Presidents of the United States of America
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3 - Thomas Jefferson
Personal Statistics:
Birth Date: April 13, 1743
Birthplace: Shadwell plantation, Goochland (now Albemarle) County, Virginia
Father: Colonel Peter Jefferson (1708-1757)
Mother: Jane Randolph (1720-1776)
Height at Prime: 6 feet 2 ½ inches
Physical Description: Thin build, hazel eyes, angular nose, red hair that turned sandy with age
Religion: Deism
Wife: Martha Wayles Skelton (October 30, 1748 – September 6, 1782)
Marriage Date: January 1, 1772
Marriage Place: The Forest (estate of bride’s father), Charles City County, Virginia
Children:
-- Martha Washington Jefferson Randolph (September 27, 1772 – October 10, 1836)
-- Jane Randolph Jefferson (April 3, 1774 – September 1775)
-- Unnamed Son Jefferson (May 28, 1777 – June 14, 1777)
-- Mary Jefferson Eppes (August 1, 1778 – April 17, 1804)
-- Lucy Elizabeth Jefferson I (November 3, 1780 – April 15, 1781)
-- Lucy Elizabeth Jefferson II (May 8, 1782 – October 13, 1784)
Death Date: July 4, 1826
Place of Death: Monticello estate, Charlottesville, Virginia
Cause of Death: Heart failure caused by dehydration resulting from dysentery
Final Words: “Is it the Fourth?â€
Burial Place: Monticello cemetery, Monticello estate, Charlottesville, Virginia
Professional Statistics:
Member of House of Burgesses (1769-1774)
Member of the Continental Congress (1775-1776)
Author of the Declaration of Independence (1776)
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1776-1779)
Governor of Virginia (1779-1781)
Member of the Continental Congress (1783-1784)
Minister to France (1785-1789)
Secretary of State (1790-1793)
Vice President (1797-1801)
3rd President of the United States (1801-1809)
His Vice Presidents:
-- Aaron Burr (1801-1805)
-- George Clinton (1805-1809)
Events During Presidency:
Revolution of 1800 (marked the fall of Federalism and the rise of Republicanism)
Tripolitan War (1801-1805)
Louisiana Purchase (1803)
Ohio admitted to the Union (1803)
Twelfth Amendment Ratified (1804)
Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806)
Abolition of the Slave Trade (1807)
Executive Privilege (1807 when he refused to testify at Aaron Burr’s trial)
Embargo during the Napoleonic Wars (1807-1809)
