Thomas Jefferson Liberty: The Age of Experiments/The Pursuit of Happiness (Season 1, Episode 2)
TV Episode | Documentary, Biography, History

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Thomas Jefferson

Liberty: The Age of Experiments/The Pursuit of Happiness (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 (producer) | Mark Hall (producer) | Camilla Rockwell (producer)

Cinematographers

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

Editors

Paul Barnes | Kevin Kertscher

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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 Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	Do the Right Thing (1989)
Joseph Ellis Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	American Experience (1988)
John Hope Franklin Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	Separate But Equal (1991)
Clay Jenkinson Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	The American Buffalo (2023)
Gwyneth Paltrow Self - Jefferson's Grandaughter (voice) Self - Jefferson's Grandaughter (voice) See fewer	Shakespeare in Love (1998)
Michael Potts Self - Isaac Self - Isaac See fewer	Ma Rainey: Mother of the Blues (2021)
Gore Vidal Self - Writer Self - Writer See fewer	Gattaca (1997)
Sam Waterston Self - Thomas Jefferson (voice) Self - Thomas Jefferson (voice) See fewer	The Killing Fields (1984)
George F. Will Self - Writer (as George Will) Self - Writer (as George Will) See fewer	The American President (2000)
Garry Wills Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	Frontline (1983)
Natalie Bober Self - Historian / Self - Consultant (uncredited) Self - Historian / Self - Consultant (uncredited) See fewer