1801-1809
Thomas Jefferson left the office of Vice President to take the office of President. So he was more stepping up than stepping down.
President Thomas Jefferson bought the Louisiana Territory.
Thomas Jefferson was the second person to hold the office of Vice-President of the United States. He held that office during the Presidency of John Adams, then became the third President of the United States.
Thomas Jefferson became the first US president to be inaugurated in Washington, D.C. in 1801.
No. Thomas Jefferson thought a vice president would try to take over.
The year 1800 was an election year. The outgoing President was John Adams and Vice President was Thomas Jefferson. The incoming President elected that year was Thomas Jefferson and the Vice President was Aaron Burr. The 1800 Presidential Election was contraversial because there was a tie in electoral votes and the election was decided by the House of Representatives.
President Thomas Jefferson questioned the constitutional right to purchase the Louisiana Territory.
No, it was under Thomas Jefferson.
Thomas Jefferson was the first to be sworn in in Washington. The capital moved to Washington DC from Philadelphia in 1800 , the last year of John Adams' term.
The first three US presidents to live in the White House were John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison. John Adams was the first president to take up residence in the White House in 1800, followed by Thomas Jefferson and then James Madison.
John Adams was elected in the Presidential election of 1796. George Washington had decided that two terms was a proper limit for a President, and did not run. Adams won in the voting over Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson (according to the Constitution at the time) became Vice President. They were inaugurated on March 4, 1797. Adams served one term, and was followed by Jefferson as President.
No. Thomas Jefferson, the President of the United States, commissioned him and Clark to take the famous expedition.