Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson (April 13 (April 2 O.S.), 1743 – July 4, 1826) was the third (1801–1809) President of the United States, second (1797–1801) Vice President, first (1789–1795) United States Secretary of State, and an American statesman, ambassador to France, political philosopher, revolutionary, agriculturalist, horticulturist, land owner, architect, archaeologist, slaveowner, author, inventor, lawyer and founder of the University of Virginia.

External links

• Biography on White House website
• University of Virginia biography
• Frank E. Grizzard, Jr.'s Thomas Jefferson Webpages
• The Papers of Thomas Jefferson at the Avalon Project (includes Inaugural Addresses, State of the Union Addresses, and other material)
• Library of Congress: Jefferson timeline
• "The Hobby of My Old Age": Jefferson's University of Virginia
• B. L. Rayner's 1829 Life of Thomas Jefferson, an on-line etext
• A bio of his father Peter Jefferson
• "Thomas Jefferson, the 'Negro President'". Chronicle of Founding Father's Three-Fifths Slave Vote Victory. NPR. February 16, 2004.
• Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and the Déclaration des Droits de l'Homme et du Citoyen Article by Iain Mclean.

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