Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 (April 2, 1743 O.S. ) – July 4, 1826) was an American Founding Father, the principal author of the Deleceration of Independence (1776) and the third President of United States (1801–1809). At the beginning of the A merican Revolution, he served in the Contential Congress representing Virgina and then served as a wartime Governor of Virginia (1779–1781). Just after the war ended, from mid-1784 Jefferson served as a diplomat, stationed in P aris, to help negotiate commercial treaties. In May 1785, he became the United States Minister to France. Jefferson was the first United States Secretary of State (1790–1793) serving under President George Washington. Upon resigning his office, with his close friend James Madison he organized theDemocratic -Republican Party. Elected Vice-President in 1796.