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Martha Jefferson Randolph
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Birthdate
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09/27/1772
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Death date
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10/10/1836
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President
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Thomas Jefferson
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Dates of service
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03/04/1801-03/04/1809
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Relationship to president
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Daughter
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Other marriages
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Thomas Mann Randolph
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Websites
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First Ladies Never Married to Presidents: Martha Randolph
First Ladies National Library Biography of Martha Jefferson
Monticello: Martha Jefferson Randolph
The Library Company of Philadelphia: Martha Jefferson Randolph (1772-1836)
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Papers/letters collections
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National Archives: Martha Jefferson Randolph
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Historical sites
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Monticello
Martha Jefferson Randolph Gravesite
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Fascinating details
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- Thomas Jefferson had been a widower for almost two decades by the time he was inaugurated, allowing his daughter Martha “Patsy” Randolph to take on the role of ‘first lady.’
- As a child, she accompanied her father Thomas Jefferson to Paris (Jefferson was going to Europe to promote American interests abroad as Minister to France) and resided there from August 1784 to September 1789.
- Her husband, Thomas Mann Randolph, often stayed at the White House with President Jefferson.
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