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Submitted by mattd on Fri, 2010-08-06 08:59
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Jefferson's Middle Name

Thomas Jefferson did not have a middle name. This was not unusual for this time period or the Jefferson family; only two of Jefferson's nine siblings had middle names (Peter Field and Anna Scott).

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I think it's funny that TJ didn't have a middle name, but lots of people after him were given the middle name Jefferson.

Andrea Gray – Editorial Assistant, Monticello Staff
August 9, 2010, 4:35 pm on Jefferson's Middle Name