Thomas Jefferson: Timeline

1743   Born

1789   Thomas Jefferson brings the first ''macaroni'' machine to the United States United States

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1790   Thomas Jefferson reported to President Washington in New York New York

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 as the new secretary of state Secretary of State

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1796   November: John Adams John Adams

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 defeats Thomas Jefferson in the U.S. presidential election

1801   An electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr Aaron Burr

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 is resolved when Jefferson is elected President of the United States President of the United States

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 and Burr Vice President Vice President of the United States

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 by the United States House of Representatives United States House of Representatives

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1801   Thomas Jefferson succeeds John Adams John Adams

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 as the President of the United States of America.

1804   Thomas Jefferson defeats Charles C. Pinckney in U.S. presidential election.

1809   James Madison James Madison

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 succeeds Thomas Jefferson as the President of the United States President of the United States

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1826   Died

1998   The journal ''Nature Nature (journal)

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'' publishes a genetic study showing compelling evidence that Thomas Jefferson fathered his slave Sally Hemings' son Eston Hemings Jefferson.