Frances Folsom Cleveland Preston
Frances Clara Folsom Cleveland Preston (July 21, 1864 – October 29, 1947) was the wife of the President of the United States Grover Cleveland and the 27th first lady of the United States from 1886 to 1889 and again from 1893 to 1897. Becoming first lady at age 21, she remains the youngest first lady to this day. She was a younger maternal cousin of Peter Pitchlynn, former chief of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.
Read more about Frances Folsom Cleveland Preston: Early Life, Marriage, First Lady of The United States, Children, Later Life
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