American revolutionary leader and political philosopher credited with the authorship of the
Declaration of Independence. Jefferson was the third president of the U.S. (1801-1809) under
the Republican banner (which was later changed to the Democratic party). In the early 1760s,
Jefferson studied at the College of William and Mary and was admitted to the bar in 1767. In
1769, he was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses.
Jefferson was a gifted political theorist, and produced A Summary View of the Rights of America (1774) which helped to bring him into the front rank of revolutionary figures and led to his being chosen to draft the Declaration of Independence. He was a legislator in Virginia (1776-79), governor of the state (1779-81) and a delegate to Congress from 1782 to 1787. From 1784-89 he served as minister to France,
was secretary of state during the Washington administration (1790-94), vice-president under
John Adams (1797-1801) and finally president in 1801. During his administration America
completed the Louisiana Purchase from France. |
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