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Marbury v. Madison (1803)United States Supreme Court, 1803. 5 U.S. 137, 1 Cranch 137, 2 L. Ed. 60Facts Last day sitting in office, President Adams, under the Organic Act named 16 (sixteen) new Circuit Court Justices and 42 (forty-two) Justices of...

Thomas Jefferson made the land deal of the century by purchasing the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. The Mississippi River Valley was explored by the French, where they then had scattered settlements in the region. France controlled more of the United...