1. Election of 1800

2. FEDERALISTS: John Adams & Charles Pinckney DEMOCRATIC- REPUBLICANS: Thomas Jefferson & Aaron Burr vs.

3. Election of 1800 Adams 65 Pinckney 64 Jefferson 73 Burr 73 Results

4. Election of 1800 Tie for presidency between Jefferson and Burr –House of Representatives to break tie

5. Hamilton supported Jefferson because he was “by far not so dangerous a man” as Burr

6. Election of 1800 House voted 36 times Jefferson wins (finally!) 12 th Amendment added to Constitution – separate ballot for president and vice- president

7. Jefferson’s Policies Jefferson chose a Cabinet Secretary of State Secretary of the Treasury James Madison Albert Gallatin

8. Jefferson’s Policies Kept national government small. Allowed Alien & Sedition Acts to expire. Lowered military spending. –Reduced the size of the army and navy. Nice transition from one political party to another!!

9. Marbury V. Madison Federalists in Congress passed Judiciary Act of 1801 before they left office. –Created 16 new judge positions –Adams would get to choose judges before he left office “Midnight Judges”

10. Marbury V. Madison William Marbury- new judge James Madison- new Sec. of State never got his papers from…

11. Marbury V. Madison Marbury takes his case to the Supreme Court –Chief Justice John Marshall Case helped establish the power of the Judicial Branch –1 st case using Judicial Review (supreme court’s power to declare laws unconstitutional)