Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson
3rd President of the United States
In office March 4, 1801 – March 4, 1809
Vice President	Aaron Burr George Clinton
Preceded by	John Adams
Succeeded by	James Madison
2nd Vice President of the United States
In office March 4, 1797 – March 4, 1801
President	John Adams
Preceded by	John Adams
Succeeded by	Aaron Burr
1st United States Secretary of State
In office March 22, 1790 – December 31, 1793
President	George Washington
Preceded by	John Jay (Acting)
Succeeded by	Edmund Randolph
United States Ambassador to France
In office May 17, 1785 – September 26, 1789
Nominated by	Congress of the Confederation
Preceded by	Benjamin Franklin
Succeeded by	William Short
Delegate to the Congress of the Confederation from Virginia
In office November 1, 1783 – May 7, 1784
Preceded by	James Madison
Succeeded by	Richard Henry Lee
2nd Governor of Virginia
In office June 1, 1779 – June 3, 1781
Preceded by	Patrick Henry
Succeeded by	William Fleming
Delegate to the Second Continental Congress from Virginia
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
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Thomas Jefferson (13 April [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.

Bibliography

• Jefferson, Thomas (1829). Memoir, correspondence, and miscellanies, from the papers of Thomas Jefferson. Charlottesville: F. Carr, and co.. OCLC 424580. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000365328. 
• Jefferson, Thomas (1905). The Works of Thomas Jefferson. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons. OCLC 1522264. http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/1734. 
• Jefferson, Thomas (1984). Writings. New York, NY: The Library of America. ISBN 978-0-940450-16-5. OCLC 779028392. 
• Malone, Dumas, ed (1930). Correspondence between Thomas Jefferson and Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours: 1798-1817. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. OCLC 251125023. http://www.archive.org/details/correspondencebe011472mbp. 

External links

• Thomas Jefferson at Wikipedia
• Thomas Jefferson at Wikibéral (French; see translation)
• "Thomas Jefferson's Free-Market Economics" by Murray N. Rothbard, Tuesday, November 29, 2011
• Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello
• Thomas Jefferson Papers: An Electronic Archive
• "Jefferson's Disastrous Embargo" by H.A. Scott Trask, August 2010 (from chapter 3 of Reassessing the Presidency)