Thomas Jefferson's Death
Born (Birthday) April 13, 1743
Death Date July 4, 1826
Age of Death 83 years
Cause of Death N/A
Place of Death Monticello, Virginia, United States
Place of Burial Monticello, Virginia, United States
Profession U.S. President
The US president Thomas Jefferson died at the age of 83. Here is all you want to know and more!
Biography - A Short Wiki
Revered Founding Father of the United States, its third president, and an author of the Declaration of Independence.
He completed his collegiate studies at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg in two years and earned his law degree five years later.
He sold his collection of 6,000 books to Congress after the British burned down the Library of Congress in 1814. He soon found himself at a loss without his books and began buying more. He served as the first Secretary of State under George Washington.
How did Thomas Jefferson die?
Thomas Jefferson’s exact cause of death has never been conclusively determined. He wrote in January 1826, [As to] the state of my health … it is now 3. weeks since a re-ascerbation of my painful complaint [a severe attack of diarrhea and difficulty urinating] has confined me to the house and indeed to my couch.
Quotes
""Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism."
Thomas Jefferson
""War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses."
Thomas Jefferson
""The good opinion of mankind, like the lever of Archimedes, with the given fulcrum, moves the world."
Thomas Jefferson
""How much pain they have cost us, the evils which have never happened."
Thomas Jefferson
""My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me."
Thomas Jefferson