Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson, (April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826) was the third president of the United States and principal author of The Declaration of Independence. Annabeth said he was a member of the Judgment Pavilion in the Underworld.

Childhood, Early Life, and Education
Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743. He attended a local Scottish School and primarily studied Latin, Greek, and French. At the age of 16 Jefferson entered the College of William and Mary.

On January 1, 1772, at age 28 Jefferson in Williamsburg married the 23-year-old widow Martha Skelton. They had six children, only two of whom survived to adulthood. Consistent childbirth had significantly weakened Martha's body and she died on September 6, 1782, a few months after the birth of her last child. Jefferson was at his wife's bedside and was very upset after her death. Jefferson never remarried, as he had promised his wife.

However, Thomas Jefferson was the father of the six children of his slave Sally Hemings. Jefferson freed them as they came of age, the first two informally by letting them "escape", and the last two in his will. They were the only slave family Jefferson freed.

He's also considered the inventor of the submarine which he unsuccessfully tried to use in the War of Independence.

The United States Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson is the primary author of the Declaration of Independence. The Declaration of Independence is a statement signed and approved by members of Continental Congress. The Declaration of Independence justifies the independence of the United States by stating various wrongs and grievances against King George III and asserts natural rights, including, the right of revolution. Perhaps the most famed part of the Declaration of Independence are these words:

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness." The Declaration of Independence was approved on July 4, 1776. Although many people believe the Declaration was signed on the same day, others have called this into dispute.

The Battle of the Labyrinth
Although Jefferson did not appear, it is said that he is one of the judges on the Judgment Pavilion in the Underworld that would judge as to where Daedalus would go.