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Sammy
Jan 9, 2018

He promised to move the capital to Virginia on the Potomac River.

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The capital was originally in New York which was mostly Federalists. In order for Thomas Jefferson to agree to his financial plan he gave away the capital and it was moved closer to Virginia. Virginia was Jefferson's home state and was mostly Democratic-Republican.

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