Former First Lady, Hillary Roddam Clinton, was elected to the US Senate from the State of New York after her husband, President William Jefferson Clinton, left office.
Victoria Claflin Woodhullis best known as the first woman candidate for the United States presidency.
The line of succession continues with the Cabinet, beginning with the Secretary of State. As of March, 2009, the US Secretary of State is former First Lady and Presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Abraham Lincoln was the first US president to be assassinated
Not while they are president. They are commander and chief of the armed forces. They run the show.
There is no salary for the first lady.
The current first lady is Michelle_Obama, wife of President Barack_Obama.
The current first lady is Michelle_Obama, wife of President Barack_Obama.
She is referred to as the first lady.
Currently (in December 2015), the First Lady is Michelle Obama; she is the first woman of color in US history to be First Lady. When her husband Barack Obama's term as president ends, the US will have a new president and a new first lady---or if a woman wins, we will have a First Gentleman.
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She is the wife of the president or the official White House hostess if the president is not married. ( Michele Obama is the first lady at this date in 2011.)
Margaret Madeline Chase Smith was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination in the 1964 presidential election, but was the first woman to be placed in nomination for the presidency at a major party's convention.
In the US, there hasn't been one.
Lady Bird Johnson, wife of President Lyndon B. Johnson was the First Lady of the United States in 1964.
Because she is married to the President of the US, the First Citizen. The custom of calling the wife of the President the "First Lady" goes back almost to the time of George Washington.