The Queens' Bedroom is on the second floor of the

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, part of a guest suite of rooms that includes the Queens' Sitting Room..

Furnishings

The room has been furnished in 1868 Federal style since the Truman reconstruction. The bed thought to have belonged to

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is used here. It was donated in 1902 and first used in what is today the Lincoln Bedroom.

History

Before the construction of the West Wing in 1902, it was the usual bedroom and office for presidential private secretaries. Many male relatives, including sons of presidents, used the room as their bedroom. The room became a regular bedroom suite when the president's staff moved into the West Wing. When the White House was gutted and rebuilt during the Truman administration, this room was rebuilt as a guest suite with its own bathroom.

Winston Churchill Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, military officer, and writer who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 (Winston Churchill in the Second World War, ...

stayed in the room when he visited Presidents

Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882April 12, 1945), also known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945. He is the longest-serving U.S. president, and the only one to have served ...

and Harry S. Truman before and after World War II.

Mamie Eisenhower Mary Geneva "Mamie" Eisenhower (; November 14, 1896 – November 1, 1979) was First Lady of the United States from 1953 to 1961 as the wife of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Born in Boone, Iowa, she was raised in a wealthy household in Colo ...

once had her son, John, and his wife, Barbara, move to another room because she felt that only queens and similar state guests should stay in this room.

Jacqueline Kennedy Jacqueline Lee Kennedy Onassis ( ; July 28, 1929 – May 19, 1994) was an American writer, book editor, and socialite who served as the first lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963, as the wife of President John F. Kennedy. A popular f ...

considered taking the room for herself in 1961, but settled instead on the traditional master suite. Between 1902 and 1963, the room was known as the Rose Room. Anna Roosevelt, daughter of Franklin and

Eleanor Roosevelt Anna Eleanor Roosevelt ( ; October 11, 1884November 7, 1962) was an American political figure, diplomat, and activist. She was the longest-serving First Lady of the United States, first lady of the United States, during her husband Franklin D ...

, moved into the room in 1944 and served as the President's assistant and White House hostess during her mother's frequent absences. President and Mrs. Kennedy used the Queens' Bedroom while the master suite was being decorated in their first weeks in the house.

References and notes

*Anthony, Carl Sferrazza. ''America's First Families: An Inside View of 200 Years of Private Life in the White House.'' New York: Simon and Schuster, 2000.

External links

White House Museum: The Queens' Bedroom

White House Museum: Franklin Roosevelt to Winston Churchill
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