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6/23/2025, 11:16:16 PM
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Mainstream historians and the White House have long designated Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson as our country’s third first lady. But Martha died in 1782, nearly two decades before Jefferson became president. Hemings was with Jefferson from the late 1780s until his death in 1826. And although she didn’t live at the White House, Hemings bore three of Jefferson’s children during the years when he was president.
For these reasons and others, it’s Sally Hemings, not Martha Wayles Skelton, who should be recognized as first lady.
Mainstream historians and the White House have long designated Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson as our country’s third first lady. But Martha died in 1782, nearly two decades before Jefferson became president. Hemings was with Jefferson from the late 1780s until his death in 1826. And although she didn’t live at the White House, Hemings bore three of Jefferson’s children during the years when he was president.
For these reasons and others, it’s Sally Hemings, not Martha Wayles Skelton, who should be recognized as first lady.
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