Biden will host his granddaughter Naomi's wedding at the White House this fall. Here are 10 other White House weddings throughout history.
President Joe Biden's granddaughter Naomi will hold her wedding at the White House in November, joining a long, rich history of White House weddings.
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- In 1886, President Grover Cleveland became the first and only president to marry in the White House.
- President Richard Nixon's daughter Tricia got married in the White House Rose Garden in 1971.
- President Joe Biden's granddaughter Naomi will hold her wedding at the White House in November.
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The Grants redecorated the East Room for the occasion, adding columns with gold-leaf accents and new chandeliers, according to the White House Historical Association. A bell made of pink roses also hung above the couple as they exchanged their vows.
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The wedding, held in the Blue Room of the White House, was attended by 28 guests.
After the wedding, Frances had her ivory satin dress altered into an evening gown that she wore for formal events. According to the History Channel, the fabric was so stiff that the dress could stand up by itself.
Two other presidents have wed while in office, but their weddings were not held in the White House. John Tyler married his second wife, Julia, in a private ceremony in New York City in 1844, while Woodrow Wilson married his second wife, Edith, in her Washington, DC, home in 1915.
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Nicknamed "Princess Alice" by the press, Roosevelt's youngest daughter was a celebrity with a rebellious streak, known for carrying a snake in her purse.
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Wilson wore a white satin gown as she married Sayre in the East Room in front of 400 guests.
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The New York Times reported that Eleanor's gown was made of ivory satin with a tulle tunic and point-lace trim on her wedding day in 1914. She also wore a cap embellished with orange blossoms.
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The couple held their ceremony at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception and their reception in the East Room. Luci wore a wedding gown designed by Priscilla Kidder.
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Lynda Bird's wedding dress, designed by Geoffrey Beene, was embellished with buttons at the high neck and down the princess-line seams.
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The wedding ceremony took place in the White House Rose Garden, followed by a reception in the East Room.
Tricia wore a white silk organdy gown appliquéd with Alençon lace and lily embroidery designed by Kidder.
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Rodham married Boxer, who is Senator Barbara Boxer's daughter, in an outdoor ceremony in front of 250 guests.
"Everyone was extremely happy," Neel Lattimore, a spokesman for the first lady, told the Los Angeles Times in 1994. "There was applause at the end of the wedding and a lot of laughter."
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"The ceremony was performed by Chaplain [Stan] Fornea and they were joined by roughly 35 family members and friends," a White House official told NBC News. "We all wish them well."
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Naomi Biden, a 28-year-old lawyer at the white-shoe law firm Arnold & Porter, announced her plans to have her wedding reception at the White House in a tweet on Monday.
Her fiancé, Peter Neal, is a 24-year-old law student at the University of Pennsylvania hailing from Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
The reception is scheduled for November 19, according to CNN, who first reported on the wedding plans.