Robert F. Kennedy was the seventh of nine children to successful businessman, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and socialite Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy. And brother of famous U.S. President, John F. Kennedy. The Kennedys were one of the most influential Irish American families in the 1930s and would go on to become U.S. political and historical legacy. Robert served as both U.S. Attorney General, and United States Senator. In the photo below he is captured with his wife, Ethel Skakel, on their wedding day, on June 17, 1950, leaving the church in Greenwich, Connecticut.
Like most of his family, Robert Kennedy was a strong advocate of human rights and social justice. A socialite from Chicago, Illinois, Ethel Skakel was also an American human rights advocate. The couple was married for 18 years and had 11 children together. Shortly after being elected U.S. Senator, Robert was killed on June 5, 1968.
Nellie Grant and Algernon Charles Frederick Sartoris
The photo below shows Nellie Grant, the only daughter of the 18th U.S. President, Ulysses S. Grant, and her husband, Algernon Charles Frederick Sartoris. The couple got married on May 21, 1874, and had a lavish wedding ceremony at the White House. The young couple (Nellie was 18 years old and Algernon, 22). The couple moved to England shortly after and had four children together.
Unfortunately, by 1889, Nellie was granted a divorce after Sartoris had clearly proved to have an irremediable drinking problem that spiraled out of control. Nellie went back to the U.S. and took the kids with her. She remarried in 1912.
Patti Davis and Paul Grilley
Patti Davis is the oldest child of Ronald and Nancy Reagan, and older sister to Ron Reagan. She has two older siblings, Maureen and Michael, from Reagan's previous marriage to Jane Wyman. In the photo below, we see Patti Davis next to husband, Paul Grilley, who was a yoga instructor at the time, on their wedding day in 1984, in Los Angeles California. Accompanying them are proud parents, Ronald and Nancy Reagan, and the Grilleys. It was a small, private, 17-minute ceremony at the Bel Air Hotel.
Sadly, the couple divorced in 1990. Patti Davis worked as an actress and a model during her younger years and went on to pursue a career in writing. She has written for The New York Times, Newsweek and Time, and has even penned a screenplay that later became a Hallmark movie.
Caroline Kennedy and Edwin Schlossberg
A part of the Kennedy dynasty, Caroline Bouvier Kennedy was the second child of John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Onassis. Caroline was three years old when her father became the 35th president of the United States. Much like the rest of her family, Caroline has become intricately involved in U.S. politics and law, doing education reform and charity work for most of her adult life. She married exhibit designer, Edwin A. Schlossberg, in 1986. The couple is still married to this day; they have three children.
In the photo above, the couple is seen leaving Our Lady of Victory Church in Centerville, Massachusetts, after the wedding ceremony. Caroline and her uncle, Ted Kennedy, endorsed Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election. Later, in 2013, Obama appointed Caroline as United States Ambassador to Japan; a position which she held until 2017.
Jenna Bush and Henry Hager
The photo below shows proud father and 43rd U.S. President, George W. Bush, and daughter Jenna on her wedding day, on May 10, 2008. The ceremony took place at Prairie Chapel Ranch, near Crawford, Texas. Jenna Bush married Henry Hager, son of former lieutenant governor of Virginia, John H. Hager. Although reluctant for her father to run for president in 2004, she eventually gave in and even became involved with the election campaign.
After her father's presidency, Jenna went on to become an American news personality, author and journalist. She's a TV personality on NBC, a correspondent on The Today Show, and an editor for Southern Living magazine. And she's a mother of three.