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 * During Jefferson’s time, he faced many issues at home but also acquired some good things, including one state and the Louisiana Territory. Ohio was the only state to join the Union. When he came into office, he made his cabinet up of his friends including making James Madison Secretary of State, Robert Smith the Secretary of the Navy, Henry Dearborn the Secretary of War/Defense, His Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin, and Attorney General Levi Lincoln Sr. According to research, Jefferson didn’t get along with his Vice President Aaron Burr very well. He didn’t like Burr because they were tied for votes and Burr didn’t step aside to let Jefferson In fact, he did not even consult Burr on appointments or policy decisions. Even though he bought the Louisiana Territory, he still managed to lower the national debt from 80 million to 57 million. As soon as he came into office, he repealed the Alien and Sedition acts and personally pardoned the 10 victims still in jail from it. He also replaced most of the marshalls and court officers with republicans. The one act that he didn’t like when he was president was the Judiciary Act of 1801 which lowered the amount of justices from 6 to 5 which he didn’t like because he wanted to replace the dying ones with republicans because the rest were federalists. His final challenge was when he bought the Louisiana Territory was that he had to make sure that the settlers of that area were safe from the natives. Those are the Domestic issues that Jefferson had when he was president. -- J.B. **