The Jeffersonian Vision, 1801-1815The Jeffersonian Vision, 18011815, reveals how the nations leaders understood and asserted power during those crucial years between Thomas Jeffersons inauguration as the third president and the firing of the last shots at the Battle of New Orleans. Seeking to overcome the bitter political animosities that had plagued the years leading up to his presidency, Jefferson declared in his inaugural address that we are all Federalists, we are all Republicans.