Maria Hester MONROE
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| Type | Value | Date | Place | Sources |
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| name | Maria Hester MONROE |
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| Type | Date | Place | Sources |
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| death | 1850 | Oak Hill, Loudon, Virginia
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| birth | 1804 | Paris, Île-de-France, France
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Maria Hester Monroe-Gouverneur (1803 - 1850) - Still a child when her father was elected president, Maria finished school in Philadelphia before moving into the White House in 1819. On March 9, 1820, she married her first cousin, Samuel L. Gouverneur in the first wedding ever performed at the White House. Many in Washington criticized the Monroes for keeping the wedding private; just 42 members of the family and close friends were invited. Friction between Maria's husband and her outspoken sister strained family relations thereafter. The Gouverneurs moved to New York City. Former President Monroe, upon losing his wife in 1830, moved in with them. President John Quincy Adams appointed her husband postmaster of New York City.
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