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Facts

Born April 13, 1743 • Virginia
Died July 4, 1826 (aged 83) • Monticello • Virginia
Title / Office presidency of the United States of America (1801-1809), United States • vice president of the United States of America (1797-1801), United States • governor (1779-1781), Virginia
Political Affiliation Democratic-Republican Party
Awards And Honors Hall of Fame (1900)
Notable Works Declaration of Independence • “Notes on the State of Virginia”
Movement / Style Federal style • Palladianism
Notable Family Members spouse Martha Jefferson
Subjects Of Study church and state • political philosophy
Role In American Revolution • First Barbary War • Louisiana Purchase • Northwest Ordinances • Nullification Crisis • United States presidential election of 1792 • United States presidential election of 1796 • United States presidential election of 1800 • United States presidential election of 1804 • Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions

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Digitally restored vector painting of President Thomas Jefferson, shown from the chest up wearing a dark coat and white cravat, with a neutral background.
Jefferson Memorial
Monticello, the neoclassical brick home of President Thomas Jefferson in Virginia, with a white columned portico and dome, reflected in a pond in the foreground.
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Declaration of Independence
Four aged manuscript pages with dense, neat brown cursive handwriting, titled Memorandums for Mr. Short by Thomas Jefferson, written in Paris around 1788.
Silhouette of Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
Rembrandt Peale: portrait of Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson's Monticello estate
Thomas Jefferson, the Declaration of Independence, and the Louisiana Purchase
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