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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.
Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743 (April 2, 1743 O.S.) [Note 6] at the family home in Shadwell, Goochland County, Virginia, now part of Albemarle County. [26] His mother was Jane Randolph, daughter of Isham Randolph, a ship's captain and sometime planter, and his wife. Peter and Jane married in 1739. [27]
Shadwell, Thomas Jefferson's birthplace monument It was named for the Shadwell parish in London by Peter Jefferson, a colonist and planter in central Virginia. Shadwell is the parish in England where his wife Jane Randolph had been christened.
Thomas Jefferson (1801–1809) First president to have ... He was born in the Wise Sanitarium of Plains, Georgia, in 1924. First president to be born after World War I.
As former President Jimmy Carter celebrates his milestone 100th birthday on Oct. 1, he will set a new record for the longest-lived president in United States history. It's a title he's held since ...
Jefferson's Birthday officially honors the birth of the Founding Father and third U.S. president, Thomas Jefferson on April 13, 1743. [1] This day was recognized by Franklin D. Roosevelt as part of Presidential Proclamation 2276, issued on March 21, 1938.
Martha "Patsy" Randolph (née Jefferson; September 27, 1772 – October 10, 1836) was the eldest daughter of Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States, and his wife, Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson. She was born at Monticello, near Charlottesville, Virginia.
CHARLOTTSVILLE, Va. — Gardiner Hallock, Director of Restoration for Thomas Jefferson's mountaintop plantation, stood on a red-dirt floor inside a dusty rubble-stone room built in 1809.