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Barack Obama is thus far the only president to have ancestry from outside of Europe; his paternal family is of Kenyan Luo ancestry. He is also believed to be a direct descendant of John Punch, a colonial-era slave born in modern-day Cameroon. [2] There is no evidence that any president has had Indigenous American ancestry.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 1 January 2025. Slave of Thomas Jefferson (c. 1773–1835) Sally Hemings Born Sarah Hemings c. 1773 Charles City County, Virginia, British America Died 1835 (aged 61–62) Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S. Known for Slave owned by Thomas Jefferson, alleged mother to his shadow family Children 6, including ...
Vaughn and others claim Thomas Jefferson's mother Jane Randolph Jefferson was of mixed-race ancestry. [13] [18] The academic consensus does not support such claims. In her recent analyses of historical evidence about the Hemings and Jeffersons, for example, the scholar Annette Gordon-Reed makes no claim of African descent in the Randolph family ...
First president not to seek re-election upon the completion of his one term. [126] First president to die before reaching the age of 60. [aj] [123] First president to predecease a parent and a mother. [ak] [127] [61] First president not to keep a pet during his term in office. [128] First president to have his Cabinet photographed. [122]
Also, in 1808, Jefferson was the first president to propose a broad Federal plan to build roads and canals across several states, asking for $20 million, further alarming Randolph and believers of limited government. [210] Jefferson's popularity further suffered in his second term due to his response to wars in Europe.
Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States, was involved in politics from his early adult years.This article covers his early life and career, through his writing the Declaration of Independence, participation in the American Revolutionary War, serving as governor of Virginia, and election and service as Vice President to President John Adams.
On July 4, 1947, President Harry S. Truman made an Independence Day address from the West Portico of the Thomas Jefferson home in Monticello. He's pictured here waving his cane as he leaves the ...
Jane Randolph Jefferson (February 10, 1720 – March 31, 1776) [a] was the wife of Peter Jefferson and the mother of US president Thomas Jefferson. Born in the parish of Shadwell, near London, she was the daughter of Isham Randolph, a ship's captain and a planter. Jefferson was proud of her heritage and brought customs of aristocracy to her family.