Yes, he was.
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana Territory.
Thomas Jefferson oversaw the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and thereby doubled the size of the US.
Jefferson didn't "make" land. He bought the Louisiana Purchase from France.
billy the exterminator
In 1803 President Jefferson bought the Louisiana Purchase from France.
Thomas Jefferson was the US President in 1803 when he negotiated the purchase of the Louisiana Territory from France, for a total cost of about $15 million. The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of The United States.
Thomas Jefferson bought it from the French.
No. The first president to expand the country was Thomas Jefferson, when he bought the Louisiana Purchase.
The land you seek was the Louisiana Purchase
Thomas Jefferson bought Louisiana in what is now called the Louisiana purchase
The Louisiana Purchase, in 1803. Bought by then-president Thomas Jefferson for $15 miliion from France. What a deal !