Thomas Jefferson
- Name
- Thomas Jefferson
- Given Name
- Thomas
- Family Name
- Jefferson
- Birth Date
- 1743-04-13
- Death Date
- 1826-07-04
- Sex
- Male
- Description
- Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 - July 4, 1826) was a white enslaver who founded the University of Virginia in 1819. He was also renowned as an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, and philosopher. Jefferson was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and he notably served as the first Secretary of State under George Washington (1790-1793); second Vice President under John Adams (1797-1801); and the third president of the United States (1801-1809).
- Grandparent of
- Ellen Randolph Coolidge
- Source Resource
- https://omeka-s-dev.internal.lib.virginia.edu/api/items/214
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