A triptych of Founding Fathers Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams

The author of Twilight at Monticello: The Final Years of Thomas Jefferson, Alan Pell Crawford has written for The Wall Street Journal for more than 30 years. His most recent book is This Fierce People: The Untold Story of America's Revolutionary War in the South.

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The author of Twilight at Monticello: The Final Years of Thomas Jefferson, Alan Pell Crawford has written for The Wall Street Journal for more than 30 years. His most recent book is This Fierce People: The Untold Story of America&#8217;s Revolutionary War in the South.

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The author of Twilight at Monticello: The Final Years of Thomas Jefferson, Alan Pell Crawford has written for The Wall Street Journal for more than 30 years. His most recent book is This Fierce People: The Untold Story of America's Revolutionary War in the South.

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America’s Founding Fathers decided that one elected civilian—the U.S. president—would lead the executive branch of the federal government, a governmental structure that has remained in place for more than 200 years.

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