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Thomas
Jefferson - 3rd President
Party: Democrat-Republican
Term: March 4, 1801 - March 3, 1809
Age at Inauguration: 57
Life Span: April 13, 1743 - July 4, 1826 [83]
Spouse: Martha Wales Skelton - Age at
Marriage: 28
Vice President: Aaron Burr - George Clinton |
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- Jefferson served as Secretary of State
for George Washington but resigned
- In 1800 he ran against President John
Adams and won. It was the first and only time a vice president
would run against the incumbent Vice
President Thomas Jefferson
- As president he ordered blanket pardons
for those arrested or jailed during the Adams administration
in accordance with the Alien and Sedition Acts
- He was the first president inauguraqted
in Wasington, DC
- Jefferson was the first widower president
- Thomas Jefferson was the first of
two presidents [JQ Adams] elected by the House of Representatives
- He ordered a round table constructed
so each person would feel of equal importance when seated at
dinner
- The President instigated the "handshake"
to replace the customary British tradition of bowing
- Jefferson ordered the building of
the first wine cellar at the White House
- His presidential bill for spirits
toppled $10,000 during his administration
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