- Queens' Bedroom
The Queens' Bedroom is located on the second floor of the
White House , part of a guest suite of rooms that includes theQueens' Sitting Room . Named for the many royal guests it has hosted, the room is used by presidents to reward friends and political supporters.Furnishings
The room has been furnished in Federal style since the Truman renovation. The bed thought to have belonged to
Andrew Jackson is used here. It was donated in 1902 and first used in what is today theLincoln 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 to 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 stayed in the room when he visited with Presidents Roosevelt and Truman before and afterWorld War II .Mamie Eisenhower 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 the room. Jacqueline Kennedy considered taking the room for herself in 1961 (but settled 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 , moved into the room in 1944 and served as the president's assistant and White House hostess during her mother's frequent absences. The Kennedys also lived in the Queens' Bedroom while the master suite was being decorated in their first weeks in the house.Queens' Sitting Room
References
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=44elUBU7FZkC&printsec=frontcover&dq=America%27s+First+Families&sig=ACfU3U3gdxybK5U18PRtrbb3lXwxFXtqmg "America's First Families: An Inside View of 200 Years of Private Life in the White House"]
External links
* [http://whitehousemuseum.org/floor2/queens-bedroom.htm White House Museum: The Queens' Bedroom]
* [http://whitehousemuseum.org/images/fdr-to-churchill-1941.jpgWhite House Museum: Franklin Roosevelt to Winston Churchill]
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