Eleanor “Nellie” Wilson was lucky enough to have her wedding in the White House while her father was in office. President Woodrow Wilson gave away his daughter Nellie to her husband William McAdoo, who was the Secretary of the Treasury in 1914.
The couple married in the Blue Room. Nelli was 24 years old at the time, and McAdoo was a 50-year-old grandfather, widowed with six children from his previous marriage. After the couple divorced in 1934, McAdoo married a 26-year-old when he was 71!
Chelsea Clinton's Lavish Wedding
The former first daughter of Bill Clinton, Chelsea, married her investor, Marc Mezvisnky on July 31, 2010. The two married at an estate on the Hudson River in Rhinebeck, New York. The famous Bill Clinton gave her away of course.
The beautiful bride wore a strapless Vera Wang dress that was ivory in color and had an embroidered waistband and a Cathedral-length wedding veil. Rumor has it that her dress cost right around $25,000.
The Gluten-Free Wedding Cake
As you can imagine, security was tight at her wedding, but certain details about the even have come to the surface. For example, Bill Clinton toasted his son-in-law during the reception, saying that he was “looking forward to having some company because I’m outnumbered.”
It’s been said that Chelsea and Bill danced to a song by Frank Sinatra, and he was crying a bit, and we don’t blame him! Afterwards, the 400 guests who attended were treated to a 500 pound, gluten-free vanilla sponge cake.
Tricia Nixon's Rose Garden Wedding
President Richard Nixon’s daughter, Patricia Nixon Cox, and her husband are still to this day the only couple to get married in the Rose Garden at the White House. She married a man named Edward Finch Cox, who was a law student at Harvard at the time.
The wedding was huge an extravagant and was described as a wedding of “American royalty” with Tricia’s father holding office. Did you know that their wedding cake was made with 400 egg whites? As you can imagine the guest list certainly included D.C.’s elite. Once the couple married, they settled down in the suburbs of New York and lived a pretty down to earth life with their son.
Amy Carter Belonged to No One
Amy Carter was one of the most independent women out there. She married James Wentzel in a smooth sailing ceremony which was held in Plains, Georgia, in 1996.
Amy obviously grew up in the White House, but she didn’t let that change what she wanted her wedding plans to be. She also didn’t let Jimmy give her away, saying that “she belonged to no one.” It comes as no surprise that she kept her own name.