For ships named Harriet Lane, see USCGC Harriet Lane. For the British writer, see Harriet Lane (author).
Harriet Lane
Lane c. 1860
Acting First Lady of the United States
In role March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1861
President
James Buchanan
Preceded by
Jane Pierce
Succeeded by
Mary Todd Lincoln
Personal details
Born
Harriet Rebecca Lane
(1830-05-09)May 9, 1830 Franklin County, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died
July 3, 1903(1903-07-03) (aged 73) Narragansett, Rhode Island, U.S.
Spouse
Henry Johnston
Children
2
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Harriet Rebecca Lane Johnston (May 9, 1830 – July 3, 1903) acted as first lady of the United States during the administration of her uncle, lifelong bachelor President James Buchanan, from 1857 to 1861. She has been described as the first of the modern First Ladies, being a notably charming and diplomatic hostess, whose dress-styles were copied, and who promoted deserving causes. In her will, she left funds for a new school on the grounds of Washington National Cathedral. Several ships have been named in her honor, including the cutter USCGC Harriet Lane, still in service.
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hospital has said. In 1903, HarrietLane Johnston left a sum of over $400,000 at her death in 1903 to establish the HarrietLane Home for Invalid Children...
not married to a president is still considered an official first lady: HarrietLane, niece of bachelor James Buchanan. The other non-spousal relatives who...
surrogate father. He formed the strongest emotional bond with his niece HarrietLane, who later became First Lady for Buchanan in the White House. In 1852...
HarrietLane Huntress (November 30, 1860 - July 31, 1922) was an American civil servant. She served as the Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction...
of Galveston, Texas on January 1, 1863. After the loss of the cutter HarrietLane, the Union Fleet Commander William B. Renshaw blew up the stranded vessel...
the title applied to her while she was actually holding the office was HarrietLane, the niece of James Buchanan; Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper used the...
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anti-abolitionists.[citation needed] Harriet was also influenced by the Lane Debates on Slavery. The biggest event ever to take place at Lane, it was the series of debates...
Times. Retrieved 20 December 2016. Lane, Harriet (23 April 2007). "Bad girl. Lindsay Duncan talks to HarrietLane about her new play". The Guardian. London...
"first lady" on a regular basis during their time in the position was HarrietLane, who was actually James Buchanan's niece, as Buchanan was a lifelong...
the pediatrics department of Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and the HarrietLane Home in Baltimore in between the late 1940s and the mid-1960s.[citation...
difficulty with getting him to look at her. When the Tripletts visited the HarrietLane Home in October 1938 to meet with Leo Kanner, he was eventually diagnosed...
Custer JW, Rau RE, Budzikowski AS, Cho CS (2008). Rottman JN (ed.). The HarrietLane Handbook (18th ed.). Elsevier Health Sciences. ISBN 978-0-323-07688-3...
shallow-water amphibious assaults.[citation needed] On 11 April 1861, the USRC HarrietLane fired the first shots of the maritime conflict in the American Civil...
wife Sarah Polk, future President James Buchanan and future First Lady HarrietLane. Dolley Madison died at her home in Washington in 1849, at the age of...
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