Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, planter, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. He was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence. Following the American Revolutionary War and before becoming president in 1801, Jefferson was the nation's first U.S. secretary of state under George Washington and then the nation's second vice president under John Adams. Jefferson was a leading proponent of democracy, republicanism, and individual rights, and produced formative documents and decisions at the state, national, and international levels.Jefferson was born into the Colony of Virginia's planter class, dependent on slave labor. During the American Revolution, Jefferson represented Virginia at the Second Continental Congress and served as the second governor of revolutionary Virginia from 1779 to 1781. In 1785, Congress appointed Jefferson U.S. minister to France, where he served from 1785 to 1789. President Washington then appointed Jefferson the nation's first secretary of state, where he served from 1790 to 1793. During this time, in the early 1790s, Jefferson and political ally James Madison organized the Democratic-Republican Party to oppose the Federalist Party during the formation of the nation's First Party System. Jefferson and Federalist John Adams became both personal friends and political rivals. In the 1796 U.S. presidential election between the two, Jefferson came in second, which made him Adams' vice president under the electoral laws of the time. Four years later, in the 1800 presidential election, Jefferson again challenged Adams, and won the presidency. In 1804, Jefferson was reelected overwhelmingly to a second term.
As president, Jefferson assertively defended the nation's shipping and trade interests against Barbary pirates and aggressive British trade policies, promoted a western expansionist policy with the Louisiana Purchase, which doubled the nation's geographic size, and was able to reduce military forces and expenditures following successful negotiations with France. In his second presidential term, Jefferson was beset by difficulties at home, including the trial of his former vice president Aaron Burr. In 1807, Jefferson implemented the Embargo Act to defend the nation's industries from British threats to U.S. shipping, limiting foreign trade and stimulating the birth of the American manufacturing industry.
Jefferson is ranked by both scholars and in public opinion among the upper tier of American presidents. Presidential scholars and historians praise Jefferson's public achievements, including his advocacy of religious freedom and tolerance, his peaceful acquisition of the Louisiana Territory from France, and his leadership in supporting the Lewis and Clark Expedition; acknowledging the fact of his lifelong ownership of large numbers of slaves, they give differing interpretations of his views on and relationship with slavery. Provided by Wikipedia
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The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 34 : 1 May to 31 July 1801 / by Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
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The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 5 : February 1781 to May 1781 / by Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
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The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, Volume 4 18 June 1811 to 30 April 1812 / by Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
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The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 33 : 17 February to 30 April 1801 / by Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
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The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 37 : 4 March to 30 June 1802 / by Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
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The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 23 1 January-31 May 1792 / by Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
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The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 28 : 1 January 1794 to 29 February 1796 / by Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
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The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 40 : 4 March to 10 July 1803 / by Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
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The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 6 : May 1781 to March 1784 / by Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
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The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 9 : November 1785 to June 1786 / by Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
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The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 14 : October 1788 to March 1789 / by Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
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The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 41 : 11 July to 15 November 1803 / by Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
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The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 7 : March 1784 to February 1785 / by Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
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The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 18 : 4 November 1790 to 24 January 1791 / by Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
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The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series, Volume 10 : 1 May 1816 to 18 January 1817 / by Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
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The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 29 : 1 March 1796 to 31 December 1797 / by Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
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The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 20 : April 1791 to August 1791 / by Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
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The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series, Volume 12 1 September 1817 to 21 April 1818 / by Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
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The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, Volume 9 1 September 1815 to 30 April 1816 / by Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
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The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, Volume 2 16 November 1809 to 11 August 1810 / by Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
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