A six-part History Channel documentary offers a clear-eyed view of Jefferson’s flaws, contradictions and triumphs.

Read more about Thomas Jefferson: http://j.mp/w07Y8G At the turn of the 18th century, Americans learned what their leaders looked like through paintings and drawings ...

The Age of Experiments/The Pursuit of Happiness” Friday, February 7 at 9:00 pm In part two: Jefferson was responsible... Read More ...

Next year, 2026, marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of the United States. The History Channel’s new docuseries “Thomas ...

The portraits also entail stories that the images ... paintings of Washington as well as Presidents John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and James Monroe. Other artists of the era who ...

When the election of 1800 produced no clear winner, the House of Representatives decided the outcome. It voted for Thomas Jefferson as president and Aaron Burr as vice president. Jefferson called his ...

Thomas Jefferson embodies within his own life the most profound contradictions of American history: as the author of the Declaration of Independence, he gave voice to our fervent desire ...