Thomas Jefferson |
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- 3rd President of the United States (1801–1809)
- 2nd Vice President of the United States (1797–1801)
- 1st U.S. Secretary of State (1790–1793)
- U.S. Minister to France (1785–1789)
- Delegate, Congress of the Confederation (1783-1784)
- 2nd Governor of Virginia (1779–1781)
- Delegate, Second Continental Congress (1775–1776)
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Founding documents of the United States |
- A Summary View of the Rights of British America (1774)
- Olive Branch Petition (initial draft; 1775)
- Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms (1775)
- Declaration of Independence (1776)
- Committee of Five
- authored
- physical history
- "All men are created equal"
- "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness"
- "Consent of the governed"
- Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, 1777 draft and 1786 passage
- Land Ordinance of 1784
- Land Ordinance of 1785
- Northwest Ordinance (1787)
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French Revolution |
- Co-author, Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (1789)
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Presidency |
- Inaugural addresses
- Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves
- Louisiana Purchase
- Lewis and Clark Expedition
- Corps of Discovery
- timeline
- Empire of Liberty
- Red River Expedition
- Pike Expedition
- Cumberland Road
- Embargo Act of 1807
- Chesapeake–Leopard affair
- Non-Intercourse Act
- First Barbary War
- Native American policy
- Marbury v. Madison
- West Point Military Academy
- State of the Union Addresses
- Cabinet
- Federal judicial appointments
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Other noted accomplishments |
- Early life and career
- Franco-American alliance
- Founder, University of Virginia
- Ratification Day
- Anti-Administration party
- Democratic-Republican Party
- Jeffersonian democracy
- First Party System
- republicanism
- Plan for Establishing Uniformity in the Coinage, Weights, and Measures of the United States (1790)
- Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
- A Manual of Parliamentary Practice (1801)
- American Creed
- Jefferson disk
- Swivel chair
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Jeffersonian architecture |
- Barboursville
- Farmington
- Monticello
- Poplar Forest
- University of Virginia
- The Rotunda
- The Lawn
- Jefferson Hall
- Virginia State Capitol
- White House Colonnades
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Other writings |
- Notes on the State of Virginia (1785)
- European journey memorandums (1787)
- Indian removal letters
- The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth (c. 1819)
- Jefferson manuscript collection at the Massachusetts Historical Society
- The Papers of Thomas Jefferson
- Founders Online
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Related |
- Age of Enlightenment
- American Enlightenment
- American Philosophical Society
- American Revolution
- Member, Virginia Committee of Correspondence
- Committee of the States
- Founding Fathers of the United States
- Jefferson and education
- Religious views
- Jefferson and slavery
- Jefferson and the Library of Congress
- Jefferson Pier
- Pet mockingbird
- National Gazette
- Residence Act
- Sally Hemings
- Jefferson–Hemings controversy
- Betty Hemings
- Separation of church and state
- The American Museum magazine
- Virginia dynasty
- Ward republic
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Elections | |
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Legacy and memorials |
- Bibliography
- Jefferson Memorial
- Mount Rushmore
- Birthday
- Thomas Jefferson Building
- Jefferson Territory
- Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression
- Jefferson Lecture
- Jefferson National Expansion Memorial
- Thomas Jefferson Star for Foreign Service
- Karl Bitter statues
- Columbia University statue
- Louisville statue
- University of Virginia statue
- David d'Angers statue
- Jefferson Literary and Debating Society
- Thomas Jefferson Foundation
- Jefferson Lab
- Monticello Association
- Jefferson City, Missouri
- Jefferson College
- Thomas Jefferson School of Law
- Thomas Jefferson University
- Washington and Jefferson National Forests
- Peaks and mountains
- Jefferson Rock
- Other placenames
- Jefferson–Jackson Day
- Currency depictions
- Jefferson nickel
- Two-dollar bill
- Louisiana Purchase Exposition gold dollar
- 250th Anniversary silver dollar
- U.S. postage stamps
- Memorial to the 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence
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Popular culture |
- Ben and Me (1953 short)
- 1776
- Jefferson in Paris (1995 film)
- Thomas Jefferson (1997 film)
- Liberty! (1997 documentary series)
- Liberty's Kids (2002 animated series)
- John Adams (2008 miniseries)
- Jefferson's Garden (2015 play)
- Hamilton
- Washington (2020 miniseries)
- Wine bottles controversy
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Family |
- Martha Jefferson (wife)
- Martha Jefferson Randolph (daughter)
- Mary Jefferson Eppes (daughter)
- Harriet Hemings (daughter)
- Madison Hemings (son)
- Eston Hemings (son)
- Thomas J. Randolph (grandson)
- Francis Eppes (grandson)
- George W. Randolph (grandson)
- John Wayles Jefferson (grandson)
- Frederick Madison Roberts (great-grandson)
- Peter Jefferson (father)
- Jane Randolph Jefferson (mother)
- Lucy Jefferson Lewis (sister)
- Randolph Jefferson (brother)
- Isham Randolph (grandfather)
- William Randolph (great-grandfather)
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