You can't get much weirder, or more American, than ghosts in the White House. No one is safe, and these stories will proove it!
Abigail Adams, wife of President John Adams
At the time Pres. Adams and his wife, Abigail, were in the White House, there was a slight problem with where to hang the laundry to dry. At the time, the White House was not yet fully complete, and it was not adequately heated, with many rooms being cold and damp. The warmest and driest place in the White House was the East Room, and that is where Mrs. Adams humg her clothes line.
To this day, Abigail Adams can be seen hurrying towards the East Room with her arms outstretched as if she is carrying a oad of laundry. She is the "oldest" ghost to be encountered in the White House today.
Dorothea Paine "Dolley" Madison, wife of President James Madison
When the second Mrs. Woodrow Wilson occupied the White House, she ordered gardeners to dig up the familiar rose garden that Dolley had planned and built during her stay there. The gardeners ended up running away when Dolley's ghost appeared to stop them from ruining her beloved garden, and not one flower was harmed. Dolley's rose garden continues to bloom to this day. Never mess with a woman's roses!
Andrew Jackson
It is believed that Andrew Jackson still inhabits the White House's Rose Room, where his bed remains to this day. Mary Todd Lincoln reported hearing him stomping around the White House corridors and cursing.
David Burns, owner of the land given to the govenment for the White House
Cesar Carrera, valet to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, said he once heard someone calling his name in the Yellow Oval Room. The voice seemed to come from a distance, saying, "I'm Mr. Burns."
A similar story arose during the Truman years when a guard heard a soft voice saying, "I'm Mr. Burns."
Abraham Lincoln
Reports of people seeing, hearing, or sensing the presance of Pres. Lincoln throught the years have been numerous.
When Pres. Lincoln was still alive, he had told a friend that he dreamt of his own death. He dreamt of hearing people mouring, only to go to the East Room where he saw has a casket and a room full of mourners. He demanded from a guard to know who had died in the White House, and the guard responded, "The President. He was killed by an assasin."
However, Lincoln has remained past death to finish off his term in office.
Grace Coolidge, wife of Calvin Coolidge, was the first person to report having seen Lincoln's ghost in the White House. She said that he stood at a window of the Oval Office, hands clasped behind his back, gazing out over the Potomac.
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands was a guest of the White House when she heard a knock on her bedroom door in the middle of the night. When she answered it, Lincoln stood before her with his famous top hat and all. The Queen fainted, and when she came too, he was gone.
Mary Eben, Mrs. Roosevelt's secretary, also reported seeing Lincoln sitting on the bed in the Lincoln bedroom pulling on his boots. Many other workers during this era reported seeing him laying on the bed at different times.