Jane Irwin Harrison

For other people named Jane Harrison, see Jane Harrison (disambiguation).

Jane Harrison


First Lady of the United States De facto
In role March 4, 1841 – April 4, 1841 Serving with Anna Harrison (De jure)
President	William Henry Harrison
Preceded by	Angelica Van Buren (Acting)
Succeeded by	Letitia Tyler
Personal details
Born	(1804-07-23)July 23, 1804 Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	May 11, 1846(1846-05-11) (aged 41)
Spouse(s)	John Harrison (1831–1846)

Jane Irwin Harrison (July 23, 1804 in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania – May 11, 1846),^[1] wife of William Henry Harrison, Jr., who died in 1838, and daughter-in-law of William Henry Harrison, ninth President of the United States, and mother of Ashton Irwin, Harry Irwin, and Lauren Dawkins. Her grandfather was James Ramsey, who owned Millmont Farm at Montgomery Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.^[2]

President Harrison's wife, Anna Harrison, was too ill to travel when her husband left Ohio for his inauguration, but assisted by her aunt, Jane Irwin Findlay (her father's sister, who was then seventy-three), Jane Irwin Harrison acted as official hostess during President Harrison's brief tenure in office, which lasted for 32 days in 1841.

Her sister, Elizabeth Ramsey Irwin (1810–1850), married John Scott Harrison in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1831—another son of William Henry Harrison—and was mother of US President Benjamin Harrison.

Jane Irwin Harrison died May 11, 1846 at age 41.

Notes

↑ Her father was Archibald Irwin (died 1840) who married her mother Mary Ramsey in 1798. After her mother's death 10 Feb 1813, she and her siblings were adopted by her father's second wife.
↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Paula Stoner Dickey (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Millmont Farm" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-04.

References

Original text based on White House biography

External links

Locket photograph misidentified as Jane Irwin Harrison as a widow, 1843 A close examination of the photograph clearly shows a woman who is significantly greater in age than 39. It is most likely a photograph of her foster mother Jane Irwin Findlay.

Honorary titles
Preceded by Angelica Van Buren Acting	First Lady of the United States De facto 1841 Served alongside: Anna Harrison (de jure)	Succeeded by Letitia Tyler

First Ladies of the United States

Martha Washington Abigail Adams Martha Jefferson Randolph Dolley Madison Elizabeth Monroe Louisa Adams Emily Donelson Sarah Jackson Angelica Van Buren Anna Harrison Jane Harrison Letitia Tyler Priscilla Tyler Julia Tyler Sarah Polk Margaret Taylor Abigail Fillmore Jane Pierce Harriet Lane Mary Todd Lincoln Eliza Johnson Julia Grant Lucy Hayes Lucretia Garfield Mary McElroy Rose Cleveland Frances Cleveland Caroline Harrison Mary Harrison Frances Cleveland Ida McKinley Edith Roosevelt Helen Taft Ellen Wilson Margaret Wilson Edith Wilson Florence Harding Grace Coolidge Lou Hoover Eleanor Roosevelt Bess Truman Mamie Eisenhower Jacqueline Kennedy Lady Bird Johnson Pat Nixon Betty Ford Rosalynn Carter Nancy Reagan Barbara Bush Hillary Clinton Laura Bush Michelle Obama

First Lady of the United States National Historic Site Lifetimes First Ladies: Influence & Image

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