Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was the man who wrote the Declaration of Independance. He was also the third President of the United States of America. He imagined America as an "Empire of Liberty". He was born on April 13, 1743. When he was twenty-eight he got married to twenty-three year old Martha Skelton. They had six kids but only two of them survived to be adults. He was the Governor of Virginia from 1779 to 1781. He was the Sectretary of State under George Washinton. In 1796 he lost an election to John Adams but had enough votes to become Vice President.
Thomas Jefferson was elected President in 1801. He took oath of office on March 4, 1801. This was when the "Democratic-Republican Party" and the "Federalists Party" were not agreeing very much at all. Jefferson arrived at the inauguration alone riding a horse. One of his main accomplishments was the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. Another one of his main accomplishments was when he proposed the outlawing of the importation of African Slaves. In 1804 Jefferson appointed Meriwhether Lewis and William Clark for an expedition of the American Frontier. Thomas Jefferson was a lawer, a farmer, an architech, an inventer, and a politician.
As President Thomas Jefferson was a part of the Democtatic-Republican or Republican party. He was President for two terms. In his first election the Vice President was Aaron Burr and in his second election it was George Clinton. He was President from March 4, 1801 to March 4, 1809. He lived from 1743 to 1846.
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