JEFFERSON THE PRESIDENT: FIRST TERM 1801 - 1805 - VOLUME IV Dumas Malone’s classic six-volume biography  Jefferson and His Time was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in history and became the standard work on Jefferson’s life.Volume 4. Jefferson the President; First Term, 1801–1805Examining the first four years of Jefferson’s presidency, this volume provides a fascinating account of the Louisiana Purchase, Jefferson’s continuing opposition to Hamilton’s charge for an overriding central government, and his battle with the Supreme Court.