Tuesday, October 2, 2007
President Jefferson having been a widower for nineteen years when he was elected president, and because in that day it was thought improper to have a gathering of mixed company without a hostess had two first ladies. He asked his eldest daughter Martha Jefferson Randolph, to act as his hostess when she visited the President's House from their home in Monticello. He also requested Dolly Madison, the wife of his close friend and ranking cabinet officer, James Madison, to be his hostess.
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