was thomas jefferson a federalist ?
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No, he was an anti-federalist and later a democrat.  As such he was bitterly opposed to many of the actions the federalists wanted to take, which had they been successful would now mean you would have a very strong presidency and a weaker congress.  Now Hamilton was kind of the supreme federalist, advocating a strong central government (opposing the articles of confederation).
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Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 N.S. – July 4, 1826) was the third President of the United States (1801–1809), principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and one of the most influential founders of the United States. Major events during his presidency include the Louisiana Purchase (1803), the Embargo Act of 1807, and the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–1806).\n\nA political philosopher who promoted classical liberalism, republicanism, and the separation of church and state, he was the author of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom (1779, 1786), which was the basis of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. He was the eponym of Jeffersonian democracy and the founder and leader of the Democratic-Republican Party which dominated American politics for over a quarter-century and was the precursor to today's Democratic Party. Jefferson also served as the second Governor of Virginia (1779–1781), first United States Secretary of State (1789–1793), and second Vice President (1797–1801).
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Not certain there was any relationship. President Thomas Jefferson asked him to be the prosecutor in Aaron Burr's treason trial. President James Monroe named him the ninth Attorney General of the United States in 1817, a position he held for 12 years, through the administration of John Quincy Adams, until 1829.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wirt
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Federalists, if you mean in 1700's.
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Democratic and Republican Party\n \n"One of the first two American political parties, together with the Federalist Party. Founded by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. Those two and James Monroe were the only Democratic-Republican presidents. Party disbanded in the 1820s, splintering into two factions, the Democratic Party and the Whig Party. Members of the Democratic-Republican Party believed that a strong federal government would weaken and not respect the rights of the states and the people. "
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He was taught at the school of the learned James Maury, a reverend, from 1758 to 1760. The school was in Fredericksburg parish, twelve miles from Shadwell, and Jefferson boarded with Maury's family. There he received a classical education and studied history and natural science. At the age of nine, Jefferson began studying the classical languages of Latin and Greek as well as French.\n\nJefferson entered the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg at the age of 16 and spent two years there, from 1760 to 1762. There Jefferson studied mathematics, metaphysics, and philosophy under professor William Small, who introduced the enthusiastic Jefferson to the writings of British Empiricists, including John Locke, Francis Bacon, and Sir Issac Newton. At William and Mary, he reportedly studied 15 hours a day, perfected French, carried his Greek grammar book wherever he went, practiced the violin, and favored Tacitus and Homer.\n\nIn college, Jefferson was a member of the secret Flat Hat Club, now the namesake of the William and Mary's daily student newspaper. After graduating in 1762 with highest honors, Jefferson studied law with his friend and mentor, George Wythe, and was admitted to the Virginia bar in 1767.
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The Federalist Papers advocated the proposition that the colonies should have a strong centralized government that would downplay to some extent the notion of states' rights.   It lined up as a game of wills between the forces led by Alexander Hamilton (Federalists) and those of Thos. Jefferson (Republcans).  In the end, there was naturally a certain amount of equivocation on the part of both sides but a deal got done.  Unfortunately, the most important issue of all -- slavery-- was set aside and not properly addressed.  For purposes of the government, a slave was counted as 3/5 of a white person.   Failure to resolve the SLAVERY issue properly eventually was a cause of the CIVIL WAR!!!!
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read the Jefferson papers. He wrote the Articals of confederation before he wrote the Constitution. He also was a avaid sponser of the secant amendent. He was a active member of the first contintal congress. and amny other things. He was one of the greatest men in the begining of our nation.
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Thomas Jefferson was the United States Minister Plenipotentiary to France from March 10, 1785 - September 26, 1789 \n\nMerriamWebster.com's definition of plenipotentiary:\n\n1plen·i·po·ten·tia·ry \nPronunciation: "ple-n&-p&-'ten(t)-sh(&-)rE, -shE-"er-E\nFunction: adjective\nEtymology: Medieval Latin plenipotentiarius, adjective & noun, from Late Latin plenipotent-, plenipotens\n1 : invested with full power\n2 : of or relating to a plenipotentiary
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Don't forget James Madison, John Jay, John Adams and Alexander Hamilton, the first Federalists (now an essential aspect of the Republican Party).
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When elected President George Washington did not belong to a political party.  However, towards the end of his life and administration, it became clear that he favored the Federalist position (John Adams, Alexander Hamilton) as opposed to that of Thomas Jefferson, Aaron Burr, etc.
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The short answer is yes.\n\nThe long answer is: \n\nThere are claims that John Hanson was the first president and indeed that there were others after him and before Washington. However, Hanson was the first man to serve a full term as President of the Continental Congress under the Articles of Confederation in 1781 and 1782, and it is because of this he has been called the first President of the United States; though this claim is inaccurate. Before the adoption of the Constitution in 1787, the colonies operated under the direction of the Continental Congress, although they remained in principle a confederation of independent states. Even after the adoption of the Articles of Confederation, there was no executive branch. As such the President of the Continental Congress, which was a position similar to a Prime Minister, was the highest authority; under the Articles, the position adopted the title President of the United States in Congress Assembled, and Hanson was the first presiding officer of the Congress to use that title when dealing with foreign governments, diplomats, or treaties. Congress had little authority beyond those powers, which had been specifically delegated to it by the states, and its weakness during this period led directly to a decline in influence and the 1787 Constitution. It was only after the adoption of this constitution that anyone could truthfully be called a President of the United States. George Washington was the first.
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The federalist party wanted more federal government control while the Jeffersonians wanted more state power. Also, the Federalists supported industry which made them popular in the north, while the Jeffersonians supported agriculture, which made them more popular in the south.
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Yes, it was Thomas Jefferson.\n\n\nhttp://www.loc.gov/exhibits/jefferson/jeffworld.html
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I think the traditional answer is Pennsylvania.  From the government's website, Graff House is considered "where" he wrote it.  Note that technically they were colonies at this point, and not states, since we had not actually broken away.  See excerpt below:\n\nThe Graff House where Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence \nThe house of Jacob Graff, brick mason, located at the southwest corner of Market and Seventh Street, Philadelphia, was the residence of Thomas Jefferson when he drafted the Declaration of Independence. The three-story brick house is pictured here in Harper's Weekly, April 7, 1883. Jefferson rented the entire second floor for himself and his household staff.
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Initially people took sides in support or against the constitution.  In the first elections, there were no formal parties.  Jeffersons Democratic party arose in the 1790s from opposition to the policies of the ruling Federalist supporters dominated by Alexander Hamilton, which advocated a strong central government, a loose interpretation of the Constitution, and a republic governed by elites.  By 1800 parties were formally organized.
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Thomas Jefferson founded the University of Virginia.