…designed this sprawling house by 26, wrote the declaration of independence at 35. He was an inventor, scholar, and an author. He was the Governor of Virginia from 1779 – 1781, a minister to France from 1785–1789, Vice-President of the United States from 1797 – 1801, and President of the United State from 1801 – 1809 .  He was among the most influential in helping shape and create the United States.