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!colspan="2" align="center" style="color: white; font-size: 120%; height: 30px; background: purple no-repeat scroll top left;"|Thomas Jefferson<br>

|term_end=March 4, 1809

|party=Democratic-Republican

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|vp=Aaron Burr

|'''Born'''

|vp_dates=1801-1805

|April 13, 1743

|2vp=George Clinton

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|2vp_dates=1805-1809

|'''Died'''

|previous=John Adams

|July 4, 1826

|next=James Madison

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|1801-1809

|term_start2=March 4, 1797

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|term_end2=March 4, 1801

|'''Political party'''

|party2=Democratic-Republican

|Democratic-Republican

|pres2=John Adams

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|'''Vice President'''

|previous2=John Adams

|[[Aaron Burr]] (1801-1805)<br>[[George Clinton]] (1805-1809)

|next2=Aaron Burr

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|birth_date=April 13, 1743

|'''Preceded by'''

|birth_place=Shadwell, Virginia

|[[John Adams]]

|death_date=July 4, 1826

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|death_place=Charlottesville, Virginia

|'''Succeeded by'''

|spouse=Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson

|[[James Madison]]

|religion=Deist{{cn}}

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Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was the third [[President of the United States of America]] and often credited as the author of the [[Declaration of Independence]], though key portions of that document were simply taken from the [[Virginia Declaration of Rights]].   

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was the third [[President of the United States of America]] and often credited as the author of the [[Declaration of Independence]], though key portions of that document were simply taken from the [[Virginia Declaration of Rights]].   

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Jefferson was a prominent architect, inventor and scientist.  His presidency had significant failures, and is best known for doubling the area of the United States with the controversial [[Louisiana Purchase]] from France.

Jefferson was a prominent architect, inventor and scientist.  His presidency had significant failures, but is best known for doubling the area of the United States with the controversial [[Louisiana Purchase]] from France.

Many liberal textbooks and online resources claim that Jefferson was a [[deist]],<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Deist_thinkers</ref> but in fact Jefferson did not describe his own views in that manner.{{fact}}

Many liberal textbooks and online resources claim that Jefferson was a [[deist]],<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Deist_thinkers</ref> but in fact Jefferson did not describe his own views in that manner.{{fact}}

In one of his writings now inscribed on the Jefferson Memorial in

In one of his writings now inscribed on the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C., Jefferson said:

Washington, D.C., Jefferson said:

:God who gave us life gave us liberty. Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift of God? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, that his justice cannot sleep forever.

:God who gave us life gave us liberty. Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift of God? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, that his justice cannot sleep forever.