Education:
Graduated from College of William and Mary
(1762)
Occupation:
Lawyer, planter
Religion:
No
formal affiliation
Wife:
Martha
Wayles Skelton (1748-1782), on January 1, 1772
Children:
Martha Washington Jefferson
(1772-1836);
Jane Randolph Jefferson (1774-75);
infant son
(1777);
Mary Jefferson (1778-1804);
Lucy Elizabeth Jefferson
(1780-81);
Lucy Elizabeth Jefferson (1782-85)
Father:
Peter Jefferson
Mother:
Jane
Randolph Jefferson
Years in
office:
(March 4, 1801 to March 3, 1809)
Born:
April
13, 1743, in Shadwell, Virginia
Died:
July
4, 1826, at Monticello (near Charlottesville, Virginia)
Age at
death:
83
Elected
from:
Virginia
Political
Party:
Democratic-Republican
Other Government
Positions:
Member of Virginia House of Burgesses, 1769-74
Member of Continental Congress, 1775-76
Governor of Virginia, 1779-81
Member of Continental Congress, 1783-85
Minister to France, 1785-89
Secretary of State, 1790-93 (under Washington)
Vice President, 1797-1801
(under J. Adams)
Presidential
Salary:
$25,000/year
Vice
President:
Aaron Burr (1801-05);
George Clinton (1805-09)
Secretary of
State:
James Madison (1801-1809)
Secretary of the
Treasury:
Samuel Dexter (1801)
Albert Gallatin (1801-09)
Secretary of
War:
Henry Dearborn (1801-1809)
Attorney
General:
Levi Lincoln (1801-04)
John Breckinridge (1805-06)
Caesar A. Rodney (1807-09)
Secretary of the
Navy:
Benjamin Stoddert (1801)
Robert Smith (1801-09)
Links /
Resources:
The White
House
PO Box 1427