Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) was an American statesman, philosopher and architect who served as the third President of the United States from 1801 to 1809 and was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence. A Virginia lawyer of wide learning, he was chosen in 1776, at age 33, to draft the Declaration, whose affirmation that all men are created equal and endowed by their Creator with unalienable rights became a founding statement of American ideals. He wrote the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom and, as president, completed the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, which roughly doubled the nation's territory, and sent the Lewis and Clark Expedition west. In retirement he founded the University of Virginia and designed its campus, as he had his home, Monticello. He died on July 4, 1826, the 50th anniversary of the Declaration.
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George Washington, the first president, set lasting precedents for the office, and Thomas Jefferson, principal author of the Declaration of Independence, doubled the nation's size through the Louisiana Purchase. Abraham Lincoln preserved the Union during the Civil War, and Theodore Roosevelt protected vast areas of wilderness. Dwight D. Eisenhower launched the Interstate Highway System, and Ronald Reagan worked with Soviet leaders to reduce nuclear arms near the end of the Cold War.
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