Thomas Jefferson was President of the United States from 1801-1809. He never served on the Supreme Court.
He did, however, nominate three Associate Justices to the US Supreme Court:
# William Johnson: Served 1804 - 1834, died in office # Henry Brockholst Livingston: Served 1807 - 1823, died in office # Thomas Todd: Served 1807 - 1826, died in office
President Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson appointed Madison to this position .
No. John Marshall was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court by Jefferson's immediate predecessor, President John Adams, in 1801. Marshall and Jefferson had completely different political ideologies and little respect for each other, so Jefferson would never have nominated Marshall.
Chief Justice John Marshall, who was appointed to the US Supreme Court in February 1801, several weeks before Thomas Jefferson took office. Marshall presided over the Court until his death in 1835.
John Marshall was the 45, not 44, year old distant cousin of Thomas Jefferson who was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and radically changed the job of the Supreme Court.
Thomas Jefferson was the president during Thomas Jefferson's second term as president.
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was John Adams Vice President, before he was President.
In the US, the first secretary of state was Thomas Jefferson. He was appointed to that position by President George Washington.
John Adams (the president before Jefferson) made what is known as the "midnight appointments." On his last day in office, Adams appointed several federal judges who would further his Federalist views. Thomas Jefferson greatly opposed these federalist views. Since the appointed judges held lifetime tenures, Jefferson was unable to dismiss them or shape the judiciary in the way he wanted.
Thomas Jefferson was the 3rd president of the United States.
Thomas Jefferson was the 3rd President to the people of the United States.