Thomas Jefferson was the third President if the United States.
Thomas Jefferson(1743-1826), was one of the American Founding Fathers and the main author of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. He was the third President of the United States from 1801 to 1809.
Jefferson cut Army and Navy expenditures, reduced the government budget, but reduced the national debt by a third. In his second term, he tried to keep the U.S. from participating in the Napoleonic wars.