Home›People & Institutions›Political Figures›Thomas JeffersonPolitical FiguresThomas JeffersonCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextPolitical Atlas. "Thomas Jefferson." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://political.interactiveatlas.org/political-figures/thomas-jefferson.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextPolitical Atlas. (n.d.). Thomas Jefferson. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://political.interactiveatlas.org/political-figures/thomas-jeffersonCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{politicalatlas-thomas-jefferson, author = {Political Atlas}, title = {Thomas Jefferson}, year = {2026}, url = {https://political.interactiveatlas.org/political-figures/thomas-jefferson}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXDocumented History and SocietyVerifiedThomas Jefferson was an American statesman who was the principal drafter of the Declaration of Independence and later served as the third president of the United States.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsBirth YearWell-attested1743 1Death DateWell-attested1826-07-04 1Death YearWell-attested1826 1Cross-Tradition ConnectionsDraftedDeclaration of Independence, Documents Well-attested Source Thomas Jefferson (Britannica)tier 1InfluencedDeclaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, Documents Well-attested ConnectedThen U.S. minister to France; discussed the project with Lafayette and annotated early drafts.Source Lafayette's Draft of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (Encyclopedia Virginia)tier 1Democratic Party (United States), Institutions Well-attested ConnectedThomas Jefferson's Democratic Republican Party is the traditionally cited root of the modern Democratic Party.ShapedUnited States, Countries Well-attested Sources1. Thomas Jefferson (Britannica)tier 1Encyclopaedia BritannicaView the SourceLafayette's Draft of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (Encyclopedia Virginia)tier 1Encyclopedia Virginia (Virginia Humanities)Influenced: Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the CitizenView the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year