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In the 1930s, Jefferson was held in higher esteem; President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933–1945) and New Deal Democrats celebrated his struggles for "the common man" and reclaimed him as their party's founder. Jefferson became a symbol of American democracy in the incipient Cold War, and the 1940s and 1950s saw the zenith of his popular reputation.
Thomas Jefferson (April 13 [O.S. April 2], 1743 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, planter, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. [6] He was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
In honor of Jefferson's contribution, the library's website for federal legislative information was named THOMAS. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] In 2007, Jefferson's two-volume 1764 edition of the Qur'an was used by Rep. Keith Ellison for his swearing into the House of Representatives. [ 12 ]
Thomas Jefferson is no longer holding court in the City Council — and Mayor de Blasio believes that’s for the better. De Blasio praises Thomas Jefferson’s ‘immense contributions’ but ...
Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States, was involved in politics from his early adult years.This article covers his early life and career, through his writing the Declaration of Independence, participation in the American Revolutionary War, serving as governor of Virginia, and election and service as Vice President to President John Adams.
Thomas Jefferson envisioned America as the force behind a great "Empire of Liberty", [13] that would promote republicanism and counter British imperialism. The Louisiana Purchase of 1803, made by Jefferson in a $15 million deal with Napoleon Bonaparte, doubled the size of the growing nation by adding a huge swath of territory west of the Mississippi River, opening up millions of new farm sites ...
Not simply another work on Jefferson’s educational philosophy, this book is a study of what the author terms ‘the public dimension of Jefferson’s education ideas.'" [12] Still, others like Constance B. Schulz point out the redundancy of the first few chapters of The Unfinished Revolution, which restate what has been previously covered by ...
When Barack Obama ran for president in 2008, his campaign slogan was "Change we can believe in." He ran on the platform that called for the country to come together and create the positive change ...