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About Me

Third President of the United States of America

President from: March 4, 1801 - March 3, 1809
Vice President: Aaron Burr; George Clinton
Preceded by: John Adams
Succeeded by: James Madison

Born: April 13, 1743 in Shadwell, Virginia
Died: July 4, 1826 in Charlottesville, Virginia

Events during my Presidency

Louisiana Purchase (1803)Marbury v. Madison (1803)Creation of the Orleans Territory (1804)Land Act of 1804Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified (1804)Lewis and Clark expedition (1804-1806)Creation of the Louisiana Territory (later renamed the Missouri Territory ) in 1805Tertium quids create a divide in the Democratic-Republican PartyEmbargo Act of 1807 , an attempt to force respect for U.S. neutrality by ending trade with the belligerents in the Napoleonic WarAbolition of the external slave trade in 1808

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Abe Lincoln, Ted Roosevelt

My Blog

Late Summer Reading

Please read this, it offers a different view of the goings on in this country than the one the new media gives you; basically, it exposes the truth. Give it a whirl. Tag line: How Bush, t...
Posted by Thomas Jefferson on Thu, 17 Aug 2006 07:42:00 PST

Declaration of Independence

When in the course of human Events, it becomes necessary for one People to dissolve the Political Bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the Powers of the Earth, the separat...
Posted by Thomas Jefferson on Mon, 30 Jan 2006 07:30:00 PST