Joe Catanzaro
Thomas Jefferson Essay
10.19.2005
The Presidency of Thomas Jefferson
The presidency of the United States is more or less considered the premier position of power in the world today. Back in the days when the United States was just a new, developing nation however, it was much more than that. Being president of the United States in those days meant you were the overseer of the very activities that would shape the past and future of one of the now most powerful world powers known to man. One such overseer, the third president of our United States, was none other than Thomas Jefferson. Though there were two previous presidents before him, President Jefferson was the first to have the privilege of life in the newly constructed White House.
President Jefferson, a federalist, was in hot contention with Mr. Alexander Hamilton, of the Republican Party, for the seat of Presidency in the 1801 presidential race. Jefferson had had previous political experience; he......
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