Which of the first ladies were alcoholics?

Betty Ford is, perhaps, the most famous First Lady who has struggled with addiction, both to alcohol & prescription pills. read more

Betty Ford is, perhaps, the most famous First Lady who has struggled with addiction, both to alcohol & prescription pills. The following First Wives who were thought to have issues with alcohol & /or drugs are: Nellie Taft. Bess Truman. Mamie Eisenhower - it should be noted that Mamie probably wasn't an addict of any sort. read more

Marty Mann, who went on to found the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, is the most well known of these early women, and she has been dubbed the “first lady” of Alcoholics Anonymous in a recently published biography. read more

Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, and Chester Arthur: all widowers. Their First Ladies were, respectively, a daughter, a niece, a daughter-in-law, and a sister. William Henry Harrison: president for only one month, and deathly sick almost the entire time. read more