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)

About Thomas Jefferson

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