Martha Washington


Martha Washington Abigail Adams Martha Jefferson Dolley Madison Elizabeth Monroe Louisa Adams Rachel Jackson Hannah Van Buren Anna Harrison Letitia Tyler Julia Tyler Sarah Polk Margaret Taylor Abigail Fillmore Jane Pierce Harriet Lane Johnson Mary Lincoln Eliza Johnson Julia Grant Lucy Hayes Lucretia Garfield Ellen Arthur Frances Cleveland Caroline Harrison Ida McKinley Edith Roosevelt Helen Taft Ellen Wilson Edith Wilson Florence Harding Grace Coolidge Lou Hoover Eleanor Roosevelt Bess Truman Mamie Eisenhower Jacqueline Kennedy Lady Bird Johnson Pat Nixon Betty Ford Rosalynn Carter Nancy Reagan Barbara Bush Hillary Rodham Clinton Laura Bush Michelle Obama	Martha Dandridge Custis Washington Born June 2, 1731 in New Kent County, Virginia. Her father Colonel John Dandridge was a wealthy plantation owner. She liked to ride horses and was reported to once ride her horse right into her uncle's home. Martha was only five feet tall. She married Colonel Daniel Parke Custis when she was only seventeen. They had four children. Two of the children died when they were babies. Her husband died when Martha was 25. Martha's estate was called the White House. She married George Washington three years later in 1759. George wore at lovely suit of silver and blue. Library of Congress George and Martha lived on a plantation called Mount Vernon which is located in Virginia. They didn't have any children together. During the Revolutionary War she would join her husband in camp during the winter months. She was in Valley Forge during the winter of 1777-78. She helped take care of the sick soldiers during those times. When George became President, Martha moved to New York which was the first capital of the U.S. and then on to Philadelphia the second capital. She didn't like either of those cities. At receptions and social events in her home, she did not allow politics to be discussed. It is reported that she ended the social events at 9 p.m. so President Washington could get his rest. When George Washington's term of office ended in 1797, they returned to Mount Vernon. She died of a fever May 22, 1802	Topics First Ladies Home U.S. Presidents Home

	Sources of Information: Books: Barden, Cindy,Meet the First Ladies, Lorenz Corp. Gormley, Beatrice,First Ladies: Women Who Called The White House Home (First Ladies) , Scholastic Paperbacks, 1997 Smith, Carter, Editor,Smithsonian Presidents and First Ladies DK Publishing, New York, 2002 Web Sites: The White House: http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/ Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/odmdhtml/
	This page was updated: May 9, 2012

Martha Dandridge Custis Washington