Thomas Jefferson Biography
- Title:
- Founding Father and Third President of the United States
- Position:
- None Found to the question "Should the Words “under God” Be in the US Pledge of Allegiance?"
- Reasoning:
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No position found as of Mar. 12, 2008
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Founded, University of Virginia, 1825
- President, United States, 1801-1809
- US Vice-President, 1797-1801
- Author, Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom, 1786
- US Minister to France, 1785
- Drafter, Declaration of Independence, 1776
- Leader, US Democratic-Republican Party
- Education:
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- Law, College of William and Mary
- Other:
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- Acquired the Louisiana Territory from Napoleon in 1803
- Born Apr. 13, 1743 in Albermarle County, Virginia
- Deceased July 4, 1826 in Monticello in Virginia
- Married to Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson
- Quoted in:
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- Should the Words "under God" Remain in the Pledge if a Majority of Americans Want to Keep It?
- Did the Founding Fathers Support a Separation of Church and State?
- Is it Valid to Look to the Intent of the Founding Fathers in Determining Whether the Words "under God" Should Remain in the Pledge of Allegiance?