1886 in the United States
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Events from the year 1886 in the United States.
October 28: Statue of Liberty dedicated.
Chester A. Arthur
Frances Cleveland
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Frances Clara Cleveland Preston was the first lady of the United States from 1886 to 1889 and again from 1893 until 1897, as the wife of President Grover Cleveland. She was the first to hold the posit
1886 in the United States
…31-June 1 – Conversion of all (most) railroads to standard gauge; see Track gauge in the United States June 2 – U.S. President Grover Cleveland marries Frances Folsom in the White House, becoming the only president to wed in the executive mansion. She is 27 years his junior. June 9 – The Stoughton Musical Society's…
Cleveland, c. 1886
Frances Folsom's childhood home in Buffalo, New York
Cleveland in a formal gown (1886)
Cleveland with her husband and Elias Cornelius Benedict on the Oneida steam-yacht in 1890