March 4, 1801 - March 3, 1809
|
VICE
PRESIDENT (1st term)
Aaron Burr |
VICE
PRESIDENT (2nd term)
George Clinton |
 |
BORN: April 13, 1743 |
Thomas Jefferson's wife Martha died in 1782 and
Jefferson never remarried. There was no FIRST Lady during his presidency.
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| Shadwell, Virginia |
| CHILDREN: 1 son, 5 daughters |
| *Grandson was first child born in White House |
| PROFESSION: Attorney / Inventor |
| POLITICAL PARTY: Democratic-Republican |
| HOME STATE: Virginia |
| POLITICAL OFFICES: Delegate to
Continental Congress, Governor (VA), Diplomat to France, Secretary of State, Vice President |
| AUTHOR OF THE UNITED STATES DECLARATION
OF INDEPENDENCE |
| PETS: Mockingbird, two live Bears in
cages on White House Lawn |
| DIED: July4, 1826 (Age - 83) |
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LAST WORDS: "Is it the Fourth?." |
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BURIED: Monticello, Virginia |
| "Never
did a prisoner, released from his chains, feel such relief as I shall on shaking off the
shackles of power. Nature intended me for the
tranquil pursuits of science."
Written March 2, 1809... the night before
Madison was inaugurated. |
