Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826) was the third President of the United States (1801–1809), the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and one of the most influential Founding Fathers for his promotion of the ideals of republicanism in the United States. Major events during his presidency include the Louisiana Purchase (1803) and the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–1806). As a political philosopher, Jefferson was a man of the Enlightenment and knew many intellectual leaders in Britain and France. He idealized the independent yeoman farmer as exemplar of republican virtues, distrusted cities and financiers, and favored states' rights and a strictly limited federal government. Jefferson supported the separation of church and state and was the author of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom (1779, 1786). He was the eponym of Jeffersonian democracy and the co-founder and leader of the Democratic-Republican Party, which dominated American politics for a quarter-century. Jefferson served as the wartime Governor of Virginia (1779–1781), first United States Secretary of State (1789–1793) and second Vice President (1797–1801). (via Wikipedia)
Title:
3rd President of the United States
Preceded By:
John Adams
Spouse:
Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson
Vice President:
Aaron Burr (1801–1805)
George Clinton (1805–1809)
Succeeded By:
James Madison
Political party:
Democratic-Republican
Place of Death:
Charlottesville, Virginia
Occupation:
Statesman, Planter
Name:
Jefferson, Thomas
Thomas Jefferson
Religion:
see below
Children:
Martha Washington Jefferson, Jane Randolph Jefferson, Stillborn
son, Mary Wayles Jefferson, Lucy Elizabeth Jefferson I, Lucy
Elizabeth Jefferson II.
Birthplace:
Albemarle County, Virginia
Shadwell, Virginia
End Date:
Mar 4, 1809
Birth Date:
Apr 13, 1743
University Attended:
The College of William & Mary
Death Date:
Jul 4, 1826
Start:
March 4, 1801
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