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Eleanor Wilson McAdoo

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Youngest daughter of President Woodrow Wilson

"Eleanor Wilson" redirects here. For the actress, seeEleanor D. Wilson. For the English writer (1769–1833), seeEleanor Tatlock.

Eleanor Wilson McAdoo
Eleanor Wilsonc. 1910
Born	Eleanor Randolph Wilson (1889-10-16)October 16, 1889 Middletown, Connecticut, U.S.
Died	April 5, 1967(1967-04-05) (aged 77) Montecito, California, U.S.
Resting place	Santa Barbara, California
Other names	Nellie Wilson
Education	Saint Mary's School
Spouse	William Gibbs McAdoo (m. 1914; div. 1935)
Children	2
Parents	Woodrow Wilson Ellen Axson Wilson
Relatives	Jessie Woodrow Wilson Sayre (Sister) Margaret Woodrow Wilson (sister) Francis Bowes Sayre Jr. (nephew) Eleanor Sayre (Niece) Edith Wilson (stepmother)

Eleanor Randolph Wilson McAdoo (October 16, 1889 – April 5, 1967) was an American writer and the youngest daughter of American presidentWoodrow Wilson andEllen Louise Axson. Wilson had two sisters,Margaret Woodrow Wilson andJessie Woodrow Wilson Sayre.

Biography

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She was born on October 16, 1889, toWoodrow Wilson andEllen Axson Wilson inMiddletown, Connecticut. She was educated atSaint Mary's School, anEpiscopal boarding school for girls inRaleigh, North Carolina.^[1]^[2]

She marriedWilliam Gibbs McAdoo, Wilson'sSecretary of the Treasury, at theWhite House on May 7, 1914.^[3] They had two daughters: Ellen Wilson McAdoo (1915–1946)^[4] and Mary Faith McAdoo (1920–1988).^[5] She divorced McAdoo in July 1935.^[6]

Because she had written a biography about her father, she served as an informal counselor on the 1944biopicWilson.^[7] In 1965, she became largely incapacitated following acerebral hemorrhage.

McAdoo died at her home inMontecito, California, at 77.^[8] She was interred at the Santa Barbara Cemetery,Santa Barbara, California. She was the last surviving child of Woodrow Wilson.

Family

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Publications

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The Woodrow Wilsons by Eleanor Wilson McAdoo (McMillan, 1937)
Julia and the White House "An American girl finds herself in the exciting yet sobering limelight of the White House" (Dodd, Mead, 1946)

References

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^"Notable Saint Mary's Alumnae"(PDF).sms.edu. RetrievedJuly 29, 2023.
^"Archival Collections at the Library".Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum. Archived fromthe original on June 22, 2018. RetrievedApril 15, 2021.
^Staff report (May 8, 1914). ELEANOR WILSON WEDS W.G. M'ADOO; President's Youngest Daughter and Secretary of Treasury Married at White House.The New York Times
^Staff report (May 22, 1915,). Ellen died from an overdose.^{[citation needed]} DAUGHTER IS BORN TO MRS. W. G. McAdoo; President's Second Grandchild Will be Christened Ellen for the Late Mrs. Wilson.The New York Times
^Staff report (July 18, 1934). NEW M'ADOO BABY BORN PRIMARY NIGHT; A Second Daughter for ex-Secretary of the Treasury and the Former Miss Eleanor Wilson.The New York Times
^Staff report (July 18, 1934). Eleanor Wilson McAdoo Divorces Senator At Five-Minute Hearing on Incompatibility.The New York Times
^Knock, Thomas J. "History with Lightning": The Forgotten Film Wilson.American Quarterly, Vol. 28, No. 5 (Winter, 1976), pp. 523-543
^"Mrs. Eleanor Wilson McAdoo, President's Daughter, 77, Dies. Former Wife of Treasury Chief Remained Dedicated to Her Father's Ideals".The New York Times. April 7, 1967. RetrievedOctober 7, 2012.Mrs. Eleanor Wilson McAdoo, a daughter of President Wilson and the former wife of William Gibbs McAdoo, Mr. Wilson's Treasury Secretary, died last night at her home here. She was 77 years old. ...