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Which u.s. president proposed a decimal-based measurement system for the u.s.?

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Answer: Thomas Jefferson

Explanation: Thomas Jefferson, then Secretary of State, proposed a decimal-based measurement system for the United States in his report Plan for Establishing Uniformity in the Coinage, Weights, and Measures of the United States.

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