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 | | Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743–July 4, 1826) was the third (1801–1809) President of the United States and an American statesman, political philosopher, revolutionary, agriculturalist and horticulturalist, land owner, architect, archaeologist, author and general Renaissance man. |
 | | His parents were Peter Jefferson (March 29, 1708–August 17, 1757) and Jane Randolph (February 20, 1720–March 31, 1776) both from families who had settled in Virginia for several generations. |
 | | A subject of considerable controversy since Jefferson's own time was whether Jefferson was the father of any of the children of his slave Sally Hemings. |
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