Thomas Jefferson

THOMAS JEFFERSON (13 April 1743 – 4 July 1826) was an American statesman, principal drafter of the Declaration of Independence and the third President of the United States (1801–1809). A lawyer and plantation owner, he also designed his residence Monticello in Virginia. His portrait first appeared on the obverse of the United States five-cent coin in 1938, with Monticello on the reverse in Felix Schlag's design. His legacy includes the contradiction between ideals of liberty and the enslavement of people on his plantation.