1. Thomas Jefferson
Years in Office:

2. Resume
After attending College of William & Mary, Jefferson became a lawyer.
He was then elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses.
He was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
He served as governor of Virginia during the Revolution.
He served as minister to France.
He worked as George Washington’s secretary of state, as John Adams’s vice president
America’s third president.
He was responsible for the Louisiana Purchase.

3. One of the things he’s most proud of… Founder of The University of Virginia
The only university to be founded by a President

4. Home in Virginia Monticello Designed by TJ

5. Moldboard Plow of Least Resistance
He was a violinist, architect, farmer, scholar, a horseman, and an inventor
Moldboard Plow of Least Resistance
Polygraph machine for copying documents
Wheel cipher to encode and decode messages

6. Another Invention Macaroni making machine
Myth that he brought “macaroni and cheese” to America.
Swivel chair

7. The Beginning
March 4, 1801
Thomas Jefferson is the first President inaugurated in the new capital city of Washington D.C.
He delivers his first inaugural address. This address outlines what he feels are the essential principles of government.

8. First Inaugural Address
Essential Principles of Government
“equal and exact justice to all men”
“peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations”
“the support of state governments”
“the preservation of general government”
punishment for those who choose to revolt
compliance with the decisions of the majority

9. First Inaugural Address
Essential Principles of Government Cont…
“a well disciplined militia”
honest payment of debts
maintaining a sound economy
proper distribution of information
freedom of religion
freedom of the press

10. Election of 1800 Adams & Pinckney vs. Jefferson & Burr
Flaws in the electoral college exposed
Jefferson and Burr end up in tie
House of Representatives decides on Jefferson
12th Amendment ratified 1804 stipulates that electors make a choice between selections of President and Vice President
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Under the Constitution at that time, each elector was to vote for two candidates without specifying who was to be president or vice president. By mistake Jefferson received the same number of votes as his running mate Aaron Burr, deadlocking the electoral college. The election went to the House of Representatives, where each state had one vote. Burr refused to step aside, and the election was deadlocked for almost a week. By the 36th ballot Jefferson was elected. In 1804 the Twelfth Amendment corrected this problem by requiring electors to vote separately for president and vice president.

11. Louisiana Purchase Greatest real estate deal in history $15 million (4 cents an acre)

12. Late in Life Retired from office in 1809
Went back to Monticello. He never again left the state of Virginia
Sold his extensive library to government of the US to restart the Library of Congress, which had been burned during the War of 1812 by British

13. RIP
Jefferson died at Monticello on July 4, 1826 the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
John Adams died later that same day
They were the only 2 signers of the Declaration of Independence who were elected President

14. Epitaph Jefferson designed his own tombstone and epitaph
Here was buried Thomas Jefferson,
Author of the Declaration of Independence, of the Statute of Virginia for religious freedom,
and the Father of the University of Virginia.
Comment on what is included and what is omitted

15. Where do we see Thomas Jefferson today?
$2 bill
Nickel
Jefferson Memorial
Mount Rushmore
University of Virginia

16. Activity
You have been selected to design a new postage stamp honoring a Thomas Jefferson. What will you draw? OR
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17. John Marshall and the Supreme Court1
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continued Jefferson’s Presidency
John Marshall and the Supreme Court
• Marbury v. Madison: Jefferson says judges appointed by Adams invalid
• Chief Justice John Marshall declares part of Judiciary Act unconstitutional
• Judicial review—Supreme Court decides if laws are constitutional
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