Liberty, State, and Union: The Political Theory of Thomas Jefferson

Author of the Declaration of Independence, diplomat in France, leader of the opposition to the Federalists in the 1790s, president of the United States from 1801 to 1809, and critical conscience of the country until his death on July 4, 1826, Thomas Jefferson is the most widely studied, fascinating, and genuinely representative Founding Father of the entire age, a classical liberal "philosopher-king" that America produced in the birth throes of the Republic.