Thomas+Jefferson


 * Thomas Jefferson**


 * 3rd President of the United States**
 * [[image:jeffpicrop.jpg width="55" height="75" align="left" link="http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/tj3.html"]]

[|Thomas Jefferson]** - Vice President: Aaron Burr (1801-1805) George Clinton (1805-1809) Party: Democratic-Republican Term: 1801-1809 Born: 4-13-1743 in Albermarle County, Virginia Died: 7-4-1826 in Montpelier, Virginia Married to: Martha Wayles Skelton

Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana Territory from Napoleon Bonaparte (head of the French government) for about 3 cents an acre, a total of $15 million. He also made the seperation of church and state. He was the author of, and signed the Declaration of Independence.

His image is on some of the U.S. Nickels.