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President Thomas Jefferson
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Thomas Jefferson the 3rd President of the U.S. and serves
from 1801 to 1809.
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Vice
President to Thomas Jefferson was Aaron Burr.
Aaron Burr killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel on July 11, 1804.
In 1807 Burr was tried for treason and acquitted.
Aaron Burr was born in Newark, Essex County,
New Jersey on
February 6, 1756.
He died, after several strokes, at a
Hotel in Port Richmond, Staten Island, Richmond County,
New York
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Martha
"Patsy" Randolph, his daughter, acted as First Lady. His
wife was Martha Wayles Skelton. They had 5 children. |
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Jefferson was a
Democrat-Republican from
Virginia. He was the first president elected by
the House of Representatives. Jefferson commissioned the Lewis
and Clark expedition. |
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Jefferson is the
first president inaugurated in Washington,
D.C
"And may that Infinite Power which rules the destinies of the
universe lead our councils to what is best, and give them a
favorable issue for your peace and prosperity." - Thomas
Jefferson, First Inaugural Address. |
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"That government is
best which governs the least, because its people discipline
themselves." - President Thomas Jefferson.
"Newspapers… serve as chimnies to carry off noxious vapors and
smoke." - President Thomas Jefferson, letter to Thaddeus
Kosciusko, April 2, 1802.
"One man with courage makes a majority." - President Thomas
Jefferson.
"The opinion which gives to the judges the right to decide what
laws are constitutional and what not, not only for themselves,
in their, own sphere of action, but for the Legislature and
Executive also in their spheres, would make the Judiciary a
despotic branch." President Thomas Jefferson, letter to Abigail
Adams, September 11, 1804. |
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The
12th Amendment was ratified separating the vote in
the Electoral College for president from the vote for vice
president. The change makes it less likely that the President
and Vice President would be of differing parties.
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President Thomas
Jefferson is re-elected.
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Vice Pres. |
Jefferson's second Vice President was George
Clinton.
George Clinton was a delegate from
New York to the Continental
Congress.
Clinton was born in Little Britain, Orange County,
New York on
July 26, 1739.
V.P. Clinton died in office under James Madison on April 20, 1812
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Tripoli, having
declared war with the U.S. in 1801, was defeated in 1805.
Jefferson's image is on the nickel from 1938 and the 2 dollar
bill from the 1860's.
He has been called, "Apostle of Liberty", "Sage of Monticello",
"Friend of the People", and "Father of the University of
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"I
shall need, too, the favor of that Being in whose hands we are,
who led our forefathers, as Israel of old, from their native
land, and planted them in a country flowing with all the
necessaries and comforts of life; who has covered our infancy
with his providence, and our riper years with his wisdom and
power; and to whose goodness I ask you to join with me in
supplications, that he will so enlighten the minds of your
servants, guide their councils, and prosper their measures, that
whatsoever they do, shall result in your good, and shall secure
to you the peace, friendship, and approbation of all nations."
- President Thomas Jefferson, Second Inaugural Address. |
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"I suppose,
indeed, that in public life, a man whose political principles
have any decided character and who has energy enough to give
them effect must always expect to encounter political hostility
from those of adverse principles." - President Thomas
Jefferson, letter to Richard M. Johnson, March 10, 1808.
"The true key for the construction of everything doubtful in a
law is the intention of the law-makers. This is most safely
gathered from the words, but may be sought also in extraneous
circumstances provided they do not contradict the express words
of the law." President Thomas Jefferson, letter to Albert
Gallatin, May 20, 1808.
"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance." - President Thomas
Jefferson.
"The same prudence which in private life would forbid our paying
our own money for unexplained projects, forbids it in the
dispensation of the public moneys." - President Thomas
Jefferson, letter to Shelton Gilliam, June 19, 1808.
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Birth Death
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Thomas Jefferson was
born April 13, 1743 in Albermarle County,
Virginia.
Jefferson died near Charlottesville, Albemarle County,
Virginia
on July 4, 1826.
Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both, died on Independence Day. |
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J Monroe -
J Q
Adams - A Jackson -
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H Harrison - J Tyler -
J Polk -
Z Taylor -
M Fillmore -
F Pierce
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Lincoln - A Johnson -
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R B Hayes
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