Susie
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"Susie," White House Workers History Project, White House Historical Association, 2026, https://whha.whirlihost.com/Detail/workers/560.
- Position
- Cook
- Years in President's House
- circa 1895
- Legal Status
- Free Person
- Gender
- Female
- Race/Ethnicity
- Black or African American
- Presidency
- Grover Cleveland Second Term
- Biography
- An August 1895 article in the Cincinnati Enquirer highlighted several of the Cleveland family’s servants at the White House, including their African-American cook, Susie. The article noted “…as a cook she is absolutely perfect, especially of fish, which Mr. Cleveland makes the staple of his daily fare.”1 Beyond this article, little is known about Susie including her full name.
- “A Modest Retinue,” The Cincinnati Enquirer (Ohio), August 18, 1895, pg. 17.
- Birthplace
- Unclear from Context
- Unclear from Context