Jennie Tuttle Hobart
| Jennie Hobart | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Second Lady of the United States | |
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In role March 4, 1897 – November 21, 1899 | |
| President | William McKinley |
| Preceded by | Letitia Stevenson |
| Succeeded by | Edith Roosevelt (1901) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
April 30, 1849 Paterson, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died |
January 8, 1941 (aged 91) Haledon, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | Garret Hobart (1869–1899) |
Esther Jane "Jennie" Tuttle Hobart (April 30, 1849 – January 8, 1941) was the wife of Vice President Garret Hobart who served in the administration of President William McKinley as well as a philanthropist and community activist in New Jersey.
Biography
Born and raised in Paterson, New Jersey, she was the daughter of a prominent attorney, Socrates Tuttle and his wife Jane Winters. She married her husband, Garret Hobart, in Paterson on July 21, 1869, at the start of his career as a lawyer and politician. They had two children, Garret Jr, and Fannie, who died in 1895. In 1896 her husband was elected Vice President of the United States and the family moved to Washington, D.C.. As Second Lady of the United States, Hobart often served as White House hostess because the First Lady, Ida Saxton McKinley, suffered from epilepsy. Vice President Hobart died of heart failure on November 21, 1899. After his death, she returned to Paterson and became involved in community affairs. She was a close friend of Mrs. McKinley and rushed to Buffalo, New York to offer her support to her when President McKinley was shot in September 1901. She died of pneumonia on January 8, 1941, in Haledon, New Jersey, where she had been living on her son's farm, and was buried in Cedar Lawn Cemetery in Paterson, New Jersey.[1]
Sources
- ↑ Burstyn, Joan N. "Past and Promise: Lives of New Jersey Women", p. 153. Syracuse University Press, 1997. ISBN 0-8156-0418-1. Accessed May 1, 2011. "She maintained a close relationship with her son and in later years, when her health was failing, lived with his family at Ailsa Farms in Haledon. She died there of bronchial pneumonia, at age 91, on January 8, 1941, and was buried at the Cedar Lawn Cemetery in Paterson."
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| Honorary titles | ||
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| Preceded by Letitia Stevenson |
Second Lady of the United States 1897–1899 |
Vacant Title next held by Edith Roosevelt |
