Full name: Thomas Jefferson

Born: April 13, 1743

Died: July 4, 1826

Burial site: Monticello, Charlottesville, Virginia

Parents: Peter and Jane Randolph Jefferson

Spouse: Martha Wayles Skelton (1748-1782; m. 1772)

Children: Martha Washington (1772-1836); Jane Randolph (1774-1775); Infant son (1777-1777); Mary (1778-1804); Lucy Elizabeth (1780-1781); Lucy Elizabeth (1782-1784); in addition, scientific evidence strongly suggests that Jefferson fathered at least one and as many as six children by slave Sally Hemings

Religion: Deism

Education: Attended College of William and Mary

Occupations: Farmer; lawyer

Government positions: Virginia House of Burgesses delegate; Continental Congress member; Virginia governor; minister to France; secretary of state under George Washington; vice president under John Adams

Political party: Democratic-Republican

Dates as president: March 4, 1801-March 4, 1805 (first term); March 4, 1805-March 4, 1809 (second term)

Age upon taking office: 57