Title: Oil Portrait of Emily Donelson

Description: Emily Donelson was Andrew Jackson’s favorite niece, and her husband was the President’s private secretary. When Rachel Jackson died shortly before the inauguration, Emily, only twenty-one, was asked to be the White House hostess. Though young, she was an able mother and household manager.

Date: 1830

Creator: Ralph E. W. Earl

Credit: White House Historical Association (White House Collection)