Thomas Jefferson

Twenty-five years before he became President, Thomas Jefferson was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence. Two years before that, he had written A Summary View of the Rights of British America, protesting laws passed by British Parliament.
"Let no law be passed by any one legislature," he wrote, "which may step on the rights and liberties or another... The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time."
Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13th 1743 in Goochland County, Virginia. His parents were Peter and Jane Randoplh Jefferson. He was a brilliant student. He atten…