Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson (13 April &#91;O.S. 2 April] 1743–4 July 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.