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Article: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson
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- The Journal of Southern History
- Article date:
- May 1, 2008
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The Papers of Thomas Jefferson. Volume 33: 17 February to 30 April 1801. Edited by Barbara B. Oberg and others. (Princeton, N.J., and Oxford, Eng.: Princeton University Press, 2006. Pp. xlviii, 751. $99.50, ISBN 978-0-69112910-5.)
February 17, 1801, was the day that the House of Representatives broke its tension-filled deadlock by choosing Thomas Jefferson to be the third president of the United States and Aaron Burr to be the vice president. Anticipating such an outcome, Jefferson had thought long and fruitfully about the men he would choose for critical duties in his administration, but only now could he begin offering positions. Similarly, Republicans began recommending themselves or ...
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