Ireland before sailing for New York. In her time in Europe, she met with Queen Victoria, Emperor Napoleon III, Empress Eugénie of France, Grand Duke Frederick II and Grand Duchess Louise of Baden and other Europeans royals, government dignitaries and Anglican clergy. In the United States, she had a reception given for her on August 14, 1866 by President Andrew Johnson and First Lady Eliza McCardle Johnson at the White House. Some note this as the first time anyone with the title "Queen" had had an official visit to the U.S. presidential residence. Secretary of State William H. Seward hosted the queen at his house and gave her state dinner on August 18. The following evening she attended a private dinner at the White House with the president, his family and Seward. While in Washington, she also met the Choctaw chief Peter Pitchlynn and his country's delegation, along with delegations of Chickasaw and Cherokee. This was the only instance of bilateral relations between the Hawaiian Kingdom and the three tribal republics. After visiting Washington, she visited Niagara Falls and Canada. The news of her hānai mother Grace's death in Hawaii on July 26 prompted her to end her trip and journey home. The United States government dispatched the USS Vanderbilt at San Francisco to bring her back to Honolulu. A pamphlet Queen Emma: A Narrative of the Object of Her Mission to England describing her travel and mission in England was published anonymously in London in December 1865. American missionary Samuel C. Damon published this in his newspaper The Friend in June 1866 and pointed out some errors in the work. Royal election of 1874 After the death of King Lunalilo, Emma decided to run in the constitutionally-mandated royal election against future King Kalākaua. She claimed that Lunalilo had wanted her to succeed him, but died before a formal proclamation could be made. The day after Lunalilo died, Kalākaua declared himself candidate for the throne. The next day Queen Emma did the same. The first real animosity between the Kamehamehas and Kalākaua begun to appear, as he published a proclamation: Queen Emma issued her proclamation the next day: Emma's candidacy was agreeable to many Native Hawaiians, not only because her husband was a member of the Kamehameha Dynasty, but she was also closer in descent to Hawaii's first king, Kamehameha The Great, than her opponent. On foreign policy, she (like