Thread by @PrezWisdom

Happy Birthday, Thomas Jefferson 🇺🇸, born #OTD 1743

He served in the Virginia House of Burgesses with George Washington 🇺🇸 under Great Britain before the Revolutionary War.

John Adams 🇺🇸 also served The Crown in the Massachusetts House of Representatives
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Thomas Jefferson 🇺🇸 was the first President to have once served as Secretary of State (under George Washington 🇺🇸).

This means he was also part of the first ever Presidential Cabinet.

You can read about it in the @lmchervinsky book "The Cabinet" (see pic)
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As President, Thomas Jefferson 🇺🇸 had ZERO vetoes in his 8 years.
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"Be it enacted, That from and after 1 Jan 1808, it is unlawful to import into the US...any negro, mulatto, or person of colour as a slave, or to be held to service or labor."
- "Act to Prohibit the Importation of Slaves, Signed into law by Thomas Jefferson 🇺🇸
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The first baby born IN the White House was President Thomas Jefferson's 🇺🇸 grandson.
He was named for Jefferson's friend James Madison 🇺🇸
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Thomas Jefferson 🇺🇸 was the first "wine President." His vast collection cost him almost his last penny, consisting of French, Italian, Spanish & Portuguese wines (no doubt influenced by his time traveling and time as Secretary of State).
His favorite? French Bordeaux
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In his advanced age Thomas Jefferson 🇺🇸 would observe the construction of his brainchild, the University of Virginia, by telescope from his residence at @TJMonticello
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