Transcript jefferson as president

JEFFERSON AS PRESIDENT
• Republicans won the presidency &
Congress.
• 1st time one political party replaced
another in power- Peacefully!!!!
• Put Republican ideas to work in govt.
• James Madison-Sec. of State
• Lower defense spending & cut the size of
the army and navy.
Taxes and National Bank
• Wanted to get rid of domestic taxes &
close tax collecting agencies.
• Kept Bank of the United States
• Republicans expected him to replace
Federalists who had govt. jobs
• He did not want too but he did replace a
lot!!
• Landmark court case
• President Adams appointed several lastminute judges.
• Some had not received their commissions!
• Jefferson told Madison not to hand them
out!!
• William Marbury demanded that the
Supreme Court force Madison to hand
over his papers!
• The fourth Chief Justice of the United States, John
Marshall helped to elevate the status and power of the
Supreme Court. President John Adams appointed
Marshall to the high Court in 1801. He held the office
until his death in 1835. The most famous case heard by
Marshall, perhaps, was the 1803 Marbury v. Madison
case, which resulted in the fortification of the Court’s
power of judicial review.
• John Marshall was chief justice of Supreme
Court
• Marbury said Judiciary Act gave court power to
hand over his papers.
• Marshall said no because he ruled the Judiciary
Act was unconstitutional!!!
• Gave Supreme Court power of judicial review!!
• Supreme Court could declare an act of
Congress unconstitutional-greater power for
court.