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in move in, move out of White House, 68

as practical joker, 83

presidential transition to, 32, 51, 69, 72–73

Ramsey and, 8, 82, 83, 274

Rochon and, 12, 35, 38

September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and, 256, 259, 264, 265–66, 268

vote recount of 2000 and, 72

see also
Bush family (George W.)

Bush, Jenna, 73, 83, 99, 136, 224–25, 229, 241

Bush, Laura, 9, 16, 97

George W.’s inauguration and, 73

meals and, 14, 69

on presidential transitions, 29–30

presidential transition to George W. and, 69, 72

residence staff and, 14, 88–89, 106, 110, 275

September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and, 256–57, 259, 261, 263, 264, 265–66, 268

White House personal expenses and, 65–66

see also
Bush family (George W.)

Bush, Marvin, 119

Bush family (George H. W.), 260

accessible, friendly demeanor of, 117–18, 218

Emery and, 121–22, 150–51

meals and, 140, 221

in move in, move out of White House, 32, 51, 70

residence staff and, 117–22

Bush family (George W.), 35, 83, 256, 275

Camp David, 64, 99, 121, 152, 242, 262

Capitol, U.S., 31, 43, 51–52, 77, 176, 257

Capitol Hill, 256, 259, 261, 262, 263, 265

Capitol Rotunda, 248

Card, Andrew, 83, 87

Carpenter, Liz, 56

Carter, Amy, 184–85, 186, 187, 188, 235–38

Carter, Billy, 98–99

Carter, Buddy, 84, 140, 168

Carter, Jimmy, 85

family guests of, 98–99

as farmer, 238

flower expenses and, 64–65

inflation and, 106

Iran hostage crisis and, 74, 106

Prince and, 184, 186, 188

on residence staff, 11

second term lost by, 34

Carter, Lillian, 98–99

Carter, Rosalynn, 9, 64, 92, 185, 186, 236, 274

Carter family, 98–99, 179, 220, 236–37, 272

Prince and, 184–89

White house personal expenses and, 63

Cassini, Oleg, 26, 47

Castelo, Anita, 117

Cézanne, Paul, 251

Chambrin, Pierre, 220–21

Charles, Prince of England, 215

Cheney, Dick, 89, 264

Cherlin, Reid, 15, 164

Chicago, Ill., 33, 40

chief ushers, 11–12

African Americans as, 12, 177–78, 196

residence staff book created by, 34, 46

rigor and discipline of, 12

see also
White House residence staff, ushers of;
specific chief ushers

Civil Rights Act (1964), 201

civil rights movement, 173, 178, 191–92, 193, 199, 201, 202

Civil War, U.S., 27, 175, 176, 178

Clapton, Eric, 205

Clara (maid), 71

Clark, Cletus, 60, 88, 91, 94, 133, 159–60

Clarke, Nancy, 30, 35, 140, 225

Claus, Prince of the Netherlands, 111

Cliber, Bea, 171, 258

Cliber, William “Bill,”
157
, 215

Clinton presidential transition and, 52–53

Johnson family and, 125, 128–29, 131–32, 170–71

Kennedy assassination and, 247

Monica Lewinsky scandal and, 142

Nixon and, 8, 156, 158

September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and, 258, 259, 265, 266, 268

Clinton, Bill, 62, 85, 98, 142, 166, 275

Bush, George W.’s presidential transition and, 32

election of, 74–75

extramarital affairs of, 152;
see also
Lewinsky, Monica scandal

food cravings of, 69

frog collection of, 54

as governor of Arkansas, 152

impeachment of, 7, 142, 147

inauguration of, 51–52, 100–101

Jeffries and, 271

residence staff and, 30, 53, 137–39, 146

staff of, 72–73

White House redecoration and, 50, 55

see also
Clinton family; Lewinsky, Monica, scandal

Clinton, Chelsea, 51, 55, 85, 137, 152, 224, 229, 275

Hillary and, 18, 240, 241

Mesnier and, 149–50, 241–42

Monical Lewinsky scandal and, 149–50, 223

in move in, move out of White House, 30, 73

parents’ protectiveness over, 101, 238–39

residence staff and, 153, 239–42

Scheib’s cooking lessons with, 240

Steve Ford’s letter to, 223

Clinton, Hillary, 138

Chelsea and, 18, 240, 241

frog collection of, 54

health and, 220

Mesnier and, 274

Monica Lewinsky scandal and,
see
Lewinsky, Monica, scandal

in move in, move out of White House, 30, 73

as potential first female president, 147

presidential transition and, 32–33

privacy and, 152–53

Ramsey and, 84, 275

residence staff and, 100

Scheib hired by, 69

Skip Allen and, 150

as sympathetic to women, 137

White House redecoration and, 50, 52

Clinton family, 97, 116, 119, 205

arrival in White House of, 31

Christine Limerick and, 30, 95, 96, 137–38, 140, 166

Emery and, 53–54, 150–52

events and parties hosted by, 67, 110, 271

friends (“FOBs”) of, 53–54

inconsistency of, 139

meals and, 69, 139–40, 220–21

in move in, move out of White House, 30, 73

phone system changed by, 53, 100

presidential transition to, 32–33, 50–55, 74–75

privacy and, 152–53, 238–39

residence staff fired by, 150–51

residence staff not fully trusted by, 100, 150

secrecy and paranoia of, 100, 101, 150–51

Secret Service and, 152–53

White House redecoration by, 50–51, 52–53, 54, 55

Comerford, Cristeta “Cris,” 37

Committee for the Preservation of the White House, 175

Congress, U.S., 11, 124, 177, 189, 201, 202, 233, 256

see also
Senate, U.S.

Connally, Nellie, 231

Contee, Vincent, 38

Coolidge, Grace, 27

Cormier, Frank, 88

Cox, Tricia Nixon, 10, 21, 71, 123, 156, 160, 181, 205

Crawford, Tex., 82, 262

Currie, Betty, 138, 144–45

Daughters of the American Revolution, 24

de Gaulle, Charles, 249, 250

Democratic National Convention, 33

desegregation, 186, 195

Dickey, Helen, 152

Dickson, Reginald, 114–15

discrimination, 173, 186, 195

see also
racism

Downton Abbey
(TV show), 103, 239

Dublin, 23

Duke Blue Devils, 41

du Pont, Henry Francis, 25

Ebony
, 174

Ehrlichman, John, 154–55

Eisenhower, Dwight, 92, 191, 242

Eisenhower, Mamie, 25, 191

Eisenhower Executive Office Building, 168

Eisenhower family, 35, 46–47, 48

Elizabeth II, Queen of England, 181, 182, 183, 214–15, 273

Ellington, Duke, 196

Elms mansion, 57, 126, 127, 128

Elsasser, Wendy, 101, 121, 133, 136, 243, 268

Emergency Response Team, 263

Emery, Chris, 195, 272

Bush (George H. W.) family and, 121–22, 150–51

Clinton family and, 53–54, 150–52

Reagan family and, 91

Erkenbeck, Jane, 93

Famous Flames, 206

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 92, 114, 181

Fenton, Catherine, 257

Ficklin, Charles, 104, 168, 183, 204, 212, 245, 270

Ficklin, John, 77, 104, 168, 204, 270

Ficklin, Sam, 204

Ficklin family, 13, 168–69, 269–70

Fields, Alonzo, 29, 178–79, 182, 183–84

Fincher, Stephen, 227

Finney, Betty, 17, 22, 95, 143, 239, 259–61,
260,
262

first families:

children of, 96–97, 223–42

comfort of, with residence staff, 81, 88, 128, 129

demands of, 12, 123, 125–33, 163

guests of, 12, 54, 63, 65, 140

marital relations of, 80, 88, 91, 96

personal expenses of, 34, 62–66, 178

privacy and, 4, 7, 82, 91, 97, 98, 151, 230, 231, 247

residence of,
see
White House residence

on residence staff, 10, 11, 46, 56, 61, 70, 71, 88–90, 91, 106, 118, 167, 274, 275

securing food for, 92–93, 116