Abraham Lincoln’s ghost is said to haunt the White House, with sightings reported by notable guests such as Winston Churchill and Queen Wilhelmina. His spirit is most frequently seen in the Lincoln Bedroom and the Yellow Oval Room. Other reported ghost sightings include Willie Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, and Dolley Madison.
Abraham Lincoln lived in the White House during his presidency from 1861 to 1865, but, according to some ghostly accounts, he never left, even after his assassination in 1865. According to several notable White House guests, including dignitaries such as the prime minister Briton Winston Churchill and Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, Lincoln still haunts the halls of the White House. His spirit has been sighted in several places, but most frequently in the Lincoln Bedroom (no surprise there) and the Yellow Oval Room. The first sighting of Lincoln’s ghost was recorded in a 1903 newspaper article. Since then, reports have come in from First Lady Grace Coolidge, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Maureen Reagan, among many others. Churchill recounted walking naked into the master bedroom after taking a bath and seeing Lincoln standing by the fireplace. Churchill said he shouted: “Good evening, Mr. President. It seems to me that you have disadvantaged me.”
Haunting the halls of the White House:
There have also been reported sightings of the ghost of Willie Lincoln, son of Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln, who died at the White House in 1862, aged 11.
Jeremiah “Jerry” Smith, who worked in the White House for 35 years as a waiter, butler and often a cook, told reporters he has seen the ghosts of Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant and William McKinley.
Other alleged ghost sightings include Dolley Madison in the Rose Garden, Thomas Jefferson playing the violin, and John Tyler proposing to his second wife.
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