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Which us president proposed a decimal based measurement system for the us

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The correct answer is Thomas Jefferson.

In 1790, as Secretary of State, Thomas Jefferson proposed a Uniform System of Coinage, Weights, and Measurements that included a decimal based measurement system.


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