# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/martha-johnson-patterson
# Generated: 2026-09-03T21:14:46.285Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/martha-johnson-patterson"
name: "Martha Johnson Patterson"
slug: "martha-johnson-patterson"
description: "Martha Johnson Patterson was the eldest child of Andrew Johnson, the 17th President of the United States and his wife, Eliza McCardle. She served as the White House hostess during her father's administration and directed the restoration of the White House following the American Civil War. A newspaper article published at the time of her death stated, \"'Too much cannot be said in praise of her many virtues.'...president Johnson once told a United States Senator—still living in Washington—that Mrs. Patterson 'was the only child he had who had been a comfort to him, or taken pride in his career.'\""
tagline: "White House hostess to her father, President Andrew Johnson (1828-1901)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Martha_Johnson_Patterson.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
birthDate: "1828-10-25"
deathDate: "1901-07-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.38
  momentum:             0.1872659176029963
  historical:           2.439168
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     15
  profileCompleteness:  36
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Johnson_Patterson"
    title: "Martha Johnson Patterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Johnson_Patterson"
    title: "Martha Johnson Patterson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21009910"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-relations