His mother, Jane Randolph Jefferson, was a member of the proud Randolph clan, a family claiming descent from English and Scottish royalty. Jefferson was born into one of the most prominent families of Virginia's planter elite. Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743, at the Shadwell plantation located just outside of Charlottesville, Virginia. He also founded the University of Virginia. He was responsible for doubling the size of the United States by successfully brokering the Louisiana Purchase. economy and defeated pirates from North Africa during the Barbary War. As the third president of the United States, Jefferson stabilized the U.S.
Declaration of Independence, the nation's first secretary of state and the second vice president (under John Adams). Thomas Jefferson was the primary draftsman of the U.S.
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