A Colonial Williamsburg reenactor explores how Thomas Jefferson reconciled writing about liberty while owning slaves, ...

Led by Thomas Jefferson, whom they helped elect to the presidency for two terms (1801-1809), the Republicans believed in individual freedoms and the rights of states. They feared that the ...

When the election of 1800 produced no clear winner, the House of Representatives decided the outcome. It voted for Thomas Jefferson as president and Aaron Burr as vice president. Jefferson called his ...

Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence ... Jefferson, who’s time as president was from 1801-1809, retired to Monticello where, among other things, he worked on his designs ...

1. “When angry, count 10 before you speak; if very angry, a hundred.” —Thomas Jefferson (1801–1809) 2. “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” —Abraham Lincoln (1861–1865 ...

Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), author of the American Declaration of Independence and third president of the United States, was also a talented architect of neoclassical buildings. He designed ...

John Adams and Thomas Jefferson will always be linked, as Founding Fathers and presidents. They even died on the same day — July 4, 1826. At the Continental Congress and on diplomatic ...

Thomas Jefferson made the same mistake over 200 years ... Acts meant that he couldn't wait to leave the White House in 1809. The Napoleonic Wars (1803-15) created both opportunities and challenges ...

As Thomas Jefferson’s secretary of state, James Madison inadvertently began a pattern in which this cabinet office position would lead directly to the presidency. This would continue until 1828, with ...