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//**Thomas Jefferson**//

// Thomas Jefferson -- author of the Declaration of Independence and the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, 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. He had the support of North Carolinians in the 1796 presidential election (which he lost to Federalist John Adams) and in the 1800 election (in which he defeated Adams). // media type="googlemap" key="http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=931+thomas+jefferson+parkway&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=931+Thomas+Jefferson+Pkwy,+Charlottesville,+Albemarle,+Virginia+22902&gl=us&ei=znEGTdz8DpPi4Aabx63ZCg&oi=geocode_result&sqi=2&ved=0CBoQ8gEwAA&layer=c&cbll=38.004889,-78.455907&panoid=IgzcNMSXPTZtDY9SpFsLHQ&cbp=13,276.25,,0,-11.19&ll=37.988435,-78.455944&spn=0,0.048237&z=14&source=embed&output=svembed" height="314" width="562" // James Madison //

//Born in 1751, Madison was brought up in Orange County, Virginia, and attended Princeton (then called the College of New Jersey). A 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. //