Mary Harrison McKee
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Mary Scott Harrison McKee (April 3, 1858 – October 28, 1930) was the first lady to her father President Benjamin Harrison, when her mother, Caroline Harrison, was seriously ill and then died.
She was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. Mary Harrison married James Robert McKee, one of the founders of the General Electric company, in November of 1884. They had two children, Benjamin Harrison McKee (known as Baby McKee), and Mary Lodge McKee. She is buried at Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis, Indiana.
She is the most recent first lady of the United States not to be the wife of a President.
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- Original text based on White House biography
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Preceded by Caroline Harrison |
First Lady of the United States 1892–1893 |
Succeeded by Frances Cleveland |