The Resume

(July 21, 1864-October 29, 1947)
Birth name is Frances Clara Folsom
Married President Grover Cleveland (June 2, 1886)
Married Thomas J. Preston, Jr. (1913)

Why she might be annoying:

Her nickname was Frankie and Yum Yum.
She dropped out of Buffalo Central school in her senior year.
President Grover Cleveland knew her since she was born. President Grover Cleveland was her guardian.
As a youth she called Grover Cleveland, uncle Cleve.
At 21, she married 49 year old bachelor President Grover Cleveland who remarked: 'I was waiting for my wife to grow up.'
After President Grover Cleveland died in 1908, she wore mourning clothes for four years.

Why she might not be annoying:

She was the first First Lady to live through WW II.
Her father died when she was nine and her only sister died when they were children.
She attended Miss Bissell’s school for Young Ladies.
She returned to school and graduated Wells College while Grover Cleveland was president.
She was the youngest First Lady (21).
She is the first person to marry a sitting U.S. President and first First Lady to marry in the White House.
At her marriage vows, she was not asked to vow to obey.
She and President Grover Cleveland was the first presidential couple to live into the twentieth century.
She is the first widowed First Lady to remarry.
Her wedding gown is in the Smithsonian.
Although she was not drinker, she did not force that on others.
She is the first First Lady to serve two non-consecutive terms.
She was known for integrity, and after witnessing other women of society cheat their tailors, she posted seamstress rates.
She was fashion forward and when she stopped wearing bustles, they quickly went out of fashion.
She disputed accusations that President Grover Cleveland abused her.
She was the first First Lady to give birth in the White House (September 1893).
The candy bar Baby Ruth was name in honor of her daughter Ruth and not Babe Ruth.
Her second marriages was hosted by President William Howard Taft (1913).
After her second marriage, she stayed out of politics.

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Breeders [Have 5 or More Kids] (Ranked: 5)
• City Namesakes
• Fashion Role Models
• I am From Buffalo, NY
• I Did Not Graduate High School [C-E]
• I Died in 1947 (Ranked: 83)
• I Outlived My Child
• In Town for The World's Fair at the Columbian Exposition [1893-Chicago]
• My Spouse is at Least Ten Years Younger than Me
• Profiles 15751-16000 (Ranked: 15958)
• Subjects of 'Drunk History'
• U.S. First Ladies (Ranked: 24)
• U.S. First Ladies (Ranked: 22)
• Women who Might Have Slept with the President

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 19 Votes: 63.16% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 96 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 30 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 19 Votes: 47.37% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 12 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 16 Votes: 43.75% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 65 Votes: 56.92% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 28 Votes: 35.71% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 44 Votes: 34.09% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 129 Votes: 44.96% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 111 Votes: 41.44% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 56 Votes: 37.50% Annoying