Thomas Jefferson
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Career Highlights
In office March 4, 1801 – March 4, 1809 | |
Vice President | Aaron Burr (1801–1805) George Clinton (1805–1809) |
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Born | April 13, 1743 Shadwell, Colony of Virginia, British America |
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Died | July 4, 1826 (aged 83) Charlottesville, Virginia |
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Vice President of the United States | |
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In office March 4, 1797 – March 4, 1801 |
United States Secretary of State | |
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In office March 22, 1790 – December 31, 1793 |
United States Minister to France | |
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In office May 17, 1785 – September 26, 1789 |
Minister Plenipotentiary for Negotiating Treaties of Amity and Commerce | |
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In office May 12, 1784 – May 11, 1786 |
Delegate to the Congress of the Confederation from Virginia | |
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In office November 3, 1783 – May 7, 1784 |
Governor of Virginia | |
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In office June 1, 1779 – June 3, 1781 |
Delegate to the Continental Congress from Virginia | |
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In office June 20, 1775 – September 26, 1776 |
Political party | Democratic-Republican |
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Education | College of William and Mary(BA) |
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Information of the Life of Thomas Jefferson
Cabinet Members Under Thomas Jefferson
Secretary of State | James Madison, 1801 |
Secretary of the Treasury | Samuel Dexter (Cont.) Albert Gallatin, 1801 |
Secretary of War | Henry Dearborn, 1801 |
Attorney General | Levi Lincoln, 1801 Robert Smith, 1805 John Breckinridge, 1805 Caesar A. Rodney, 1807 |
Secretary of the Navy | Benjamin Stoddert (Cont.) Robert Smith, 1801 |
Large Events During Jefferson’s Career & Lifetime
Military service
Member of Virginia House of Burgesses
Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
Virginia Constitution
Member of Continental Congress
Declaration of Independence
Minister to France and Secretary of State
Quasi-War with France
Louisiana Purchase
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Marbury vs. Madison
Chesapeake-Leopard Affair and Embargo Act of 1807
1801 Inauguration
1805 Inauguration
Presidents
- George Washington
- John Adams
- Thomas Jefferson
- James Madison
- James Monroe
- John Quincy Adams
- Andrew Jackson
- Martin Van Buren
- William Henry Harrison
- John Tyler
- James K. Polk
- Zachary Taylor
- Millard Fillmore
- Franklin Pierce
- James Buchanan
- Abraham Lincoln
- Andrew Johnson
- Ulysses S. Grant
- Rutherford B. Hayes
- James Garfield
- Chester Arthur
- Grover Cleveland
- Benjamin Harrison
- William McKinley
- Theodore Roosevelt
- William Howard Taft
- Woodrow Wilson
- Warren G. Harding
- Calvin Coolidge
- Herbert Hoover
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Harry S. Truman
- Dwight Eisenhower
- John F. Kennedy
- Lyndon B. Johnson
- Richard Nixon
- Gerald Ford
- Jimmy Carter
- Ronald Reagan
- George H. W. Bush
- Bill Clinton
- George W. Bush
- Barack Obama
- Donald Trump
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