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Harriet Lane

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First Lady

The Resume

    (May 9, 1830-January 13, 1903)
    Resided in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
    Wife of Henry Elliot Johnston (January 11, 1866)
    Niece/Ward of President James Buchanan

Why she might be annoying:

    She was a tomboy
    Her nickname was Hal.
    She was a troublemaker at Miss Crawford’s Boarding School so she was sent to another boarding school.
    She referred to President James Buchanan as Nunc.
    She was upset that President James Buchanan used a government ship to throw a personal party.
    She did not marry until she was 35.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She took up the plight of Native Americans and supported their cause.
    She was one of the most popular and beloved White House hostesses/First Ladies.
    She donated her art collection to the Smithsonian.
    She founded The Harriet Lane Home for Invalid Children.
    Her mother died when she was nine and her father died when she was ten.
    She had blue-violet eyes and blonde hair.
    She loved to dance.
    She played piano.
    She attended Miss Crawford’s Boarding School.
    She graduated Georgetown Visitation Convent (1848).
    She collected art, especially Native American art.
    She was a proponent for a national art gallery.
    The song, 'Listen to the Mockingbird,' was dedicated in her honor.
    A ship was named USS Harriet Lane.
    She named her first son after President James Buchanan, James Buchanan Johnston.
    Both of her sons died as teenagers.

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 12 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 23 Votes: 56.52% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 20 Votes: 45.00% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 25 Votes: 44.00% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 19 Votes: 36.84% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 14 Votes: 35.71% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 46 Votes: 34.78% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 116 Votes: 43.97% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 113 Votes: 48.67% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 39 Votes: 30.77% Annoying