Thomas Jefferson, 1801-1809 Monticello

1800 Election Results (16 states in the Union) Thomas Jefferson Virginia Democratic-Republican 73 Aaron Burr New York John Adams Massachusetts Federalist 65 Charles Pinckney South Carolina 64 John Jay 1 Total Number of Electors 138 Total Electoral Votes Cast 276 Number of Votes for a Majority 70

Election of 1800 Jefferson beats incumbent, Adams, but ties Aaron Burr House of Representatives must choose! Hamilton supports Jefferson (?) and convinces Federalists to cast BLANK votes Jefferson wins, Burr is VP 1803: 12th Amendment passed Electors in EC cast separate ballots for P & VP

1800 Election Results (Into the House of Representatives!!)  1 vote for each State  Thomas Jefferson Virginia Democratic-Republican 10 62.5% Aaron Burr New York 4 25.0% Blank ------- 2 12.5%

Jeffersonian Republicanism People should control the gov’t; the gov’t should be simple (small) Simplified the gov’t, reduced gov’t expenses Able to reduce taxes (less to pay for)

Marbury vs. Madison, 1803 Important Supreme Court decision Federalist Chief Justice John Marshall Strengthened Supreme Court by establishing Judicial Review The ability of the Supreme Court to declare a law or act of Congress unconstitutional

Louisiana Purchase, 1803 France suffering under Napoleon Jefferson buys land (does he have the power to do this?) for $15 million! Doubles the size of U.S. Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804 Meriwether LEWIS and William CLARK explore the new area w/ Core of Discovery