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-Delegate from Virginia
-Vice Presidents:
-Aaron Burr
-George Clinton
-1762 - Attended William & Mary College in Williamsburg, Virginia
-1767 - Studied law and was admitted to the bar and commenced practice
-1769-1775 - Member of the Colonial House of Burgesses
-Prominent in pre-Revolutionary movements
-1775-1776, 1783-1784 -Member of Continental Congress
-1776 - Chariman of the committee that drew up the Declaration of Independence and made the first draft
-Signer of the Declaration of Independence; resigned after and returned to Monticello
-1779-1781 - Governor of Virginia
-1782 - Member of the State House of Delegates
-1784 - Minister Plenipotentiary to France
-1785 - Sole Minister to the King of France for three years
-1789-1793 - Secretary of State in George Washington's cabinet
-1797-1801 - Vice President under President John Adams
-1801 - Elected third President of the United States by the House on the 36th ballot
-1803 - The United States under Jefferson bought the Louisiana Territory from France, doubling the size of the United States
-1804-1806 - Sent Lewis and Clark to explore the new west
-1805 - Re-elected to the Presidency and served from March 4, 1801 to March 3, 1809
-1819 - Retired to Monticello and active in founding the University of Virginia at Charlottesville
-1826 - Died July 4th (a couple hours before John Adams died) Internment in the grounds of Monticello
Jefferson Memorial in Washington D.C.
President's Park in South Dakota 2005
Mount Rushmore 2005
(2nd from the left)
Seated at the table (wax museum in South Dakota 2005)
I LOVE this picture!!
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