Robert Livingstone and James Monroe signed the final purchase agreement.
Livingstone gets most of the credit for sealing the deal. Pierre Samuel du Pont
de Nemours helped set up the deal at Jefferson's request/
Jefferson wanted Monroe, along with the US minister to France, Robert Livingston, to negotiate the purchase of New Orleans. Napoleon instead offered all of the French claims in the Mississippi valley, and the 1803 agreement became known as the Louisiana Purchase.
Thomas Jefferson.
Thomas Jefferson, although Napoleon didn't own it. Jefferson paid France to relinquish their claim.
Jefferson sent Livingston and Monroe to negotiate the Louisiana Purchase with France.
France. Napoleon Bonaparte sold the Louisiana Purchase to President Thomas Jefferson.
He purchased the Louisiana territory from France!
In 1802, President Jefferson sent James Monroe to France to negotiate the purchase of New Orleans. The negotiations also included the US minister to France, Robert Livingston. Napoleon unexpectedly offered to sell all of the French territorial claims in the Mississippi Valley, and the agreement became the Louisiana Purchase.
Despite Napoleon, I think Jefferson trusted France more than he did England.
France, Napoleon Bonaparte
Thomas Jefferson bought it from the French.
Thomas Jefferson proposed and completed the Louisiana Purchase from France and Napoleon in 1803. Robert Livingstone and James Monroe traveled to France to negotiate the purchase. The original intent was to purchase only enough land to guarantee access to the Mississippi and the port of New Orleans. Napoleon apparently needed money and offered the entire Louisiana Territory for $15 million or about 3 cents per acre. After the purchase was made, Jefferson assigned Lewis and Clark the job of exploring the territory. Congress had to approve the final purchase and arrange to borrow the $15 million purchase price. Thomas Jefferson was our 3rd President serving from March, 1801 to March, 1809.
Napoleon Bonaparte of France. Napoleon Bonaparte, First Consul (later Emperor) of France.