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Question: Which U!.S!.President was in office when the term, "First Lady was coined!?
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James Madison!.!.!. it was a reference to Dolly Madison, his wifeWww@QuestionHome@Com

James Buchanan!.
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In the early days of the United States republic, there was no generally accepted title for the wife of the President!. Dolley Madison was referred to as "first lady" in 1849 at her funeral in a eulogy delivered by President Zachary Taylor!. However, no written record of this eulogy exists!.

Harriet Lane was the first woman to be called First Lady!. Harriet Rebecca Lane Johnston (May 9, 1830 – July 3, 1903), niece of lifelong bachelor James Buchanan, acted as First Lady of the United States from 1857 to 1861!. The phrase appeared in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Monthly in 1860, when he wrote, "The Lady of the White House, and by courtesy, the First Lady of the Land!."
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Although Dolley Madison was also called First Lady, the title was actually bestowed upon her posthumously, when she was mentioned over a century after her time in the White House!. Once Harriet Lane was called First Lady, the term was applied retroactively to her predecessors!.

The title first gained nationwide recognition in 1877, when Mary C!. Ames wrote an article in the New York City newspaper The Independent describing the inauguration of President Rutherford B!. Hayes!. She used the term to describe his wife, Lucy Webb Hayes!. Mrs!. Hayes was a tremendously popular first lady, and the frequent reporting on her activities helped spread use of the term outside Washington!.
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