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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Martha Jefferson has received more than 1,575,886 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Martha Jefferson is the 736th most popular companion (down from 711th in 2019), the 5,497th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,975th in 2019) and the 13th most popular American Companion.

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  • 1.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Martha Jefferson ranks 736 out of 784. Before her are Infanta Maria da Assunção of Braganza, Anna Sophie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Anabella Drummond, Constance of Toulouse, Urraca of Castile, Queen of Navarre, and Princess Agnes of Anhalt-Dessau. After her are Aleida Guevara, Princess Pauline of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Irene Lekapene, Nicole Brown Simpson, Synadene, and Rachel Jackson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1748, Martha Jefferson ranks 23. Before her are Anders Sparrman, Félix Vicq-d'Azyr, William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot, John Playfair, and Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg. After her are Francesco Mario Pagano, Anne Seymour Damer, Timur Shah Durrani, Charles Blagden, John Marshall, and Joseph Bramah. Among people deceased in 1782, Martha Jefferson ranks 31. Before her are Sadeq Khan Zand, Princess Charlotte Amalie of Denmark, Christine Kirch, Elisabeth Christina von Linné, José Cadalso, and Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau. After her are Karl Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Charles Lee, Henry Home, Lord Kames, Sir John Pringle, 1st Baronet, and Joseph Pickford.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Martha Jefferson ranks 5,497 out of 20,380. Before her are Fletcher Henderson (1897), Adam Brody (1979), Phil Woods (1931), Amy Brenneman (1964), Yogi Berra (1925), and Hart Crane (1899). After her are Ishi (1860), Alfred Sturtevant (1891), Virginia E. Johnson (1925), John Larroquette (1947), Eli Roth (1972), and Ellen Churchill Semple (1863).

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Among COMPANIONS In United States

Among companions born in United States, Martha Jefferson ranks 13. 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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