Jefferson, Thomas

1. A political leader of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries; one of the Founding Fathers ; the leader of the Democratic-Republican party. Jefferson was principal author of the Declaration of Independence and served as president from 1801 to 1809, between John Adams and James Madison . He arranged for the Louisiana Purchase , founded the University of Virginia, and built the mansion Monticello . Jefferson is famed as a champion of political and religious freedom, but he was also a slaveholder. ( See Jeffersonian democracy ; Sally Hemings .)

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Kaimipono Wenger teaches at Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego, California.

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“We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists” said Thomas Jefferson in his first inaugural.

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Thomas Jefferson also warned in his first inaugural that not “every difference of opinion is a difference of principle.”

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There is a tradition in this country stretching back to Thomas Jefferson of lofty ideals for our colleges and universities.

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President James Madison, at the time closely allied with Thomas Jefferson, was not reticent about discussing wealth inequality.

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It was at this convention that a written treatise on American rights was prepared for the convention by Thomas Jefferson.

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Thomas Jefferson contributed much to original Virginia architecture.

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The revival of classicism in architecture is traced to the individual efforts of Thomas Jefferson.

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One of Thomas Jefferson's maxims is as follows: "When angry, count ten before you speak; if very angry, count a hundred."

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Thomas Jefferson and the fathers of the Revolution were mistaken in holding slavery wrong.

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