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THOMAS JEFFERSON
Biography

Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), 3d PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. As the author of the Declaration of Independence and
the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, he is probably the most conspicuous champion of political and spiritual freedom in his country's
history. He voiced the aspirations of the new nation in matchless phrase, and one may doubt if any other American has been so often
quoted. As a public official--legislator, diplomat, and executive--he served the province and commonwealth of Virginia and the young
American republic almost 40 years.

While his services as a Revolutionary patriot have beenhonored by his countrymen with only slight dissent, his later and more controversial
political activities have been variously interpreted. Believing that the government was not being conducted in the spirit of 1776,......

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