Thomas Jefferson

president of the United States from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)

public university in Charlottesville, Virginia

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3rd quadrennial U.S. presidential election

4th quadrennial U.S. presidential election

5th quadrennial U.S. presidential election

Megalonyx (Greek, "great-claw") is an extinct genus of ground sloths of the family Megalonychidae, native to North America. It evolved during the Pliocene Epoch and became extinct at the end of the Late Pleistocene, living from ~5 million to ~13,000 years ago. The type species, M. jeffersonii (also called '''Jefferson's ground sloth'''), the youngest and largest known species, measured about in length and weighed up to nearly .

first separate United States Library of Congress building

Committee that drafted the Declaration of Independence

American political persuasion of the 1790s until the 1820s

A compromise made by Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison over the assumption of state debt and the site of the new national capital for the US.

3rd presidential administration and cabinet of the USA (1801-1809)

Jeffersonia, also known as twinleaf or rheumatism root, is a small genus of herbaceous perennial plants in the family Berberidaceae. They are uncommon spring wildflowers and grow in limestone soils of rich deciduous forests. Jeffersonia was named for United States President Thomas Jefferson by his contemporary Benjamin Smith Barton. This genus was formerly grouped in genus Podophyllum. Twinleaf is protected by state laws as a threatened or endangered plant in Georgia, Iowa, New York, and New Jersey.

US 5-cent coin minted since 1938

political faction

Cipher system invented by Thomas Jefferson

2 separate resolutions passed by American legislatures declaring their right to declare federal laws unconstitutional

rationale for freedom of expression in a liberal democracy

1759–1849 Thomas Jefferson's private secretary when he was ambassador in Paris, from 1786 to 1789, later ambassador

1775 resolution of the US Continental Congress

United States commodore (1792–1862)

American historian and biographer

a foreign policy created by Thomas Jefferson of spreading liberty across the planet.

multi-volume historical work by David Hume

Thomas Jefferson's religious views

exploration of the American founding father and president's views on slavery