Thomas Jefferson

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Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
Portrait of Thomas Jefferson
by Charles Willson Peale, 1791
3rd President of the United States
In office
March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1809
Vice President(s)   Aaron Burr; George Clinton
Came after John Adams
Came before James Madison
Born April 13, 1743
Shadwell, Virginia
Died July 4, 1826
Charlottesville, Virginia
Political party Democratic-Republican
Married to Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson


Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743. He is one of the founding fathers.

Thomas Jefferson was the main witter of the Declaration of Independence and was the third president of the United States of America. He believed that the government was better off small and the only job of the government was to follow the constitution. Even so, he broke his own standard by sending navy ships to Algiers and by purchasing the Louisiana Territory from France, both of which were not powers granted in the Constitution. He was closely associated with the Anti-Federalists, a group who thought the Constitution gave too much power to the national government, although during the ratification controversy, he claimed to be on neither side.He died on July 4, 1826, on the 50th anniversary of the ratification of the Declaration of Independence. By many he is considered one of our greatest presidents.

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