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===Marriage to Woodrow Wilson=== [[Image:First ladies-wilson-edith.jpg|thumb|upright=.75|Wilson's official White House portrait]] In March 1915, the widow Galt was introduced to recently widowed U.S. President [[Woodrow Wilson]] at the [[White House]] by [[Helen Woodrow Bones]] (1874β1951). Bones was the president's first cousin and served as the official White House hostess after the death of Wilson's wife, [[Ellen Axson Wilson|Ellen Wilson]]. Wilson took an instant liking to Galt and proposed soon after meeting her. However, the couple were troubled by rumors that Wilson had cheated on his wife with Galt<ref>Maynard, p. 309; Nordhult, p. 195.</ref> and even that Wilson and Galt had murdered the First Lady. Distressed at the effect such wild speculation could have on respect for the presidency and on his personal reputation, Wilson suggested that Edith Bolling Galt back out of their engagement. Instead, she insisted on postponing the wedding until the end of the official year of mourning for Ellen Axson Wilson.<ref>Hagood, p. 84; Wertheimer, p. 105.</ref> Wilson married Galt on December 18, 1915, at her home in Washington, D.C.<ref name=Black>{{cite book |first=Allida Mae |last=Black |chapter=Edith Bolling Galt Wilson |title=The First Ladies of the United States of America |publisher=The White House Historical Association |year=2009 |via=The White House |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/about-the-white-house/first-families/edith-bolling-galt-wilson/ }}</ref> There were 40 guests. The groom's pastor, Reverend Dr. James H. Taylor of Central Presbyterian Church, and the bride's, Reverend Dr. Herbert Scott Smith of St. Margaret's Episcopal Church, Washington, D.C., officiated jointly at the ceremony.{{cn|date=July 2022}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Wilson |first=Edith |title=My Memoir |publisher=Arno Press |year=1939 |isbn=0405128681 |page=84 |language=en}}</ref>
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