Jennie Tuttle Hobart

Jennie Tuttle Hobart
Second Lady of the United States
In role
March 4, 1897 – November 21, 1899
Vice PresidentGarret Hobart
Preceded byLetitia Stevenson
Succeeded byEdith Roosevelt
Personal details
Born
Esther Jane Tuttle

(1849-04-30)April 30, 1849
Paterson, New Jersey, U.S.
DiedJanuary 8, 1941(1941-01-08) (aged 91)
Haledon, New Jersey, U.S.
Resting placeCedar Lawn Cemetery
Spouse
(m. 1869; died 1899)
Children4
Parent(s)Socrates Tuttle
Jane (Winters) Tuttle
RelativesGeorge S. Hobart (nephew-in-law)

Esther Jane "Jennie" Hobart (née Tuttle; April 30, 1849 – January 8, 1941) was the wife of Garret Hobart, Vice President of the United States in the first years of the Presidency of William McKinley. She served as the Second Lady of the United States from 1897 until her husband's death in 1899, and was a philanthropist and community activist in New Jersey.

Hobart often served as White House hostess because the first lady, Ida Saxton McKinley, suffered from epilepsy and other chronic ailments.


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