Queens' Bedroom

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The Queens' Bedroom is located on the second floor of the White House, part of the suite of guest rooms which includes Queens Room. The room was "named and reserved for the Queen of England and the Commonwealth of Nature".

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Accessory

The rooms have been furnished in Federal 1868 style since the Truman reconstruction. The bed that allegedly belongs to Andrew Jackson is used here. It was donated in 1902 and was first used on what is now the Lincoln Bedroom.

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History

Prior to the construction of the West Wing in 1902, it was the usual bedroom and office for the president's private secretary. Many male relatives, including the president's son, used the room as their bedroom. The room became a regular bedroom when the president's staff moved to the West Wing. When the White House was demolished and rebuilt during the Truman administration, this room was rebuilt as a guest room with its own bathroom.

Winston Churchill stayed in the room when he visited President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman before and after World War II. Mamie Eisenhower once sent his son, John, and his wife, Barbara, to move to another room because he felt that only queens and guests of the same country could stay in this room. Jacqueline Kennedy considered taking up space for himself in 1961, but settled on a traditional master suite.

Between 1902 and 1963, the room was known as the Rose Room. Anna Roosevelt, Franklin's daughter and Eleanor Roosevelt, moved into a room in 1944 and served as an assistant to the President and Mrs. White House during her frequent mother's absence. President and Mrs. Kennedy uses the Queen Bedroom while the main rooms are decorated in their first weeks at home.

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References and notes

• Anthony, Carl Sferrazza. First Family America: A View of the 200 Years of Personal Life at the White House. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2000. ISBNÃ, 0-684-86442-8

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External links

• The White House Museum: The Queens' Bedroom
• White House Museum: Franklin Roosevelt to Winston Churchill

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