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An American Philosophical Society member for 35 yrs, Thomas Jefferson was the 1st scientist US President

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In this 1799 letter, Thomas Jefferson said "despotism had overwhelmed the world for thousands & thousands of years" but "science can never be retrograde; what is once acquired of real knowledge can never be lost."

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In this 1809 letter dated two days before ending his Presidency, Thomas Jefferson said he felt like being released from prison, and that he should've been a scientist

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Scientist-President Thomas Jefferson discovered large bones that were initially thought to be from a large cat-like predator, but it was later determined to be from a giant sloth

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Perhaps our first scientist-President, Thomas Jefferson in 1784 discussed air travel via balloons, 9 years before Jean Pierre Blanchard flew over Philadelphia in January 9, 1793

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