Mrs. Lucy Webb Hayes 104 Rutherford Birchard Hayes 104 Mrs. James A. Garfield 136 Mrs. John McElroy, sister of President Arthur 152 Mrs. Grover Cleveland in her wedding gown 184 Mrs. Benjamin Harrison 200 The Inauguration of Grover Cleveland 232 Mrs. Ida Saxton McKinley 248 William McKinley 248 Theodore Roosevelt and his family 280 Alice Longworth in her wedding gown 296 William H. Taft and his family 328 Woodrow Wilson and his family in 1912 344 Democracy and Royalty 376 The body of Warren G. Harding lying in state 392 WHITE HOUSE GOSSIP _From Andrew Johnson to Calvin Coolidge_ WHITE HOUSE GOSSIP FROM ANDREW JOHNSON TO CALVIN COOLIDGE CHAPTER I ADMINISTRATION OF ANDREW JOHNSON _April 15, 1865, to March 4, 1869_ Late April and early May of 1865 brought none of the usual springtime joys to Washington, the Capital City; its residents, in common with the rest of the nation, were shaken with grief over the death of President Lincoln. Public buildings and private houses hid behind dismal swathings of crêpe, and the people were still subdued with the harrowing incidents that had their beginning on the terrible night of April 14th. Previous sectional opinions were set aside in the general regret over the loss of the gaunt, kindly man whom the troubled, disrupted country had learned to trust. The tragedy at Ford’s Theatre, with the simultaneous attack upon Secretary of State William Seward, was the hourly topic of conversation. Search for the conspirators had begun, and suspicion, fear, and suspense hung like a pall over the land. Peace and security were gone. None knew when or where the relentless arm of the law would pounce upon another suspect. Innocent and guilty alike went through the gruelling. Especially did the fear of Northern soldier vengeance lie heavily upon Southern hearts already bowed in the sorrow of defeat.