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THOMAS JEFFERSON
Thomas Jefferson was the nation's 3rd President. He was part of the Democratic-Republican party, which is now the nation's Republican party. He served as president from 1801-1809. Prior to being president, he served as George Washington's Secretary of State from 1789 to 1793. He served two terms as president.
Here's some information on his cabinet: Jefferson's Secretary of State was James Madison, appointed in 1801. Jefferson's Secretary of Treasury was Samuel Dexter for part of one year, 1801 and then Albert Gallatin, from 1801-1809. Jefferson's Secretary of War was Henry Dearborn, from 1801 to 1809 as well. He had four attorney generals, Levi Lincoln, from 1801 through 1805, Robert Smith for part of 1805, then John Breckinridge from 1805 to 1806, and finally Caesar Rodney from 1807 to 1809. His Secretary of Navy was Robert Smith, from 1801-1809.
Facts about Jefferson Born in Shadwell, Virginia in 1743, and died in 1826.
First Secretary of State
Third President of U.S.
Was Author of Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson's father, Peter Jefferson, was a prosperous Virginia planter. His mother, Jane Randolph Jefferson, was a member of the old and distinguished Randolph family of Virginia. In 1743 the Jeffersons moved to western Goochland County, where Peter Jefferson had acquired 162 hectares (400 acres) of undeveloped land. He named his estate Shadwell. At first the family lived in a simple log cabin. Thomas Jefferson was born in this cabin in 1743. A year after his birth, Albemarle County was formed from the western portion of Goochland County. Peter Jefferson soon became a leader in the new county. He was a justice of the peace, a magistrate, and commander of the county militia. Although young Jefferson was accepted into the Virginia aristocracy through his mother's family, it was his father, a self-made man, whom he especially admired.As president, Jefferson strengthened the powers of the executive branch of government. He was the first president to lead a political party, and through it he exercised control over the Congress of the United States. He had great faith in popular rule, and it is this optimism that is the essence of what came to be called Jeffersonian democracy. Jefferson swore his hostility, he said, to "every form of tyranny over the mind of man." During his lifetime he sought to develop a government that would best assure the freedom and well-being of the individual.
-From Encarta Online.
His home, Monticello, is located near Charlottesville, Virginia. I have been to that area many times, but I have never taken a tour, because you have to wait in the hot sun (in summer) and you have to wait at times up to three hours. For more information on Monticello, visit Monticello's official website, www.monticello.org
BIBLIOGRAPHY - Encarta Online. www.encarta.com - New York Times Almanac 2001
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