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Martha Jefferson

1748 - 1782

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Martha Skelton Jefferson (née Wayles; October 30, 1748 – September 6, 1782) was the wife of Thomas Jefferson from 1772 until her death. She served as First Lady of Virginia during Jefferson's term as governor from 1779 to 1781. She died in 1782, 19 years before he became president.Of the six children born to Thomas and Martha, only two survived to adulthood, Martha and Mary. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Martha Jefferson has received more than 1,497,980 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Martha Jefferson is the 714th most popular companion (down from 661st in 2019), the 5,987th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,863rd in 2019) and the 12th most popular American Companion.

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  • 47.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Martha Jefferson ranks 714 out of 673. Before her are Valeria Maximilla, Ingrid Ragnvaldsdotter, Princess Charlotte Amalie of Denmark, Constance of Toulouse, Sophie Caroline of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, and Princess Lalla Salma of Morocco. After her are Agnes of the Palatinate, Rachel Jackson, Maureen Starkey Tigrett, Irene Gattilusio, Infanta Maria da Assunção of Braganza, and Princess Sophia Hedwig of Denmark.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1748, Martha Jefferson ranks 25. Before her are Félix Vicq-d'Azyr, Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, Timur Shah Durrani, Francesco Mario Pagano, John Playfair, and Joseph Bramah. After her are John Marshall, Asaf-ud-Daula, Charles Blagden, and William Few. Among people deceased in 1782, Martha Jefferson ranks 33. Before her are Sadeq Khan Zand, Christine Kirch, José Cadalso, Karl Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Princess Charlotte Amalie of Denmark, and Charles Lee. After her are Sir John Pringle, 1st Baronet, Henry Home, Lord Kames, and Joseph Pickford.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Martha Jefferson ranks 5,987 out of 18,182. Before her are Norman Vincent Peale (1898), Michael R. Clifford (1952), Alice Drummond (1928), Beals Wright (1879), Zero Mostel (1915), and Dorothea Klumpke (1861). After her are Rosa Ponselle (1897), Lee Cronbach (1916), Henry Augustus Rowland (1848), Adoniram Judson (1788), John Legend (1978), and Sandy Koufax (1935).

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Among COMPANIONS In United States

Among companions born in United States, Martha Jefferson ranks 12. Before her are Mary Todd Lincoln (1818), Mamie Eisenhower (1896), Pat Nixon (1912), Abigail Adams (1744), Neilia Hunter Biden (1942), and Ellen Axson Wilson (1860). After her are Rachel Jackson (1767), Sarah Yorke Jackson (1803), Karen Pence (1957), Happy Rockefeller (1926), and Ann Romney (1949).

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