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In this election (1801) Thomas Jefferson won over John Adams. There were two main parties: the Democratic-Republican and and the Federalist party. They had another competetor who was Aaron Burr who had lost.
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In this case the Supreme Court voted for Madison. It was a trial over a law being unconstitutional.
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When Thomas Jefferson was president, America bought French land for around 15 million dollars.
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Lewis and Clark set out to use the Northwest Passage to get to the Pacific Ocean and they did on this day. With the help from Sacagewea and a few other Indian guys.
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The Treaty of Ghent is what ended the War of 1812 between America, Ghent and the British.
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Andrew wanted to make government more representative than it was in the past. And he got elected by people who were more poor than other people.
