She died long before her husband was president.
She died long before her husband was president.
Thomas Jefferson's wife was named Martha .
Thomas Jefferson's wife died before his presidency so he gave most of the First Lady duties to the wife of the Secretary of State. Her name was Dolley Payne Todd.
Martha Jefferson was Thomas Jefferson's wife.
Martha Jefferson was the wife of Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States. Martha did not live to see her husband become President - as she passed away at the age of 33, nineteen years before he took up the role in 1801.
Thomas Jefferson became president in 1801. His wife, Martha Jefferson died in 1782. She is considered first lady even though she never served.
Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson was the wife of the third US President Thomas Jefferson but she was not the First Lady since she died before her husband was elected for the Presidentcy
Thomas Jefferson's wife's name was Martha Wayles Skelton. Of course, it changed to Martha Wayles Jefferson after marriage.
The wife of Thomas Jefferson.
Martha Jefferson
thomas Jefferson's wife
Martha Wayles was born in 1748. She married Thomas Jefferson in 1772, becoming Martha Jefferson. She died in 1782, and Thomas Jefferson became president in 1801, so she was never the first lady.