Thomas Jefferson Third President

Close Up On President Jefferson Grave

Thomas Jefferson was the second in my four President Virginia trip. He is buried about a 1/4 of a mile from his house. President Jefferson is just outside of Charlottesville, Va. To get to the house you have to go to the second stop light once you get off of 64 and take a left. If you go right at the first stop light you will go to a museum. The Presidents family is still using the cemetery that the President is buried in. I think the most recent grave in there was dated in the 1980's or 1990's. President Jefferson's wife is buried next to him. I wasn't sure where she was buried at but there is a chart that shows you who is buried where and how they were related to him.

Thomas Jefferson House Monticello

Note:

Thomas Jefferson also served as the second Vice President to John Adams from 1791 to 1801. Click here to learn more about Thomas Jefferson's Vice President bust

Facts About Thomas Jefferson:

Jefferson was the first President to shake hands instead of bow to people

Thomas Jefferson was the first President to have a grandchild born in the White House

When he was sworn in as President, he returned to his boarding house for dinner. Every seat was taken, and no one stood to offer him a seat. After awhile, the wife of a Kentucky senator offered him her seat. Jefferson politely declined

Jefferson was the first president to be inaugurated in Washington, D.C

Jefferson wrote his own epitaph without mentioning that he served as president of the United States

Nickname: Red Fox

Last Words: Is it the Fourth?

Cause of Death: Debility: old age

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