xaviers+artilce+on+thomas+jefferson


 * Thomas Jefferson served in the continental army for 5 decades.
 * He was a very successful man, he was the author of the Declaration of Independence, and was the 3rd president of the united states.
 * He was born April 2nd 1743 and died July 4th 1826; he lived a very full, and successful life.



Thomas Jefferson was a very successful man, in his life time he was the 3rd president of the United States; and wrote the Declaration of independence and founder the University of Virginia- who voiced the aspirations of a new era. As public official, historian, philosopher, and, plantation owner, her served his country for over five decades.