Thomas Jefferson -- author of the Declaration of Independence and the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, third president of the United States, and founder of the University of Virginia -- voiced the aspirations of a new America as no other individual of his era. As public official, historian, philosopher, and plantation owner, he served his country for over five decades.

From 1797 to 1801 Jefferson wrote "Jefferson's Manual" while serving as Vice President, and hence, as the President of the Senate. In 1837 the Manual became House Rule XXVIII. Only the sections dealing with House parliamentary procedures are incorporated in the current House Rules and Manual. Some of the House's most important parliamentary procedures, such as those governing debate, consideration of amendments and resolving differences between two houses, are based in part on practices established in "Jefferson's Manual."

A man of habit and discipline, Jefferson compiled his list of ten rules of comportment for his namesake Thomas Jefferson Smith. Like Benjamin Franklin in his "Poor Richard's Almanac," Jefferson was able to synthesize many of our behaviors into pithy truisms that stand the test of changing cultures and values.

Medium : 1 print

Created/Published : Brooklyn Eagle Book, Job and Pamphlet Printing Department, Brooklyn 1900

Creator : Thomas Jefferson, 1743-1826

Part of the Collection of broadsides, leaflets, and pamphlets from America and Europe, housed in the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress.

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Product #: 13400400