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Thamas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson is the author of the Declaration of Independence and the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom he was third president of the United States, and founder of the University of Virginia. Voiced the aspirations of a new America as no other individual of his era. As public official, historian, philosopher, and plantation owner, he served his country for over five decades. His father Peter Jefferson was a successful planter and surveyor and his mother Jane Randolph a member of one of Virginia's most distinguished families. Having inherited a considerable landed estate from his father, Jefferson began building Monticello when he was twenty-six years old. James madison

Madison was Born in 1751 and brought up in Orange County, Virginia, and attended Princeton student of history and government, well-read in law, he participated in the framing of the Virginia Constitution in 1776, served in the Continental Congress, and was a leader in the Virginia Assembly.When delegates to the Constitutional Convention assembled at Philadelphia, the 36-year-old Madison took frequent and emphatic part in the debates. media type="custom" key="7835327"