Jefferson as President

Section 1Chapter 10

Focus Questions What views did Thomas Jefferson express

about political parties in his inaugural address?

What Republican policies did Jefferson introduce, and which Federalist policies did he accept?

Why was Marbury v. Madison an important court case?

The Republican Victory

Thomas Jefferson had a large crowd attend his inauguration but John Adams was absent

The Democratic-Republicans not only won the presidency but also won a majority in Congress

Many looked at this change of government as a triumph of democracy

In his inaugural address Jefferson spoke about the will of the majority and eased the Federalists by insisting that he was going to run a fair government

Jefferson in Office Jefferson lowered military spending and the

hope that he could cut the national debt Jefferson also wanted to get rid of domestic

taxes (like the tax on whiskey) Jefferson allowed the Bank of the United

States to remain open (federalist program) Jefferson eventually replaced many

Democratic-Republican officials in government with Federalists (did not get rid of all of them)

Marbury v. Madison Before Jefferson took office, Federalists in Congress

passed new laws that created many new judgeships

Adams put in dozens of judges that were Federalists

When Jefferson took office some of the judges chosen by Adams had not had paper work filed to complete the process

Jefferson came into office and ordered his secretary of state James Madison to not file the papers

Marbury v. Madison William Marbury was

one such judge that did not get their judgeship position

He wanted the Supreme Court to force Madison to file the paper work

John Marshall was the chief justice and a federalist of the Supreme Court at that time and agreed to hear the case

Marbury v. Madison The Supreme Court

decided that the they did not have the power to force Madison to file the paper work

They also found that a portion of the Judiciary Act of 1789 was unconstitutional

Marbury v. Madison This ruling established

judicial review– allows the Supreme Court to an act of Congress unconstitutional

The law then is no longer in force

This GREATLY increased the Supreme Court’s legal authority

Focus Questions What views did Thomas Jefferson express

about political parties in his inaugural address?

What Republican policies did Jefferson introduce, and which Federalist policies did he accept?

Why was Marbury v. Madison an important court case?