US Politics | Inside 19 White House weddings from Nixon’s daughter to Naomi Biden as Joe’s daughter continues rare US tradition
PRESIDENT Biden and First Lady Jill hosted the 19th-ever wedding at the White House today when his granddaughter tied the knot on the South Lawn. On Saturday, Hunter Biden...s daughter, Naomi, and her now husband, lawyer Peter Neal, 25, said their I Do's on the historic grounds in a rare event. 
ReutersNaomi and Peter are just the 19th pair to wed on the historic grounds '/ ' 
Naomi and her now husband Peter Neal said their I Do's in 37F temperaturesReuters 
Instagram/Naomi BidenDetails about Naomi and Peter's wedding have been kept under wraps '/ ' 
President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill will host Saturday's eventGetty Invitations to the nuptial were distributed to guests, but the White House kept details about the ceremony tightly sealed before the ceremony kicked off at around 11 am ET. Naomi, 28, and Neal approached the wedding ...as a private celebration for their friends and family," a person familiar with their wishes told the Washington Post. However, the editorial director of Brides Gabriella Rello Duffy noted that although rare, today's classy event was ...the American version of a royal wedding.... "We have not seen a major presidential wedding since Tricia Nixon's in 1971,... she noted. Read more in The U.S. Sun 
MAJOR MILESTONES Naomi Biden marries fiancé a day before President Joe's birthday 
BIDEN'S TRAGEDY The truth revealed about the death of Hunter Biden's mother Neilia Hunter The couple met while on a date in New York City in 2018, which a mutual friend set up. Neal, a former intern at the White House during the Obama administration, popped the question to Naomi in September 2021, setting up this weekend's extravaganza. Naomi and Neal's special day is the 19th wedding ceremony celebrated at the White House grounds. But it is the first White House reception celebrating a president's family member in over a decade since the 2008 celebration of George W Bush...s daughter Jenna Bush Hager and Henry Hager's wedding. Most read in The US Sun 'FIND HIM' Dad claims clues in case 'linked to JonBenet Ramsey murder' dismissed by cops IN THE RED Serena Williams' stepmom's debts revealed amid crumbling childhood home battle SKIMMING IT I'm plus-size with 38DDD boobs …I tried the viral Kim Kardashian Skims bodysuit WEIGH TO GO I was world's fattest boy who weighed 30st - now I'm unrecognisable & handsome HIDDEN DANGER Family horrified by spotting deadly beast hidden in photo… can you find it? OUCH! Kim Kardashian's stylist posts unedited pics and fans distracted by 'painful' detail Although the Hagers opted for a low-key wedding at the Bush family ranch in Texas in 2008, they later celebrated their marriage at the White House with a party, hosting around 600 guests. A week before Noami's wedding, former President Donald Trump hosted his daughter Tiffany's special day at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. White House weddings \- and receptions \- are private to the public and rarely held for the president's family members. Eight of the 18 documented White House weddings before today were for a president's daughter — most recently Richard Nixon's daughter, Tricia, in 1971, and Lyndon B. Johnson's daughter, Lynda, in 1967. WEDDINGS AT THE ...PEOPLES HOUSE' The first recorded wedding ceremony was held in March 1812, according to records, when Lucky Payne Washington, the sister of Dolley Madison, the then-first lady, married Thomas Todd, a Supreme Court Justice. Eight years later, Maria Hester, the 17-year-old daughter of then-President James Monroe, tied the knot with her cousin, Samuel Lawrence Gouverneur, in March 1820. The wedding was held exclusively for family members, as none of the president's cabinet members were invited to the ceremony. In February 1828, President John Quincy Adams, hosted the wedding of his son John Adams II and his first cousin Mary Catherine Hellen. The ceremony was a private event in the White House, which was then known as the Executive Mansion. In 1832, President Andrew Jackson hosted a wedding for his niece Mary Ann Eastin \- who tied the knot with Lucius J. Polk in the Executive Mansion that April. RARE OCCASION In November of that year, Jackon's daughter, Delia, wedded Alphonse Joseph Pageot at the White House. In one of the rare wedding occasions ever held at the Peoples House, President John Tyler wedded 23-year-old Julia Gardiner, the daughter of former New York State Senator David Gardiner, in 1843. A year before, President Tyler's daughter, Elizabeth, and her husband, William Waller, married in the East Room of the White House. In 1874, President Ulysses S. Grant's 19-year-old daughter, Nellie, fell madly in love with Algernon Sartoris \- the son of popular actress Fanny Kemble. On a warm Spring day before a tapestry-draped altar banked with Easter lilies, Nellie \- accompanied by eight bridesmaids \- said her I Do's with Sartoris. 
https://www.alamy.comIn 1872, President Ulysses S. Grant's 19-year-old daughter, Nellie, married Algernon Sartoris, the son of famed actress Fanny Kemble '/ ' 
GettyPresident Theodore Roosevelt hosted his daughter's Alice Lee wedding ceremony to Nicholas Longworth III in 1906 '/ ' 
GettyLyndon B Johnson had the honor of hosting two of his daughter's weddings at the White House during his presidency '/ ' 
GettyLuci Johnson and Patrick Nugent's wedding reception was celebrated at the White House in 1966 '/ ' 
GettyPresident Johnson hosted his daughter Lynda's wedding the following year in 1967 '/ ' In January 1878, President Rutherford Hayes and First Lady Lucy Webb hosted the first of two ...ice water weddings.... Hayes' niece, Emily Platt, married General Russ Hastings of Ohio's 23rd Regiment in a ceremony that saw the disapproval of alcoholic beverages. President Hayes followed the same procedure a month before when he celebrated his wedding anniversary by renewing his vows at the White House. The first and only wedding featuring an acting President was held by Grover Cleveland, who married 22-year-old France Folsom in June 1886. The president with his bride-to-be \- wearing-ivory satin and a six teen-foot-long lace train \- came to the grand stairway without any attendants and marched slowly down the stairs to the Blue Room. TURN OF THE CENTURY The first White House wedding of the 1900s was celebrated by Alice Roosevelt Longworth \- the eldest daughter of Theodore Roosevelt \- and Ohio Congressman Nicholas Longworth in February 1906. ...Princess Alice,... as the society press called her, took her vows in the East Room of the White House. Two of President Woodrow Wilson's three daughters, Jessie and Eleanor, married at the White House within six months of each other. Jessie wedded Francis B. Sayre in the East Room in November 1913, and Eleanor married Secretary of the Treasury William Gibbs McAdoo in May 1914. Wilson's eldest daughter, Margaret, was the maid of honor at Jessie's wedding. President Franklin Roosevelt suggested to his emissary, Harry Hopkins, who planned to marry Louise Gill Macy, that they marry at the White House. The small ceremony was held on the second floor of the Oval Room in July 1942, and after the wedding, President Roosevelt invited the newlyweds to ...move into... the White House. EAST ROOM NUPTIALS In August 1966, Luci Johnson, daughter of President Johnson, held a wedding reception at the White House after marrying Patrick Nugent at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in DC. A year later, President Johnson's eldest daughter Lynda married Captain Charles S. Robb in the East Room. The last wedding ceremony of a presidential daughter came in June 1971, when 400 guests watched as Tricia Nixon, daughter of President Nixon, married Edward Finch Cox in the Rose Garden. In 1994, Tony Rodham, the younger brother of first lady Hillary Clinton, married Nicole Boxer, the daughter of Barbara Boxer, the former US senator from California. The most recent wedding, not involving a president's family, came in October 2013, when Barack Obama's chief White House photographer, Pete Souza, and Patti Lease married in a private ceremony in the Rose Garden after 17 years of being a couple. PRIVATE CEREMONY Obama had gotten to know Lease because she attended some White House events. ...He kept pestering me about why we hadn't gotten married,... Souza told The Associated Press. He said Obama made what he thought was an offhand comment about having the wedding in the Rose Garden, but later ...I found out that he was not joking.... He and Lease exchanged I Do's in the presence of about 30 family members and friends. Souza said they felt overwhelmed by the venue but were honored by the president's gesture. Read More on The US Sun 
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GettyPresident Richard Nixon's daughter, Tricia, wedded her husband Edward Cox in the Rose Garden in June 1971 '/ ' 
Eric Draper/Courtesy of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and MuseumJenna Bush, President George W Bush's daughter, and her husband, Henry Hager celebrated their wedding at the White House in 2008 '/ '
ReutersNaomi and Peter are just the 19th pair to wed on the historic grounds '/ ' Naomi and her now husband Peter Neal said their I Do's in 37F temperaturesReuters Instagram/Naomi BidenDetails about Naomi and Peter's wedding have been kept under wraps '/ ' President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill will host Saturday's eventGetty Invitations to the nuptial were distributed to guests, but the White House kept details about the ceremony tightly sealed before the ceremony kicked off at around 11 am ET. Naomi, 28, and Neal approached the wedding ...as a private celebration for their friends and family," a person familiar with their wishes told the Washington Post. However, the editorial director of Brides Gabriella Rello Duffy noted that although rare, today's classy event was ...the American version of a royal wedding.... "We have not seen a major presidential wedding since Tricia Nixon's in 1971,... she noted. Read more in The U.S. Sun MAJOR MILESTONES Naomi Biden marries fiancé a day before President Joe's birthday BIDEN'S TRAGEDY The truth revealed about the death of Hunter Biden's mother Neilia Hunter The couple met while on a date in New York City in 2018, which a mutual friend set up. Neal, a former intern at the White House during the Obama administration, popped the question to Naomi in September 2021, setting up this weekend's extravaganza. Naomi and Neal's special day is the 19th wedding ceremony celebrated at the White House grounds. But it is the first White House reception celebrating a president's family member in over a decade since the 2008 celebration of George W Bush...s daughter Jenna Bush Hager and Henry Hager's wedding. Most read in The US Sun 'FIND HIM' Dad claims clues in case 'linked to JonBenet Ramsey murder' dismissed by cops IN THE RED Serena Williams' stepmom's debts revealed amid crumbling childhood home battle SKIMMING IT I'm plus-size with 38DDD boobs …I tried the viral Kim Kardashian Skims bodysuit WEIGH TO GO I was world's fattest boy who weighed 30st - now I'm unrecognisable & handsome HIDDEN DANGER Family horrified by spotting deadly beast hidden in photo… can you find it? OUCH! Kim Kardashian's stylist posts unedited pics and fans distracted by 'painful' detail Although the Hagers opted for a low-key wedding at the Bush family ranch in Texas in 2008, they later celebrated their marriage at the White House with a party, hosting around 600 guests. A week before Noami's wedding, former President Donald Trump hosted his daughter Tiffany's special day at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. White House weddings \- and receptions \- are private to the public and rarely held for the president's family members. Eight of the 18 documented White House weddings before today were for a president's daughter — most recently Richard Nixon's daughter, Tricia, in 1971, and Lyndon B. Johnson's daughter, Lynda, in 1967. WEDDINGS AT THE ...PEOPLES HOUSE' The first recorded wedding ceremony was held in March 1812, according to records, when Lucky Payne Washington, the sister of Dolley Madison, the then-first lady, married Thomas Todd, a Supreme Court Justice. Eight years later, Maria Hester, the 17-year-old daughter of then-President James Monroe, tied the knot with her cousin, Samuel Lawrence Gouverneur, in March 1820. The wedding was held exclusively for family members, as none of the president's cabinet members were invited to the ceremony. In February 1828, President John Quincy Adams, hosted the wedding of his son John Adams II and his first cousin Mary Catherine Hellen. The ceremony was a private event in the White House, which was then known as the Executive Mansion. In 1832, President Andrew Jackson hosted a wedding for his niece Mary Ann Eastin \- who tied the knot with Lucius J. Polk in the Executive Mansion that April. RARE OCCASION In November of that year, Jackon's daughter, Delia, wedded Alphonse Joseph Pageot at the White House. In one of the rare wedding occasions ever held at the Peoples House, President John Tyler wedded 23-year-old Julia Gardiner, the daughter of former New York State Senator David Gardiner, in 1843. A year before, President Tyler's daughter, Elizabeth, and her husband, William Waller, married in the East Room of the White House. In 1874, President Ulysses S. Grant's 19-year-old daughter, Nellie, fell madly in love with Algernon Sartoris \- the son of popular actress Fanny Kemble. On a warm Spring day before a tapestry-draped altar banked with Easter lilies, Nellie \- accompanied by eight bridesmaids \- said her I Do's with Sartoris. https://www.alamy.comIn 1872, President Ulysses S. Grant's 19-year-old daughter, Nellie, married Algernon Sartoris, the son of famed actress Fanny Kemble '/ ' GettyPresident Theodore Roosevelt hosted his daughter's Alice Lee wedding ceremony to Nicholas Longworth III in 1906 '/ ' GettyLyndon B Johnson had the honor of hosting two of his daughter's weddings at the White House during his presidency '/ ' GettyLuci Johnson and Patrick Nugent's wedding reception was celebrated at the White House in 1966 '/ ' GettyPresident Johnson hosted his daughter Lynda's wedding the following year in 1967 '/ ' In January 1878, President Rutherford Hayes and First Lady Lucy Webb hosted the first of two ...ice water weddings.... Hayes' niece, Emily Platt, married General Russ Hastings of Ohio's 23rd Regiment in a ceremony that saw the disapproval of alcoholic beverages. President Hayes followed the same procedure a month before when he celebrated his wedding anniversary by renewing his vows at the White House. The first and only wedding featuring an acting President was held by Grover Cleveland, who married 22-year-old France Folsom in June 1886. The president with his bride-to-be \- wearing-ivory satin and a six teen-foot-long lace train \- came to the grand stairway without any attendants and marched slowly down the stairs to the Blue Room. TURN OF THE CENTURY The first White House wedding of the 1900s was celebrated by Alice Roosevelt Longworth \- the eldest daughter of Theodore Roosevelt \- and Ohio Congressman Nicholas Longworth in February 1906. ...Princess Alice,... as the society press called her, took her vows in the East Room of the White House. Two of President Woodrow Wilson's three daughters, Jessie and Eleanor, married at the White House within six months of each other. Jessie wedded Francis B. Sayre in the East Room in November 1913, and Eleanor married Secretary of the Treasury William Gibbs McAdoo in May 1914. Wilson's eldest daughter, Margaret, was the maid of honor at Jessie's wedding. President Franklin Roosevelt suggested to his emissary, Harry Hopkins, who planned to marry Louise Gill Macy, that they marry at the White House. The small ceremony was held on the second floor of the Oval Room in July 1942, and after the wedding, President Roosevelt invited the newlyweds to ...move into... the White House. EAST ROOM NUPTIALS In August 1966, Luci Johnson, daughter of President Johnson, held a wedding reception at the White House after marrying Patrick Nugent at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in DC. A year later, President Johnson's eldest daughter Lynda married Captain Charles S. Robb in the East Room. The last wedding ceremony of a presidential daughter came in June 1971, when 400 guests watched as Tricia Nixon, daughter of President Nixon, married Edward Finch Cox in the Rose Garden. In 1994, Tony Rodham, the younger brother of first lady Hillary Clinton, married Nicole Boxer, the daughter of Barbara Boxer, the former US senator from California. The most recent wedding, not involving a president's family, came in October 2013, when Barack Obama's chief White House photographer, Pete Souza, and Patti Lease married in a private ceremony in the Rose Garden after 17 years of being a couple. PRIVATE CEREMONY Obama had gotten to know Lease because she attended some White House events. ...He kept pestering me about why we hadn't gotten married,... Souza told The Associated Press. He said Obama made what he thought was an offhand comment about having the wedding in the Rose Garden, but later ...I found out that he was not joking.... He and Lease exchanged I Do's in the presence of about 30 family members and friends. Souza said they felt overwhelmed by the venue but were honored by the president's gesture. Read More on The US Sun CUTE PICK American Pickers' Mike cuddles girlfriend Leticia Cline in rare photo 'NEED HELP' Gabby's parents make plea to Musk for Twitter feature that could 'save lives' ...It gives people a sense that I had a unique relationship with Barack Obama that he would insist I have the wedding at the White House,... he said. ...I'm so honored, as is my wife, to have my wedding ceremony at the White House. Not many people can say that.... GettyPresident Richard Nixon's daughter, Tricia, wedded her husband Edward Cox in the Rose Garden in June 1971 '/ ' Eric Draper/Courtesy of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and MuseumJenna Bush, President George W Bush's daughter, and her husband, Henry Hager celebrated their wedding at the White House in 2008 '/ '
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