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Dec. 24, 2023

VPOTUS 002 - Thomas Jefferson

VPOTUS 002 - Thomas Jefferson

Tenure of Office: March 4, 1797 - March 4, 1801

Though Thomas Jefferson's four years in the nation's second highest office doesn't always get as much attention as other points in his career, as my co-host Alex and I explored in this episode, the man from Monticello was doing more than twiddling his thumbs while presiding over the Senate. However, we'll have to see if his actions during this tenure earn him a place among the VP All-Stars.

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Vice Presidencies Of The United States
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  • Jefferson, Thomas. “To Thomas Mann Randolph, 28 November 1796,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-29-02-0169. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 29, 1 March 1796 – 31 December 1797, ed. Barbara B. Oberg. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2002, p. 211.] [Last Accessed: 21 Dec 2023]
  • Jefferson, Thomas. “To James Madison, 1 January 1797,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-16-02-0306. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, vol. 16, 27 April 1795 – 27 March 1797, ed. J. C. A. Stagg, Thomas A. Mason, and Jeanne K. Sisson. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1989, pp. 440–442.] [Last Accessed: 21 Dec 2023]
  • Jefferson, Thomas. “To Benjamin Rush, 22 January 1797,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-29-02-0216. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 29, 1 March 1796 – 31 December 1797, ed. Barbara B. Oberg. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2002, p. 275.] [Last Accessed: 21 Dec 2023]
  • Jefferson, Thomas. “To James Madison, 30 January 1797,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-16-02-0347. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, vol. 16, 27 April 1795 – 27 March 1797, ed. J. C. A. Stagg, Thomas A. Mason, and Jeanne K. Sisson. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1989, pp. 479–480.] [Last Accessed: 21 Dec 2023]
  • Jefferson, Thomas. “To James Monroe, 5 April 1798,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-30-02-0167. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 30, 1 January 1798 – 31 January 1799, ed. Barbara B. Oberg. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2003, pp. 246–248.] [Last Accessed: 21 Dec 2023]
  • Jefferson, Thomas. “To James Monroe, 20 September 1800,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-32-02-0097. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 32, 1 June 1800 – 16 February 1801, ed. Barbara B. Oberg. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2005, pp. 160–161.] [Last Accessed: 21 Dec 2023]
  • Jefferson, Thomas. “To the Senate, 28 February 1801,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-33-02-0087. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 33, 17 February–30 April 1801, ed. Barbara B. Oberg. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2006, pp. 101–102.] [Last Accessed: 21 Dec 2023]
  • Jefferson, Thomas. “To Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours, 2 March 1809,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/99-01-02-9936. [Last Accessed: 21 Dec 2023]
  • “Jefferson, Thomas 1743-1826.” Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/J000069. [Last Accessed: 21 Dec 2023]
  • Malone, Dumas. Jefferson and the Ordeal of Liberty: Jefferson and His Time, Volume Three. Boston: Little, Brown and Co, 1962.
  • Meacham, Jon. Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power. New York: Random House, 2012.
  • Monroe, James. “To Thomas Jefferson, 15 September 1800,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-32-02-0094. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 32, 1 June 1800 – 16 February 1801, ed. Barbara B. Oberg. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2005, pp. 144–145.] [Last Accessed: 21 Dec 2023]
  • Sheridan, Eugene R. “Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826).” Vice Presidents: A Biographical Dictionary. L Edward Purcell, ed. New York: Checkmark Books, 2001 [1998]. pp 14-22.
  • Smith, Page. “Election of 1796.” History of American Presidential Elections, 1789-1968, Volume I. Arthur M Schlesinger, Jr, ed. New York: Chelsea House Publishers and McGraw-Hill Book Co, 1971. pp 59-98.

Featured Image: "Thomas Jefferson" by Rembrandt Peale [c. 1801], courtesy of Wikipedia

Intro and Outro Music: "Four Ruffles and Flourishes and Hail Columbia," as performed by the United States Navy Band and courtesy of Wikipedia

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