Thomas Jefferson

The official biography of Thomas Jefferson by experts at his iconic home, Monticello, looks at the 3rd president's consequential life and his complex and enduring legacies.

The words and ideas in the Declaration have impacted human rights around the world.

For Jefferson, whose unorthodox religious views were a matter of heated discussion, the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom was one of his greatest achievements.

Jefferson conceived, promoted, founded and designed the University of Virginia as "the hobby of my old age."

Learn more about Jefferson's life, career, and legacy in this gallery of recordings.

 

Jefferson was already planning Lewis and Clark's exploration of the American West when France suddenly offered to sell the Louisiana Territory to the U.S.

Thomas Jefferson wrote that “all men are created equal,” and yet enslaved more than six-hundred people over the course of his life.

Experience the range of Jefferson's interests through a typical twenty-four hours of his retirement at Monticello.

The significant public and private events in Jefferson's life.

Search hundreds of Thomas Jefferson's most famous quotations (as well as a few he didn't make).