Hezekiah Butterworth (Condensed)
Thomas Jefferson was born in Virginia, April 13, 1743
Framed the Declaration of Independence, 1776
Was elected Governor of Virginia, 1779
Appointed Secretary of State in Washington’s Cabinet, 1789
Elected third President of the United States, 1800
He died on the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Signing of the Declaration of Independence, the Fourth of July, 1826
He was called the Sage of Monticello. Monticello was the name of his fine country estate.