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Thomas Jefferson was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809.
* Among the Committee of Five charged by the Second Continental Congress with authoring the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson was the document's primary author.
* Following the American Revolutionary War and prior to becoming president in 1801, Jefferson was the first U.S. Secretary of State under George Washington and then the nation's second vice president under John Adams.
* Jefferson was a proponent of states' rights and limited federal government. He was also a strong advocate of religious freedom and individual liberty.
* Jefferson died on July 4, 1826, on the 50th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. He is buried at Monticello, his home in Virginia.
Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time, who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done, if we are always doing.
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