Jefferson
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Jefferson may refer to:
In places:
- Jefferson, Alberta
- Jefferson, Colorado
- Jefferson, Georgia
- Jefferson, Indiana
- Jefferson, Iowa
- Jefferson, Maine
- Jefferson, Maryland
- Jefferson, Massachusetts, a village in the town of Holden
- Jefferson, New Hampshire
- Jefferson, New York
- Jefferson, North Carolina
- Jefferson, Ohio
- Jefferson, Oregon
- Jefferson, South Dakota
- Jefferson, Texas
- Jefferson, West Virginia
- Jefferson (town), Wisconsin
In culture:
- Jefferson, Mississippi, the fictional town where many of William Faulkner's stories are set
- The Jeffersons, a 1975-1985 American sitcom
- "The Jeffersons" (South Park episode)
- "Jefferson", a song by Roxette from their 2001 album Room Service
- Jefferson or Geoff Turton, British singer
In other uses:
- State of Jefferson, proposed state overlapping Oregon and California
- Jefferson River, a tributary of the Missouri River in North America
- Jefferson Ward or Jeffersons, a discount department store chain operated by Montgomery Ward until 1988
[edit] People with the surname
- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), 3rd President of the United States of America
- Arthur Stanley Jefferson or Stan Laurel (1890-1965), English comic actor
- Blind Lemon Jefferson (1894-1929), blues musician
- William J. Jefferson (born 1947), American politician
- Roberto Jefferson (born 1953), Brazilian politician
- Marshall Jefferson (born 1959), American musician
- Wallace B. Jefferson, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas
- Will Jefferson (born 1979), English cricketer
- Richard Jefferson (born 1980), American basketball player
[edit] People with the given name
- Jefferson Davis (1808-1889), President of the Confederate States of America
- William Jefferson Clinton or Bill Clinton (born 1946), 42nd U.S. President
- Jefferson D'Arcy, the fictional neighbor on the American television program Married… with Children
[edit] See also
- Jefferson City (disambiguation)
- Jefferson County (disambiguation)
- Jefferson Township (disambiguation)
- Jefferson Park (disambiguation)
- Jeffersonville (disambiguation)
- Jefferson Avenue Historic District, Ogden, Utah
- Jefferson Barracks Military Post, a former U.S. Army post near Lemay, Missouri
- Jefferson Airplane or Jefferson Starship, a band
- Jefferson Territory, an unrecognized territory in present-day Colorado
- Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
- Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, commonly called Jefferson Lab (JLAB)
- Jefferson Literary and Debating Society, a student society at the University of Virginia in the United States

