Nicknames: "Man of the People"; "Sage of Monticello"
Born: April 13, 1743, in Shadwell (Albemarle Co.) Virginia
Died: July 4, 1826, at Monticello, Virginia
Buried: Monticello (near Charlottesville), Virginia
Father: Peter Jefferson
Mother: Jane Randolph Jefferson
Married:
Widow, Martha Wayles Skelton (1748-1782), on January 1, 1772

Children:

• Martha Washington Jefferson (1772-1836);
• Jane Randolph Jefferson (1774-75);
• infant son (1777);
• Mary Jefferson (1778-1804);
• Lucy Elizabeth Jefferson (1780-81);
• Lucy Elizabeth Jefferson (1782-85)

Religion: No formal affiliation
Education: Graduated from College of William and Mary (1762)
Occupation: Lawyer, planter
Military:
Political Party: Democratic-Republican
Other Government Positions:

• Member of Virginia House of Burgesses, 1769-74
• Member of Continental Congress, 1775-76
• Governor of Virginia, 1779-81
• Member of Continental Congress, 1783-85
• Minister to France, 1785-89
• Secretary of State, 1790-93 (under Washington)
• Vice President, 1797-1801 (under J. Adams)

SUMMARY:
Thomas Jefferson, third U. S. President, was born in Shadwell county, Virginia and married Martha Wayles Skelton. Jefferson is credited with writing the Declaration of Independence and the laws for Virginia. He was a member of Continental Congress, Minister to France, Secretary of State and Vice President under John Adams.

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Books On This Subject
The Complete Book of U.S. Presidents by William A. Degregorio, Connie Jo Dickerson (Pop Up Page)	Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West by Stephen Ambrose (Pop Up Page)
Thomas Jefferson: Writings: Autobiography / Notes on the State of Virginia / Public and Private Papers / Addresses / Letters (Library of America) by Thomas Jefferson, Edited by: Merrill D. Peterson (Pop Up Page)