THOMAS JEFFERSON, Virginia (1743-1826)

Thomas Jefferson founded the University of Virginia. He also helped found the United States of America. In the Federalist Papers exchange, he was a strong advocate for more radical democracy but he had a rather unforgivable flaw of being a slave owner.

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