(3) Martha "Patsy" Jefferson Randolph

 

Martha Jefferson Randolph

Birthdate 

09/27/1772

Death date

10/10/1836

President

Thomas Jefferson

Dates of service

03/04/1801-03/04/1809

Relationship to president

Daughter

Other marriages 

Thomas Mann Randolph

 

Websites

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)

Papers/letters collections

National Archives: Martha Jefferson Randolph

Historical sites

Monticello

Martha Jefferson Randolph Gravesite

Fascinating details

  • 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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