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"Review of Jefferson: Architect of American Liberty". The Journal of American History. 104 (4): 1002. ISSN 0021-8723. JSTOR 48549093. McGarvie, Mark (2018). "Review of Jefferson: Architect of American Liberty, Boles John B.". The Journal of Southern History. 84 (3): 714–715. ISSN 0022-4642. JSTOR 26536307. Sehat, David (2017). "Thomas ...
In the 1930s, Jefferson was held in higher esteem; President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933–1945) and New Deal Democrats celebrated his struggles for "the common man" and reclaimed him as their party's founder. Jefferson became a symbol of American democracy in the incipient Cold War, and the 1940s and 1950s saw the zenith of his popular reputation.
Jeffersonian architecture is an American form of Neo-Classicism and/or Neo-Palladianism embodied in the architectural designs of U.S. President and polymath Thomas Jefferson, after whom it is named. These include his home ( Monticello ), his retreat ( Poplar Forest ), the university he founded ( University of Virginia ), and his designs for the ...
President Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan at the Statue of Liberty's centennial celebration on July 4, 1986 in New York City. Diana Walker - Getty Images 1989
1800 Electoral College Vote results by state explicitly indicating the number of votes received by top two candidates in each. Jefferson ran for president in the 1796 election as a Democratic-Republican, but finished second in the electoral vote to Federalist John Adams; under the laws then in place, Jefferson's second-place finish made him the Vice President of the United States. [1]
James Madison, shown in an 1804 portrait by Gilbert Stuart, served as Secretary of State under President Thomas Jefferson from 1801-1809, after which he succeeded Jefferson as the country's fourth ...
Thomas Jefferson (April 13 [O.S. April 2], 1743 – July 4, 1826) was an American Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. [6] He was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence .
Jefferson Memorial's exterior Jefferson Memorial's interior. The Jefferson Memorial is a national memorial in Washington, D.C., built in honor of Thomas Jefferson, the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence, a central intellectual force behind the American Revolution, a founder of the Democratic-Republican Party, and the nation's third president.