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By Ronnie Macecevic Basic Info Born. 1743 Died. 1826 Years in office. 1801-1809 Political party. Democratic Republican Home. Virginia Vice presidents. Aaron Burr, George Clinton Washington D.C. Thomas Jefferson was the first president to be inaugurated in DC. The first inauguration of Thomas Jefferson as the third president of the US was held on March 4, 1801. It was a mild day in D.C the first time an inauguration had been held there, with a 12 o’clock temperature was about 55 degrees. Louisiana purchase In 1803, Robert Livingston and James Monroe negotiated the Louisiana Purchase for Thomas Jefferson. The Louisiana Purchase was important because it doubled the countries size. The Louisiana purchase also increased the countries natural resources. On April 30, 1803 France sold 828,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi to the United States of America in a treaty. President Thomas Jefferson, in one of his greatest achievements, more than doubled the size of the United States at a time when the nation's population growth was beginning to quicken. Marbury Vs Madison • Marbury v. Madison, case decided in 1803 by the U.S. Supreme Court. William Marbury had been ordered justice of the peace in the District of Columbia by President John Adams in the "midnight appointments" at the very end of his administration. When the new administration did not deliver the commission, Marbury sued James Madison, Jefferson's Secretary of State. The decision established the doctrine of judicial review, which recognizes the authority of courts to declare statutes unconstitutional. Jefferson’s Second Inaugural Address • Jefferson spoke of his administration success. He announced plans to connect to the west better. George Clinton of New York was elected Vice President. Chief Justice John Marshall administered the oath of office in the Senate Chamber at the Capitol. Lewis & Clark • Thomas Jefferson sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on an expedition to the west. They explored and mapped the new lands they saw. They discovered many new plants, and animals along the way. The End!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZ84gIwm KNs