«The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.»

Thomas Jefferson *

* (Albermarle County, Virginia 13-Apr-1743 / Monticello, Albemarle County, Virginia, U.S. 4-Jul-1826 On the independence 50th anniversary).
Was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence, and a source of many other contributions to American culture. After an electoral tie, Jefferson was elected President and Burr Vice President by the United States House of Representatives. Jefferson was the only Vice President elected to the Presidency and serve two full terms.
Coincidentally, both John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, the only signers of the Declaration of Independence later to serve as Presidents of the United States, died on the same day: July 4, 1826, which was the 50th anniversary of the Declaration.