(1772-1836) Original 1800's portrait engraving of Martha Jefferson Randolph, the first child of Founding Father and 3rd U.S. President Thomas Jefferson, and his wife Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson. In 1790, she married the famous soldier and Virginia politician, Thomas M. Randolph (1768-1828). Randolph served in the Virginia State Senate in 1793 and 1794; fought in the War of 1812 as a colonel of the Twentieth Infantry; served as U.S. Congressman, 1803-07; was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, 1819, 1820, and 1823-1825; and was Governor of Virginia, 1819-1822. He was the first son-in-law of a Virginia Governor to become governor himself. He died at Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson, his father-in-law, and was interred in the family burial ground. Overall size of this beautiful portrait is 6 x 9 1/4. Engraved by J. Rogers. Imprint below subject, Mrs. Thomas M. Randolph, (Martha Jefferson). From an original picture by T. Sully, in possession of her daughter, Mrs. Nicholas P. Trist. Suitable for framing or display in a Thomas Jefferson or Colonial United States display.
Item Number: Mem2797
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