3rd President of the United States; chief drafter of the Declaration of Independence; made the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and sent out the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
(1743-1826) 3rd president of the US 1801–09, founder of the Democratic Republican Party. He published A Summary View of the Rights of America 1774 and as a member of the Continental Congresses of 1775–76 was largely responsible for the drafting of the Declaration of Independence. He was governor of Virginia 1779–81, ambassador to Paris 1785–89, secretary of state 1789–93, and vice president 1797–1801
Jefferson was born in Virginia into a wealthy family. His interests included music, painting, architecture, and the natural sciences; he was very much a product of the 18th-century Enlightenment. His political philosophy of “agrarian democracy” placed responsibility for upholding a virtuous American republic mainly upon a citizenry of independent yeoman farmers. Ironically, his two terms as president saw the adoption of some of the ideas of his political opponents, the Federalists
He was supportive of the French Revolution and spent four years in France while dispatching advice through his ally James Madison on the proposals for a Constitutional Convention. Upon his return to the political scene, he carried on his battle with Alexander Hamilton, who held views of America directly opposed to his own agrarian, democratic inclinations.

1. Capital of the state of Missouri; located in central Missouri on the Missouri river.
2. City in Tennessee (USA); zip code 37760.
Capital of Missouri, US, located in the central part of the state, W of St Louis, on the Missouri River; Industries include agricultural products, shoes, electrical appliances, and cosmetics.