 Those votes came at the expense of Thomas Pinckney, who as a result, lost the vice presidency to Thomas Jefferson.President Adams appointed Ellsworth United States Envoy Extraordinary to the Court of France in 1799, and tasked with settling differences with Napoleon's government regarding restrictions on U.S. shipping that might otherwise have led to military conflict between the two nations.The agreement accepted by Ellsworth provoked indignation among Americans for being too generous to Napoleon.