2006-11-13 22:07:05 · 6 answers · asked by megan 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 N.S. – July 4, 1826) was the third President of the United States (1801–1809), the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and an influential founder of the United States. Major events during his presidency include the Louisiana Purchase (1803), the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–1806), and the failed Embargo Act of 1807.
A political philosopher who promoted Republicanism, sharp limits on the powers of the federal government, and the separation of church and state, he was the author of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom (1779, 1786). He was the eponym of Jeffersonian democracy and the founder and leader of the Democratic-Republican Party, which dominated the First Party System for over a quarter-century. Jefferson served as the wartime Governor of Virginia (1779–1781), first United States Secretary of State (1789–1793), and second Vice President (1797–1801).
A polymath, Jefferson was an agriculturalist, horticulturist, architect, archaeologist, paleontologist, author, inventor, and the founder of the University of Virginia. President John F. Kennedy welcomed forty-nine Nobel Prize winners to the White House in 1962, saying, "I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent and of human knowledge that has ever been gathered together at the White House -- with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone."
2006-11-13 23:11:44 · answer #1 · answered by Lynn Rosemary 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Writer of the Declaration of Independence
President of the United States
Architect of the University of Virginia
Architect of the Monticello
Orchestrated the Louisiana Purchase
Inventor
Check out the websites the others provided.
2006-11-14 10:57:16 · answer #2 · answered by Lizzie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because lots of people have heard of him. Also because he happened to be:
President of the United States
Author of the Declaration of Independence
etc
2006-11-17 22:05:12 · answer #3 · answered by I Drum 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson
Good Luck!!!
2006-11-14 06:17:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was the first pain in the" " and he cared about the future. oh y
2006-11-14 06:12:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because he banged his slave and had a love child.
2006-11-14 06:33:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋