Happy 269th Birthday Mr. Jefferson

The draftsman of the Declaration of Independence, the nation's first secretary of state (1789-1794), second vice president (1797-1801), third president (1801-1809) and of course, the father of the Democratic Party, Thomas Jefferson,was born this day April 13, 1743 in Shadwell, Virginia.





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