Thomas jefferson presidential biography
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Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743–July 4, 1826) was a leading Founding Father of the United States, the author of the Declaration of Independence (1776) and he served as the third President of the US (1801–1809).
Jefferson was a committed Republican – arguing passionately for liberty, democracy and devolved power.
Thomas jefferson presidential biography
Jefferson also wrote the Statute for Religious Freedom in 1777 – it was adopted by the state of Virginia in 1786. Jefferson was also a noted polymath with wide-ranging interests from architecture to gardening, philosophy, literature and education.
Although a slave owner himself, Jefferson sought to introduce a bill (1800) to end slavery in all Western territories. As President, he signed a bill to ban the importation of slaves into the US (1807).
Jefferson’s Childhood
Jefferson was born to a materially prosperous family in Shadwell, Goochland County, Virginia.
His father, Peter Jefferson, was a land and slave owner in Virginia. When his father later died in 1745, J