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Patrick Gass is Born
Patrick Gass, one of the men who accompanied Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on the Lewis and Clark Expedition, is born. -
France regains Louisiana
1800, Napoleon persuaded Spain to return the Louisiana territory that they gained in 1762. -
Jefferson becomes President of the U.S., Burr becomes vice president.
In our national elections, electoral voters decide separately to fill the position of president and vice president, but that wasn't always the case. On February 17, 1801, Thomas Jefferson was elected president of the United States, but there was more to it than beating his opponent. -
Jefferson is inagurated
Thomas Jefferson, formally the Secretary of State under the Washington Presidency, is inagurated as President of the United States. -
Marbury v. Madison
In a landmark Supreme Court decision, the Supremem Court decides that the Court will review laws and proposed laws to see if they are constitutional or not, otherwise known as judicial review. -
Louisiana Purchase
Jefferson purchases the Louisiana Territory from Napoleon Bonaparte of France for 15 million dollars, more than doubling the size of the United States and furthering Westward expansion. -
Lewis and Clark Expedition begins
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, with their team of a few dozen men, set off St. Louis, Missouri and begin the Lewis and Clark Expedition. -
Patrick Gass Dies
Patrick Gass lived to the ripe old age of 99 years before he pased away.
