Thomas Jefferson was the third President of the United States. Prior to this he was also the second Vice President of the United States, working underneath his predecessor John Adams. He was an important political figure during the American War of Independence.
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Prior to his political career, Jefferson was interested in occult rituals. In 1765 he was part of a secret cabal with a man named Jacob Stockman. They attempted to summon and tame the bat daemon known as Barbathos. This ceremony involved sacrificing a young girl named Dominique, but Jefferson did not realize they intended to actually murder her. He intervened to save the girl from Stockman. The daemon had already been summoned, and they were attacked by a bat-like creature.[1] The occultists fled and they sealed the underground temple behind them, with Dominique still inside. This experience lead Jefferson to abandon the occult and pursue politics instead.[2] It was later revealed that Doctor Hurt was one of the other occultists present.[3]
It is 1776, and the Founding Fathers were at Liberty Hall in Philadelphia. After they signed the Declaration of Independence, some of the men — including Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson — met in secret. They gathered around a table, and the alchemist Taylor Hawke gathered 13 tokens and created a spiritual embodiment of America. The tokens merged and formed a small talisman; on one side of the talisman was an eagle, and on the other side was an eye in a pyramid surrounded by 13 stars. The 13 men agree to protect the talisman and the secret of its existence.[4]
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- This character is a fictional representation of Thomas Jefferson, a real person. More information on this person can be found at Wikipedia.org.
- In the Pre-Crisis Multiverse, Earth-Two and Earth-One each had a separate and distinct Thomas Jefferson. On the Post-Crisis New Earth, those two characters were combined into one being.
- While All Funny Comics #13 is the earliest appearance of the real Thomas Jefferson, a magical illusion of Jefferson appeared earlier in World's Finest #20.
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