Thomas Jefferson
13 April 1743 – 4 July 1826
Principal author of the Declaration of Independence and third President of the United States, who doubled the nation's territory with the Louisiana Purchase.
Lived at the same time
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- William Herschel (1738–1822) Overlapped 79 years →
- Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832) Overlapped 78 years →
- Daniel Boone (1734–1820) Overlapped 77 years →
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Completed the Louisiana Purchase from France
1803
The acquisition roughly doubled the size of the United States.
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Founded the University of Virginia
1819
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Died at Monticello, Virginia
4 July 1826
Died on the fiftieth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
Source: en.wikipedia.org
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