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5 days ago · When Thomas Jefferson died on a summer day in 1826, his death captivated Americans — not because of its cause, but because of the circumstances that surrounded it. The former president died on July 4, the 50th anniversary of American Independence. And Thomas Jefferson died just hours before John Adams, his fellow Founding Father.
5 days ago · Thomas Jefferson was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence. He was the first Secretary of State of the United States, under President George Washington. He founded the Democratic-Republican Party with James Madison. In 1800, he was elected as the third President of the United States.
3 days ago · Dramatization of events surrounding the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, which was written by Thomas Jefferson and approved by the Continental Congress and signed on July 4, 1776. (more) See all videos for this article.
3 days ago · Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson began his presidency with a plea for reconciliation: “We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists.” He had no plans for a permanent two-party system of government. He also began with a strong commitment to limited government and strict construction of the Constitution.
5 days ago · Thomas Jefferson’s Summary View of the Rights of British America, composed sometime in the latter half of this month, 250 years ago, ought to be regarded as among the most fundamental primary sources informing our understanding of the spirit and history of the American constitutional tradition, but it is rarely considered in this way.
5 days ago · There is Jefferson the man with perhaps the greatest résumé in the history of American politics: a revolutionary member of the Second Continental Congress, where he wrote the soaring prose of the...
4 days ago · Introduction. James Madison wrote to Thomas Jefferson in Paris, where Jefferson was serving as Ambassador, that the U.S. Constitution had been ratified, thus avoiding the danger of a second convention, as well as the adoption of unfriendly amendments as a condition for ratification. Madison was relieved and optimistic.
