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JEFFERSON, THOMAS (3)
JEFFERSON, THOMAS (3)
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(1743 - 1826)
third
president
of the United
States
.
Jefferson
wrote and presented the first
draft
of the
Declaration
of Independence in 1776. He believed that the
federal
government
should be concerned mainly with foreign
affairs
, leaving
local
matters to the
states
and
local
authorities.
—Conquest of
Chaos
Approved Glossary (8.7.92)