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'''Thomas Jefferson''' (April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826) was the third [[President of the United States of America]].
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|term_start      = March 4, 1801
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|term_end3        = December 31, 1793
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|country4        = France
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|successor4      = [[William Short (American ambassador)|William Short]]
|office5          = Delegate to the [[Congress of the Confederation]]<br>from [[Virginia]]
|term_start5      = November 1, 1783
|term_end5        = May 7, 1784
|predecessor5    = [[James Madison]]
|successor5      = [[Richard Henry Lee]]
|office6          = [[List of Governors of Virginia|2nd]] [[Governor of Virginia]]
|term_start6      = June 1, 1779
|term_end6        = June 3, 1781
|predecessor6    = [[Patrick Henry]]
|successor6      = [[William Fleming (governor)|William Fleming]]
|office7          = Delegate to the [[Second Continental Congress]]<br>from [[Virginia]]
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|successor7      = [[John Harvie]]
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|death_place      = [[Charlottesville, Virginia|Charlottesville]], [[Virginia]], United States
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|children        = [[Martha Jefferson Randolph|Martha]]<br>Jane<br>[[Mary Jefferson Eppes|Mary]]<br>Lucy<br>Lucy Elizabeth
|alma_mater      = [[The College of William & Mary|College of William and Mary]]
|profession      = [[Plantations in the American South|Planter]]<br>[[Lawyer]]<br>[[Teacher]]
|religion        = ''[[Thomas Jefferson and religion|See article]]''
|signature        = Thomas Jefferson Signature.svg
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'''Thomas Jefferson''' (April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826) was the principal author of the [[United States Declaration of Independence|Declaration of Independence]] (1776) and the [[List of Presidents of the United States|third]] [[President of the United States]] (1801–1809). He was an influential [[Founding Fathers of the United States|Founding Father]], and an exponent of [[Jeffersonian democracy]]. Jefferson envisioned America as a great "[[Empire of Liberty]]" that would promote [[Republicanism in the United States|republicanism]].<ref>Robert W. Tucker, and David C. Hendrickson, ''Empire of Liberty: The Statecraft of Thomas Jefferson'' (1990)</ref>
 
==Notes==
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==Bibliography==
* {{Cite book
|last=Jefferson|first=Thomas|authorlink=Thomas Jefferson
|title=Memoir, correspondence, and miscellanies, from the papers of Thomas Jefferson
|publisher=F. Carr, and co.
|place=Charlottesville
|year=1829
|url=http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000365328
|oclc=424580
}}
* {{Cite book
|last=Jefferson|first=Thomas|authorlink=Thomas Jefferson
|title=The Works of Thomas Jefferson
|publisher=G. P. Putnam’s Sons
|place=New York
|year=1905
|url=http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/1734
|oclc=1522264
}}
* {{Cite book
|last=Jefferson|first=Thomas|authorlink=Thomas Jefferson
|title=Writings
|publisher=[[Wikipedia:Library of America|The Library of America]]
|place=New York, NY
|year=1984
|isbn=978-0-940450-16-5
|oclc=779028392
}}
* {{Cite book
|editor-last=Malone|editor-first=Dumas|editor-link=Wikipedia:Dumas Malone
|title=Correspondence between Thomas Jefferson and Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours: 1798-1817
|publisher=Houghton Mifflin Company
|place=Boston
|year=1930
|url=http://www.archive.org/details/correspondencebe011472mbp
|oclc=251125023
}}
 
==Links==
* {{wplink}}
* {{md|5703|Thomas Jefferson's Free-Market Economics|[[Murray Rothbard|Murray N. Rothbard]]|Tuesday, November 29, 2011}}
* [http://www.monticello.org/ Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello]
* [http://www.masshist.org/thomasjeffersonpapers/ Thomas Jefferson Papers: An Electronic Archive]
 


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Thomas Jefferson
Portrait of Thomas Jefferson by Rembrandt Peale.
In office
March 4, 1801 – March 4, 1809
Vice President Aaron Burr
George Clinton
Preceded by John Adams
Succeeded by James Madison
In office
March 4, 1797 – March 4, 1801
President John Adams
Preceded by John Adams
Succeeded by Aaron Burr
In office
March 22, 1790 – December 31, 1793
President George Washington
Preceded by John Jay (Acting)
Succeeded by Edmund Randolph
In office
May 17, 1785 – September 26, 1789
Nominated by Congress of the Confederation
Preceded by Benjamin Franklin
Succeeded by William Short
In office
November 1, 1783 – May 7, 1784
Preceded by James Madison
Succeeded by Richard Henry Lee
In office
June 1, 1779 – June 3, 1781
Preceded by Patrick Henry
Succeeded by William Fleming
In office
June 20, 1775 – September 26, 1776
Preceded by George Washington
Succeeded by John Harvie
Born April 13, 1743(1743-04-13)
Shadwell, Virginia
Died July 4, 1826(1826-07-04) (aged 83)
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
Political party Democratic-Republican Party
Spouse(s) Martha Wayles
Children Martha
Jane
Mary
Lucy
Lucy Elizabeth
Alma mater College of William and Mary
Profession Planter
Lawyer
Teacher
Religion See article
Signature

Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826) was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776) and the third President of the United States (1801–1809). He was an influential Founding Father, and an exponent of Jeffersonian democracy. Jefferson envisioned America as a great "Empire of Liberty" that would promote republicanism.[1]

Notes

  1. ↑ Robert W. Tucker, and David C. Hendrickson, Empire of Liberty: The Statecraft of Thomas Jefferson (1990)

Bibliography

Links


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