Rachel Donelson Jackson Quotes


I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of God than live in that palace at Washington [the White House.]


Citations

Rachel Donelson Jackson, 1767-1828, First Lady, Quoted in William Seale, The President's House, White House Historical Association, 1986

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Rachel Donelson Jackson
Rachel Donelson Jackson
  • Born: June 15, 1767
  • Died: December 22, 1828
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Rachel Jackson was the wife of Andrew Jackson, the 7th President of the United States. She lived with him at their home at The Hermitage, where she died just days after his election and before his inauguration in 1829—therefore she never served as First Lady, a role assumed by her niece, Emily Donelson.