Thomas Jefferson Episode #1.2 (Season 1, Episode 2)
TV Episode | Documentary, Biography, History

Thomas Jefferson

Episode #1.2 (Season 1, Episode 2)

TV Episode | Documentary, Biography, History

After one of the ugliest presidential campaigns in history that almost destroyed the young nation, Thomas Jefferson becomes the third President of the United States, only to spend his twilight years in heavy debt and die bankrupted.

Director

Ken Burns

Writer

Geoffrey C. Ward

Producers

Ken Burns | Mark Hall | Camilla Rockwell

Cinematographers

Ken Burns | Peter B. Hutton | Allen Moore | Buddy Squires

Editors

Paul Barnes | Kevin Kertscher

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Edit Released

Updated Dec 31, 1997

Release date

1997 (United States)

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12 cast members

Name	Known for
Andrew Burstein Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	Thomas Jefferson (1997)
Ossie Davis Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Do the Right Thing (1989)
Joseph Ellis Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	American Experience (1987)
John Hope Franklin Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	Separate But Equal (1991)
Clay Jenkinson Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	Theodore Roosevelt (2022)
Gwyneth Paltrow Jefferson's Grandaughter (voice) Jefferson's Grandaughter (voice) See fewer	Shakespeare in Love (1998)
Michael Potts Isaac Isaac See fewer	Ma Rainey: Mother of the Blues (2021)
Gore Vidal Self - Writer Self - Writer See fewer	Gattaca (1997)
Sam Waterston Thomas Jefferson (voice) Thomas Jefferson (voice) See fewer	The Killing Fields (1984)
George F. Will Self - Writer (as George Will) Self - Writer (as George Will) See fewer	Baseball (1994)
Garry Wills Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	Conversations About Studs (2004)
Natalie Bober Self - Historian / Consultant (uncredited) Self - Historian / Consultant (uncredited) See fewer