Presidental Timeline

Category: History

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Northwest Indian War Whiskey Rebellion John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry Harriet Hemings Betty Hemings John Hemings Mary Hemings Bell Edith Hern Fosset Ann-Elizabeth Fossett Isaacs James Monroe Trotter Pauline Powell Burns William Monroe Trotter Peter Fossett Cornelia Jefferson Randolph Joseph Coolidge Archibald Cary Coolidge J. Randolph Coolidge Jr.Sarah N. Randolph War of 1812

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French and Indian War

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Battle of Jumonville Glen Battle of Fort Necessity Battle of the Monongahela

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French and Indian War Braddock Expedition Forbes Expedition

American Revolutionary War

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Battle of Green Spring Battle of the Chesapeake Battle of the Mona Passage

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American Revolutionary War Boston campaign New York and New Jersey campaign Philadelphia campaign Yorktown campaign Siege of Yorktown Battle of Saint Kitts Battle of the Saintes

War of the Spanish Succession

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Battle of Schellenberg

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War of the Spanish Succession Battle of Blenheim

Mexican-American War

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Battle of Cerro Gordo Battle of Churubusco

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Mexican-American War Siege of Veracruz Battle of Contreras Battle of Chapultepec

American Civil War

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Battle of South Mountain Battle of Antietam Battle of Big Bethel

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American Civil War Battle of Cheat Mountain Seven Days Battles Second Battle of Bull Run Battle of Fredericksburg Battle of Chancellorsville Battle of Gettysburg Siege of Petersburg Appomattox campaign

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Overland Campaign

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Overland Campaign Battle of the Wilderness Battle of Spotsylvania Court House Battle of Cold Harbor

George Washington's Family

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Charles Washington Lawrence Augustine Washington John Dandridge Eleanor Calvert Elizabeth Calvert Eleanor Parke Custis Lewis Thomas Law George Calvert Ewan Law John Law William Syphax Anne Carter Lee Eleanor Agnes Lee Mary Custis Lee Mildred Childe Lee Martha Parke Custis Peter Martha Parke Custis Joseph Ball

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George Washington

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George and Martha Washington marry

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George Washington 14th Chancellor of the College of William & Mary Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses Delegate from Virginia to the Continental Congress Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army 1st President of the United States Virginia Militia Continental Army U.S. Army

Augustine Washington Jr.

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Augustine Washington Jr.Member of the House of Burgesses from Westmoreland County

Augustine Washington

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Augustine Washington and Jane Butler marry Augustine and Mary Ball Washington marry

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Augustine Washington Jane Butler dies

William Augustine Washington

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William Augustine Washington Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Westmoreland County Virginia militia

George C. Washington

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Native American Party

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George C. Washington Member of the Maryland House of Delegates Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 3rd district Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 5th district Adams Party Anti-Jackson Party

Elizabeth Washington Lewis

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Elizabeth Washington and Fielding Lewis marry

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Elizabeth Washington Lewis

John Washington

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John Washington Member of the House of Burgesses representing Westmoreland County

Lawrence Washington

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Lawrence Washington and Anne Fairfax marry

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Lawrence Washington Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses

Lawrence Washington

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Lawrence Washington Member of the House of Burgesses representing Westmoreland County Member of the House of Burgesses representing Westmoreland County

John Augustine Washington

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John Augustine Washington Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Westmoreland County Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Westmoreland County

Mildred Gale

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Mildred Gale and Lawrence Washington marry Mildred and George Gale marry

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Mildred Gale

Fielding Lewis

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Fielding Lewis and Catherine Washington marry Catherine Washington dies Fielding and Elizabeth Washington Lewis marry Member of the House of Burgesses from Spotsylvania County

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Fielding Lewis

Samuel Washington

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Samuel Washington and Jane Champe marry Jane Champe dies Samuel Washington and Mildred Thornton marry Mildred Thornton dies Samuel Washington and Lucy Chapman marry Lucy Chapman dies Samuel Washington and Anne Steptoe marry Anne Steptoe dies Samuel Washington and Susannah Perrin marry

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Samuel Washington

George Steptoe Washington

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George Steptoe and Lucy Washington marry

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George Steptoe Washington

Daniel Parke Custis

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Daniel Parke Custis and Martha Washington marry

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Daniel Parke Custis

Daniel Parke

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Daniel Parke and Jane Ludwell marry

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Daniel Parke Governor of the Leeward Islands

Martha Washington

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Martha Washington and Daniel Parke Custis marry Martha and George Washington marry

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Martha Washington First Lady of the United States

Lucy Chester Parke

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Lucy Chester Parke Years Active

John Custis Sr.

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Member of the House of Burgesses for Northampton County

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John Custis Sr.Member of the Virginia Governor's Council

Francis Jones Dandridge

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Frances Jones and John Dandridge marry

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Francis Jones Dandridge

John Custis

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John Custis Member of the House of Burgesses for Northampton County Member of the House of Burgesses for Northampton County Member of the Virginia Governor's Council

John Custis

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John Custis and France Parke marry

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John Custis Member of the House of Burgesses for Northampton County Member of the House of Burgesses for the College of William & Mary Served in British America and Virginia Militia

Benedict Swingate Calvert

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Benedict Swingate Calvert Judge of the Land Office

Bartholomew Dandridge

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Bartholomew Dadridge Member of the House of Burgesses for New Kent County Member of the Virginia House of Delegates for New Kent County Member of the Virginia Supreme Court

Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore

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Charles Calvert, 5th Baron Baltimore 6th Governor of Restored Proprietary Government Lord of the Admirality

John Parke Custis

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John Parke Custis Member of the Virginia House of Delegates for Fairfax County

Charles Calvert

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Charles Calvert Governor of Maryland Surveyor General to the Western Shore Commissary General

Lawrence Lewis

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United States Army

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Lawrence Lewis

Elizabeth Parke Custis Law

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Elizabeth Parke Custis and Thomas Law marry Elizabeth Parke Custis and Thomas Law divorce

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Elizabeth Parke Custis Law

Edmund Law

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Edmund Law Bishop of Carlisle

David Stuart

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David Stuart Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Fairfax County 1st Commissioner of the Federal City

George Henry Law

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George Henry Law and Jane Adeane marry

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George Henry Law Bishop of Bath and Wells Bishop of Chester

Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis

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Mary Lee Fitzhugh and George Washington Parke Custis marry

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Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis

Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough

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Edward Law and Ann Towry marry

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Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough Lord Chief Justice Member of the House Lords

George Washington Parke Custis

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George Washington Parke and Mary Lee Fitzhugh Custis marry

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George Washington Parke Custis

William Fitzhugh

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Ann Bolling Randolph dies

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William Fitzhugh Member of the House of Burgesses from King George County Member of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th Virginia Revolutionary Conventions from King George County Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from King George County Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Stafford County Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Stafford County Member of the Virginia Senate from Westmoreland, Stafford and King George Counties Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Stafford County Delegate to the Second Continental Congress from Virginia

John B. Syphax

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John B. Syphax Member of the Virginia House of Delegates for Alexandria City and Alexandria

Robert E. Lee

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Robert E. Lee and Mary Anna Custis Lee marry

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Robert E. Lee United States Army Confederate States Army General in Chief of the Armies of the Confederate States 1st President of Washington and Lee University Superintendent of the United States Military Academy

George Washington Custis Lee

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George Washington Custis Lee United States Army Confederate States Army

Maria Carter Syphax

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Maria Carter and Charles Syphax marry Charles Syphax dies

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Maria Carter Syphax

Mary Anna Custis Lee

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Recollections and Private Memoirs of Washington, by his Adopted Son George Washington Parke Custis, with a Memoir of this Author by his Daughter Mary Anna Custis and Robert E. Lee marry

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Mary Anna Custis Lee

Mary Ball Washington

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Mary Ball and Augustine Washington marry

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Mary Ball Washington

Robert E. Lee Jr.

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Recollections and Letters of General Robert E. Lee Robert E. Lee Jr. and Charlotte Haxall marry Charlotte Haxall dies Robert E. Lee Jr. and Juliet Case marry

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Robert E. Lee Jr.Confederate States Army

W. H. F. Lee

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W. H. F. Lee and Charlotte Wickham marry Charlotte Wickham dies W. H. F. Lee and Mary Tabb Bolling marry

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W. H. F. Lee Member of the Virginia Senate for Loudoun, Alexandria, Fairfax, and Prince William Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 8th district United States Army Confederate States Army

Bushrod Washington

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Bushrod Washington Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Westmoreland County Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Continental Army

French Revolutionary Wars

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Battle of the Hyères Islands Battle of Cape St. Vincent Action of June 24, 1801

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French Revolutionary Wars Siege of Toulon Siege of Bastia Siege of Calvi Battle of the Nile Action of April 7, 1800

Napoleonic Wars

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Napoleonic Wars Caribbean campaign of 1803 to 1810 Trafalgar campaign Alexandria expedition of 1807 Peninsular War

John Adams's Family

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Ward Nicholas Boylston Zabdiel Boylston John Adams Sr.

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John Adams

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John and Abigail Adams marry

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John Adams Pro-Administration Party Federalist Party Democratic-Republican Party Delegate from Massachusetts to the Continental Congress 12th Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court of Judicature Chairman of the Marine Committee 1st United States Minister to the Netherlands 1st United States Minister to Great Britain 1st Vice President of the United States 2nd President of the United States

Williams Stephens Smith

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William Stephens and Abigail Adams Smith marry

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William Stephens Smith Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 17th district

Abigail Adams Smith

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Abigail Adams and William Stephens Smith marry

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Abigail Adams Smith

Benjamin Hallowell Carew

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Benjamin Hallowell Carew Royal Navy

Susanna Boylston

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Susanna Boylston and John Adams Sr. marry Susanna Boylston and John Hall marry John Hall dies

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Susanna Boylston

Charles Adams

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Charles Adams and Sarah "Sally" Smith marry

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Charles Adams

Abigail Adams

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Abigail and John Adams marry

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Abigail Adams Second Lady of the United States First Lady of the United States

Thomas Boylston Adams

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Thomas Boylston Adams and Ann Harrod marry

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Thomas Boylston Adams Chief Justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Southern Circuit of Massachusetts

Isham Randolph of Dungeness

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Isham Randolph of Dungeness and Jane Rogers marry

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Isham Randolph of Dungeness

Thomas Jefferson

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Thomas and Martha Jefferson marry Declaration of Independence Notes on Virginia Jefferson's Manual Jefferson Bible

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Thomas Jefferson Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses from Albemarle County, Virginia Delegate from Virginia to the Second Continental Congress Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Albemarle County, Virginia Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Albemarle County, Virginia 2nd Governor of Virginia Delegate from Virginia to the Congress of the Confederation Minister Plenipotentiary for Negotiating Treaties of Amity and Commerce 2nd United States Minister to France 1st United States Secretary of State 2nd Vice President of the United States 3rd President of the United States Aaron Burr's Vice Presidency George Clinton's Vice Presidency Virginia militia

Eston Hemings

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Eston Hemings and Julia Ann Isaacs marry

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Eston Hemings

Jane Randolph Jefferson

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Jane Randolph and Peter Jefferson marry

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Jane Randolph Jefferson

John Wayles Jefferson

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John Wayles Jefferson Union Army

Julian Coolidge

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Legion of Honour - Knight

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Julian Coolidge

Thomas Jefferson Randolph

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Thomas Jefferson Randolph and Jane Hollins Nicholas marry Jane Hollins Nicholas dies

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Thomas Jefferson Randolph Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from the Albemarle district Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from the Albemarle district Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from the Albemarle district Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from the Albemarle

Lucy Jefferson Lewis

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Lucy Jefferson and Charles Lilburn Lewis marry

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Lucy Jefferson Lewis

James Hemings

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James Hemings Chef de Cuisine and Cook

Madison Hemings

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Madison Hemings and Mary Hughes McCoy marry Mary Hughes McCoy dies

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Madison Hemings

Martha Jefferson Randolph

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Martha Jefferson Randolph and Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. marry

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Martha Jefferson Randolph First Lady of Virginia Acting First Lady of the United States

Ellen Randolph Coolidge

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Ellen Randolph and Joseph Coolidge marry

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Ellen Randolph Coolidge

John Wayles

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John Wayles and Martha Eppes marry Martha Eppes dies John Wayles and Tabitha Cocke marry Tabitha Cocke dies John Wayles and Elizabeth Lomax marry Elizabeth Lomax dies

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John Wayles John Wayles and Betty Hemings's relationship

Randolph Jefferson

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Randolph Jefferson and Anne Lewis marry Anne Lewis dies Randolph Jefferson and Mitchie Ballow Pryor marry

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Randolph Jefferson

George W. Randolph

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George W. Randolph Member of the Virginia Senate from the Richmond district 3rd Confederate States Secretary of War United States Navy Confederate States Navy

T. Jefferson Coolidge

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T. Jefferson Coolidge and Mehitable Sullivan Appleton marry Mehitable Sullivan Appleton dies Graduation from Harvard University

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T. Jefferson Coolidge United States Minister to France

Harold Jefferson Coolidge Sr.

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Harold Jefferson Coolidge Sr. and Edith Lawrence marry

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Harold Jefferson Coolidge Sr.

John Gardner Coolidge

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John Gardner Coolidge and Helen Granger Stevens marry

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John Gardner Coolidge United States Minister to Nicaragua

Martha Jefferson

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Martha Jefferson and Bathurst Skelton marry Bathurst Skelton dies Martha and Thomas Jefferson marry

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Martha Jefferson First Lady of Virginia

Robert Smith

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Robert Smith Maryland State Senate Maryland House of Delegates Baltimore City Council 2nd United States Secretary of the Navy Acting United States Attorney General 6th United States Secretary of State

Robert C. Nicholas

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Secretary of State of Louisiana

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Robert C. Nicholas Louisiana Superintendent of Education United States Senator from Louisiana

John Nicholas

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John Nicholas Anti-Administration Party Democratic-Republican Party Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 18th district Member of the New York Senate from the Western District

Wilson Cary Nicholas

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Wilson Cary Nicholas Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Albemarle County Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Albemarle County Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Albemarle County United States Senator from Virginia Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 21st district 19th Governor of Virginia

George Nicholas

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George Nicholas Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Williamsburg Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Hanover County Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Albemarle County Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Albemarle County

Robert Carter Nicholas Sr.

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Robert Carter Nicholas Sr.Member of the House of Burgesses for York County Member of the House of Burgesses for James City County Member of the Virginia House of Delegates for James City County Judge of the High Court of Chancery of Virginia

Samuel Smith

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Samuel Smith Member of the Maryland House of Delegates Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 5th district Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 5th district United States Senator from Maryland United States Senator from Maryland President pro tempore of the United States Senate President pro tempore of the United States Senate 9th Mayor of Baltimore