During this time, in the early 1790s, Jefferson and James Madison organized the Democratic-Republican Party to oppose the Federalist Party during the formation of the nation's First Party System. President Washington then appointed Jefferson the nation's first secretary of state, where he served from 1790 to 1793. In 1785, Congress appointed Jefferson United States Minister to France, where he served from 1785 to 1789. During the American Revolution, Jefferson represented Virginia in the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia, which adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, and served as the second Governor of Virginia from 1779 to 1781. He was a leading proponent of democracy, republicanism, and individual rights, and produced formative documents and decisions at the state, national, and international levels. Jefferson's writings and advocacy for human rights, including freedom of thought, speech, and religion, were a leading inspiration behind the American Revolution, which ultimately led to American independence and the United States Constitution. Secretary of State under George Washington and then the nation's second vice president under John Adams. Following the American Revolutionary War and prior to becoming president in 1801, Jefferson was the first U.S. Among the Committee of Five charged by the Second Continental Congress with authoring the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson was the document's primary author. Thomas Jefferson (Ap – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses Member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Albemarle County ĭelegate from Virginia to the Continental Congress
Minister Plenipotentiary for Negotiating Treaties of Amity and Commerceĭelegate from Virginia to the Congress of the Confederation
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