Thomas Jefferson & His Democracy: Crash Course US History #10
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Thomas Jefferson | 60-Second Presidents | PBS
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Thomas Jefferson | Presidential Minute
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Thomas Jefferson - Mini Biography
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The Election of 1800 Explained
Jefferson assumed the office after defeating incumbent President John Adams in the presidential election. The election was a realigning election in which the Democratic-Republican Party swept the Federalist Party out of power, ushering in a generation of Democratic-Republican dominance in American politics.