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Sarah Yorke Jackson

1803 - 1887

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Sarah Jackson (née Yorke; July 1805 – August 23, 1887) was an American woman who was the White House hostess and acting first lady of the United States from November 26, 1834, to March 4, 1837. She served in this role as the daughter-in-law of U.S. president Andrew Jackson after marrying his adopted son, Andrew Jackson Jr. She had initially been named as mistress of the Jackson residence in Tennessee, the Hermitage, but she moved to the White House and became co-hostess with Emily Donelson after the Hermitage was damaged in a fire. When Donelson fell ill, Jackson took on the position of White House hostess in its entirety for the remainder of the term. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sarah Yorke Jackson is the 745th most popular companion (up from 765th in 2019), the 6,434th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,086th in 2019) and the 14th most popular American Companion.

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Among companions, Sarah Yorke Jackson ranks 745 out of 784. Before her are Jutta of Saxony, Princess Charlotte Amalie of Denmark, Alice of Antioch, Khenemetneferhedjet I, Ingrid Ragnvaldsdotter, and Princess Pauline of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. After her are Princess Agnes of Anhalt-Dessau, Sophie, Hereditary Princess of Liechtenstein, Morphia of Melitene, Martha Jefferson, Constance of Toulouse, and Brian Horrocks.

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Among people born in 1803, Sarah Yorke Jackson ranks 65. Before her are Yevfimiy Putyatin, Gottfried Ludolf Camphausen, Miles Joseph Berkeley, Black Kettle, Caroline Unger, and Vladimir Odoyevsky. After her are Karl Schorn, José María Heredia y Heredia, Gustav von Alvensleben, Jules d'Anethan, George Borrow, and Friedrich Ludwig Persius. Among people deceased in 1887, Sarah Yorke Jackson ranks 46. Before her are Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Friedrich Theodor Vischer, Mikhail Katkov, Emma Lazarus, Mohamed Sherif Pasha, and Spencer Fullerton Baird. After her are John Taylor, Luigi Jacobini, Julius von Haast, August Spies, E. Marlitt, and Fran Levstik.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sarah Yorke Jackson ranks 6,435 out of 20,380. Before her are Mary McLeod Bethune (1875), Louis Brandeis (1856), Eric Heiden (1958), Donald Byrd (1932), Mark Tobey (1890), and Edward Douglass White (1845). After her are Mariel Hemingway (1961), Edward Everett (1794), Michael Sembello (1954), Alger Hiss (1904), Joey Kramer (1950), and Eve (1978).

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Among COMPANIONS In United States

Among companions born in United States, Sarah Yorke Jackson ranks 14. Before her are Mamie Eisenhower (1896), Pat Nixon (1912), Abigail Adams (1744), Mary Todd Lincoln (1818), Ellen Axson Wilson (1860), and Rachel Jackson (1767). After her are Martha Jefferson (1748), Karen Pence (1957), Happy Rockefeller (1926), and Ann Romney (1949).

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