1. Thomas Jefferson – The third president who wanted to buy New Orleans. He wanted to buy it for $10 million. France gave him all of Louisiana Territory for $15 million.
2. James Monroe – The fifth president of the United States. He played a leading roll in the War of 1812 as a Secretary of War and Secretary of State under President James Madison. He also proposed the Monroe Doctrine.
3. William Clark – In 1794 he fought in the Battle of Fallen Timbers. After the war, he resigned from the army. He went on the expedition with Meriwether Lewis.
4. Albert Gallatin – Elected to the House of Representatives in 1795. He went to Russia to represent the United States the peace conference with England. Was a member of the state constitutional convention in 1789.
5. Robert Livingston - After the adoption of the State Constitution of 1777, he was the first chief justice of the Chancery Court. Jefferson appointed him as a minister at the court of Napoleon 1801. He was the Secretary for Foreign Affairs in 1783.
6. Zebulon Pike – He was an American soldier. He was also an explorer who Pike’s Peak is named after. His Pike expedition mapped most of the southern portion of the Louisiana Purchase.
7. John Marshall – He was the Secretary of State in 1801. He was the Chief Justice of the United States and Served from 1801 to 1835. He was the longest serving Chief Justice in Supreme Court history.
8. Napoleon Bonaparte – He was a general during the French Revolution. Proved to be a great civil administrator.
9. Aaron Burr – He was a senator from New York. He was also an anti-federalist. He also ran against Thomas Jefferson.
10. William Marbury – He was part of the Marbury v. Madison case. He was also a federalist. He was also one of the famous “midnight judges”
11. Toussaint L’Ouverture – He was a slave from Plaine du Nord. Important member of the Haitian Revolution. He was also the first leader of free Haiti.
12. Samuel Chase – He was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He was also a signer of the declaration of Independence. He was also a well-known Federalist.
13. Meriwether Lewis – He was an American explorer, and a soldier. He was the leader of the Corps of Discovery. The role of the Corps was to explore the territory of the Louisiana Purchase.
14. Patronage – Patronage is the support, encouragement, financial support, or the influence of a patron. Patronage can also mean the political power to grand privileges, or to appoint people to positions.
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