Editing President (government title) (section)

==Spousal titles==

Titles for a president's spouse, if female, have ranged from "Marquise" to "Lady" to simply "Mrs." (or "Ms.").<ref name="ladies"/> If male the title of the president's spouse may be "Marquis", "Lord", or merely "Mr.".

===United States===
President George Washington's wife, [[Martha Washington]], was often called "Lady Washington". By the 1850s in the United States, the term "lady" had changed from a title of nobility to a term of address for a respected and well-mannered woman. The use of "[[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]]" to refer to the wife of the president of the United States was popularized about the time of the [[US Civil War]]. [[Dolley Madison]], the wife of President [[James Madison]], was remembered after her death in 1849 by President [[Zachary Taylor]] as "truly our First Lady for a half a century".<ref>{{cite book|last=Mayo|first=Edith| author-link = Edith Mayo |title=The Smithsonian Book of the First Ladies |pages=33|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z0HZFqbkT1sC&q=%22Mr+President%22+++title+%22first+lady%22&pg=PA33 | isbn=978-0-8050-1751-9 | year=1996 | publisher=H. Holt}}</ref> First ladies are usually referred to simply as "Mrs. [last name]".<ref>{{cite web|title=President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump Welcome Governors to the White House|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2017/02/26/president-donald-j-trump-and-first-lady-melania-trump-welcome-governors|website=[[whitehouse.gov]]|publisher=[[Executive Office of the President]]|access-date=22 March 2017|language=en|date=26 February 2017|quote=Mrs. Trump added that, "the scents of jasmine and roses fill the air as we give thanks for this great Nation and the glory of renewal."}}</ref>