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Who was the president who made the Louisiana Purchase?

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Answer:

Thomas Jefferson made the purchase.

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Answer:

President Thomas Jefferson

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Securing of Louisiana was a drawn out objective of President Thomas Jefferson, who was particularly anxious to oversee the significant Mississippi River port of New Orleans. Jefferson entrusted James Monroe and Robert R. Livingston with buying New Orleans.

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