What is Thomas Jefferson?
{{Infobox officeholder | name=Thomas Jefferson | nationality=American | image=Official Presidential portrait of Thomas Jefferson (by Rembrandt Peale, 1800).jpg | caption = Portrait by [[Rembrandt Peale]], 1800 | imagesize=200px | order=3rd [[President of the United States]] | term_start=March 4, 1801 | term_end=March 4, 1809 | predecessor=[[John Adams]] | successor=[[James Madison]] | order2=2nd [[Vice President of the United States]] |president2=John Adams | term_start2=March 4, 1797 | term_end2=March 4, 1801 | predecessor2=[[John Adams]] | successor2=[[Aaron Burr]] | order3=1st [[United States Secretary of State]] | term_start3=September 26, 1789 | term_end3=December 31, 1793 | president3=[[George Washington]] | predecessor3= ''New Office'' | successor3=[[Edmund Randolph]] | birth_date={{birth date|1743|4|13}} | birth_place=[[Shadwell]], [[Virginia]], [[United States|U.S.]] | death_date={{death date and age|1826|7|4|1743|4|13}} | death_place=[[Charlottesville]], Virginia, U.S. | spouse= [[Martha Jefferson|Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson]] | party=[[Democratic-Republican Party (United States)|Democratic-Republican]] | vicepresident=[[Aaron Burr]] (1801–1805) <br> [[George Clinton (vice president)|George Clinton]] (1805–1809) | height=6 ft 2½ in (189 cm) | blank1 = Religion | data1 = [[Deism]] |signature = Thomas Jefferson Signature.svg |signature_alt = Th: Jefferson |}} '''Thomas Jefferson''' (April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826) was the third [[president of the United States]] from 1801 to 1809.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/|title=Presidents|website=The White House|access-date=2019-02-11|archive-date=2014-12-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141201032051/http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/johnadams/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Jefferson wrote the [[Declaration of Independence]], which he and 55 other [[Founding Fathers of the United States|Founding Father]]s signed. He also wrote the Statute of Religious Freedom. Jefferson was