Name |
Thomas Jefferson [1, 2] |
Suffix |
3rd President of the USA |
Born |
13 Apr 1743 |
Shadwell Plantation, Goochland County, Virginia, USA [2, 3] |
Gender |
Male |
Education |
1762 |
College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA |
Graduated |
Occupation |
1767 [3] |
Admitted to the bar. |
Occupation |
Between 1769 and 1775 [3] |
Member, Virginia House of Burgesses. |
Occupation |
Between 1775 and 1776 [3] |
Member, Continental Congress. |
Occupation |
Between 1776 and 1779 [3] |
Member, Virginia legislature. |
Occupation |
1776 [3] |
Primary author of the Declaration of Independence. |
Occupation |
Between 1779 and 1781 |
Virginia, USA [3] |
Governor of Virginia. |
Occupation |
Between 1783 and 1785 [3] |
Member, Congress of Confederation. |
Occupation |
Between 1785 and 1789 |
Paris, Īle-de-France, France [3] |
USA Minister to France (1785-89). |
Occupation |
Between 1790 and 1793 |
US. Secretary of State. |
Occupation |
Between 1797 and 1801 [3] |
Vice President of the United States. |
Occupation |
Between 1801 and 1809 [3] |
President of the USA. |
Occupation |
20 Dec 1803 [2] |
Approved Louisiana Purchase from France, the largest land transfer in history, 828,800 square miles for 60 million francs and cancellation of debts worth 18 million francs.
Land acquired represented present-day Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, parts of Minnesota that were west of the Mississippi River, most of North Dakota, nearly all of South Dakota, northeastern New Mexico, the portions of Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado east of the Continental Divide, and Louisiana west of the Mississippi River, including the city of New Orleans. |
Occupation |
1819 |
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA [3] |
Founded University of Virginia. |
Died |
4 Jul 1826 |
Monticello Estate, Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA [2, 3] |
Person ID |
I1750771188 |
Red1st |
Last Modified |
1 May 2009 |