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JEFFERSON

JEFFERSON. TAKES OFFICE. In the Presidential election of 1800 there were two political parties going head to head - Federalists - Democratic-Republicans. ELECTION OF 1800. FEDERALISTS. DEMOCRATIC-REPUBLICANS. JOHN ADAMS. THOMAS JEFFERSON.

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JEFFERSON

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  1. JEFFERSON TAKES OFFICE

  2. In the Presidential election of 1800 there were two political parties going head to head - Federalists - Democratic-Republicans

  3. ELECTION OF 1800 FEDERALISTS DEMOCRATIC-REPUBLICANS JOHN ADAMS THOMAS JEFFERSON

  4. RADICAL – people who take extreme political positions The Federalists were afraid radicals were getting ready to ruin the United States The Democratic-Republicans felt they were saving the country from another monarchy.

  5. Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr (the D-R vice presidential candidate) were tied with 73 electoral college votes

  6. The House of Representatives voted to break the tie and it stayed tied until the 36th vote in which Jefferson was elected President. (Alexander Hamilton used his influence to convince some Federalists to change their votes.) 4

  7. Jefferson’s many talents and interests included: LAWYER

  8. INVENTOR

  9. SCIENTIST LITERATURE MUSIC HORSEMAN

  10. Jefferson wanted a calm America Thought U.S. would be better off with a nation of farmers who made their own decisions.

  11. Jefferson wanted to make government smaller – less taxes, less federal employees, less government programs

  12. JOHN MARSHALL – a Federalist appointed Supreme Court judge, was judge for over 30 years. The Federalists retained power after they were defeated because President Adams appointed many Federal Judges before he left office (midnight appointments resulting in the Supreme Court case Marbury v. Madison).

  13. JUDICIAL REVIEW – Supreme Court has the final say in interpreting the Constitution Marbury v. Madison was the case that established “judicial review”.

  14. President Adams appointed Marbury to be a justice of the peace, but Madison (whose job it was to deliver appointment papers) was told not to by President Jefferson. But the Supreme Court ruled that a part of the Judiciary Act of 1789 was invalid because Congress gave the court a new power it was not authorized to give under the Constitution . Chief Justice Marshall ruled that the Constitution is the highest law and that the judicial department’s duty “…is to say what the law is.”

  15. THE END

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