Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson

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Order: 3rd President

Term of Office: March 4, 1801 - March 4, 1809

Followed: John Adams

Succeeded by: James Madison

Date of Birth April 13, 1743

Place of Birth: Shadwell, Virginia

Date of Death: July 4, 1826

Place of Death: Monticello, Virginia

Wife: Martha Wayles Jefferson

First Lady: Martha Jefferson Randolph (daughter)
Dolley Madison (friend)

Occupation: lawyer, farmer

Political Party: Democratic-Republican

Vice President: Aaron Burr (1801-1805)
George Clinton (1805-1809)

Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 - July 4, 1826) was the third (1801-1809) President of the United States.

Biographical information

His parents were Peter Jefferson (March 29, 1708 - August 17, 1757) and Jane Randolph (February 20, 1720 - March 31, 1776) both from families who had settled in Virginia for several generations. He attended the College of William & Mary.

He was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence, and a source of many other contributions to American culture. Achievements of his presidency include the Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

His home in Virginia that he designed himeslf, was Monticello, near Charlottesville, Virginia, which included automatic doors, and other convenient devices invented by Jefferson. He founded and designed the University of Virginia.

Jefferson's interests included archaeology, a discipline then in its infancy. He has sometimes been called the "father of archaeology" in recognition of his role in developing excavation techniques. When exploring an Indian burial mound on his Virginia estate in 1784, Jefferson avoided the common practice of simply digging downwards until something turned up. Instead, he cut a wedge out of the mound, so that he could walk into it, look at the layers of occupation and draw conclusions from them.

Jefferson was also an avid wine lover and noted gourmet. During his ambassadorship to France (1784-9) he took extensive trips through French and other European wine regions and sent the best back to the White House. He is noted for the bold pronouncement "We could in the United States make as great a variety of wines as are made in Europe, not exactly of the same kinds, but doubtless as good." While there were extensive vineyards planted at Monticello, a significant portion were V. vinifera and did not survive the many vine diseases native to the Americas. Thus, Jefferson himself was never able to produce wine on par with Europe. However, it seems likely that he would be pleased with the quantity and quality of wine now being made in Virginia.

Jefferson's ideal for the United States was that of an agricultural nation of yeoman farmers, in contrast to the vision of Alexander Hamilton, who envisioned a nation of commerce and manufacturing. Jefforson was a great beliver in the uniqueness and the potential of the United States and is often classified a forfather of American Exceptionalism.

Like many landholders of his time, Jefferson owned slaves. A subject of considerable controversy since Jefferson's own time was whether Jefferson was the father of any of the children of his slave Sally Hemings. A modern look at this relationship is by Shannon Fair in his book Jefferson's Children.

An electoral tie resulted between Jefferson and his opponent Aaron Burr in the U.S. presidential election, 1800. It was resolved on February 17, 1801 when Jefferson was elected President and Burr Vice President by the United States House of Representatives. Jefferson was the only Vice President elected to the Presidency and serve two full terms.

Jefferson's portrait appears on the U.S. $2 bill.

Events During his first term as President

Land Act of 1800
Louisiana Purchase
Appointed James Monroe envoy extrordinary to France and sent him to Paris in 1803 to buy the city of New Orleans
Marbury v. Madison
Lewis and Clark expedition

Sayings

Some quotes from Jefferson on Deism are available on the Wikipedia page

Jefferson on Deism

Jefferson is known for taking a strong independent stance in regards to religion. He compiled a collection of what he considered to be the most profound and meaningful passages from the Bible, and published it as an independent work. This became known as the Jefferson Bible.

Other sayings:

"To compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical."

Places named for Thomas Jefferson

Jefferson County in several states
Thomas Jefferson Junior High School, Beeville, Texas
Thomas Jefferson High School, Dallas, Texas
Town of Jefferson, Maine

Supreme Court appointments

William Johnson - 1804
Henry Brockholst Livingston - 1807
Thomas Todd - 1807

Jefferson
Clay S. Jenkinson
U.S. presidential election, 1792
U.S. presidential election, 1796
U.S. presidential election, 1800
U.S. presidential election, 1804

External links

Wikiquote - Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
First Inaugural Address
Second Inaugural Address
A timeline of his life:http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/mtjhtml/mtjtime1.html
A bio of his father Peter Jefferson:http://www.surveyhistory.org/peter_jefferson.htm
A study of his family on his father's side:http://members.aol.com/CHUICY/soane.html#Peter
A study of his family on his mother's side:http://members.aol.com/CHUICY/randolph.html#Jane
The Jefferson Wheel Cipher as discussed on The Beginner's guide to Cryptography

Jefferson Memorial in Washington, DC

Preceded by:
John Adams

Presidents of the United States

Succeeded by:
James Madison

Modern Usage: Thomas Jefferson

Domain	Usage
Clever	I cannot live without books. (references; author: Thomas Jefferson) Taste cannot be controlled by law. (references; author: Thomas Jefferson) Tranquility is the old man's milk. (references; author: Thomas Jefferson) One generation cannot bind another. (references; author: Thomas Jefferson) All authority belongs to the people. (references; author: Thomas Jefferson)
Movie/TV Titles	Thomas Jefferson (1997)
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	Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, 10th Street entrance. Philadelphia. Credit: CDC.		Measured drawing delineated by Timothy A. Buehner, Isabel C. Yang, Hugh D. Hughes, 1989-92. (Reproduction Number: HABS, VA,2-CHAR.V,1- Sheet 21 of 32) President Thomas Jefferson designed his home, Monticello, as a sophisticated and innovative structure that could serve as a model of architecture for his fellow countrymen. Constructed between 1768 and 1809, Monticello has become known as one of the greatest works of western architecture, being designated as a World Heritage Site in 1987. Much has been written about Jefferson's passion for architecture and the antecedents for his designs. Floor plans and photographs of the house have been widely published, but it was not until the HABS section drawings were produced that one could illustrate how the geometrically complex spaces integrated vertically. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Monticello, home of Thomas Jefferson, near Charlottesville, Va. Credit: Library of Congress.		Letter from Thomas Jefferson, to Mr. Weightman, late Mayor of Washington. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Cousin Sallie served coffee from the silver urn presented by Thomas Jefferson. Credit: Library of Congress.		West front of the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C., with road construction and horse-drawn wagons in foreground. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Men carving sculpture for the Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C. Credit: Library of Congress.		Thomas Jefferson, half-length portrait. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson, Charlottesville, Va. Credit: Library of Congress.		Thomas Jefferson statue in front of state capitol. Jefferson City, Missouri. Credit: Library of Congress.
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Familiar Quotations: Thomas Jefferson

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Speeches: Thomas Jefferson

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Thomas Jefferson	1801-1809	Utterly, indeed, should I despair did not the presence of many whom I here see remind me that in the other high authorities provided by our Constitution I shall find resources of wisdom, of virtue, and of zeal on which to rely under all difficulties.
		Let us restore to social intercourse that harmony and affection without which liberty and even life itself are but dreary things.
		Sometimes it is said that man can not be trusted with the government of himself.
		Relying, then, on the patronage of your good will, I advance with obedience to the work, ready to retire from it whenever you become sensible how much better choice it is in your power to make.
		My conscience tells me I have on every occasion acted up the affairs of our to that declaration according to its obvious import and to the understanding of every candid mind.
		War will then be but a suspension of useful works, and a return to a state of peace, a return to the progress of improvement.
		During this course of administration, and in order to disturb it, the artillery of the press has been leveled against us, charged with whatsoever its licentiousness could devise or dare.
		Contemplating the union of sentiment now manifested so generally as auguring harmony and happiness to our future course, I offer to our country sincere congratulations.
		Tripoli, the least considerable of the Barbary States, had come forward with demands unfounded either in right or in compact, and had permitted itself to denounce war on our failure to comply before a given day.
		Unauthorized by the Constitution, without the sanction of Congress, to go beyond the line of defense, the vessel, being disabled from committing further hostilities, was liberated with its crew.
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		This suggestion is supported by a recent study conducted by researchers at Thomas Jefferson University, in Philadelphia. (references)
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Author	Quotation
Thomas Jefferson	I cannot live without books.
	Tranquility is the old man's milk.
	Taste cannot be controlled by law.
	One generation cannot bind another.
	All authority belongs to the people.
	That Indian swamp in the wilderness.
	Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.
	Information is the currency of democracy.
	Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.
	Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Rush Limbaugh	Thomas Jefferson never really meant the Constitution to work that way, and William Shakespeare said, "When ye are losething, trampelith on the law to keep the extremist Republicans from the gates."
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Misspellings
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Thomas Jefferson

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