellie” Taft

D.O.B.: June 2, 1861

P.O.B.: Cincinnati, Ohio

Relationship to POTUS:

5 facts:

• Her father was a judge, and her immediate family had many friends and relatives in Washington D.C.

• She met William while bobsledding when she was 18 and he was 22. They didn’t date until a few years later.

• She was the first First Lady to ride on the inauguration parade

• She had a stroke shortly after moving into the White House

• She also helped plant 3,020 Cherry trees around D.C., with the help of the wife of the Japanese ambassador

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