The White House as it looked when Thomas Jefferson became president.
In 1800:
- the population of the country is now at 5.3 million.
- the national government moves to Washington
- Jefferson beats Adams for White House in a deeply contentious
and fraudulent election;
- Aaron Burr becomes vice president. Women were permitted to
vote in Elizabethtown, New Jersey, municipal elections.
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