Thomas Jefferson, a spokesman for democracy, was an American Founding Father, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and the third President of the United States (1801–1809).
In the thick of party conflict in 1800, Thomas Jefferson wrote in a private letter, "I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man."
Within twelve years of the establishment of the federal Judiciary, congress aproved a sweeping reorgaisation of the nations court system andsigning expanded federal jurisdiction.