Adams vs. Jefferson : the tumultuous election of 1800
Alternate Title: Adams versus Jefferson
Contributor: Garrett, Jack
Summary: In 1800 the nation was struggling to its feet amidst an array of threats from foreign governments and a host of constitutional struggles. Against this backdrop, President John Adams, an elite, strong-willed Federalist, set to square off against his vice president, Thomas Jefferson, a populist Republican.
Contents:
- Election eve, 1800
- 'An affection that can never die' : Adams and Jefferson
- 'Dark and menacing evils' : creating the new national system, 1786-1792
- 'War on our own citizens' : partisanship, 1793-1796
- 'Quite at my leisure' : Jefferson and Adams on the eve of the battle in 1796
- 'A narrow squeak,' 1796 : the first contested presidential election
- 'To recover self-government' : the partisan inferno, 1797-1798
- 'Our Bonaparte' : summer 1798 to autumn 1799
- 'We beat you by superior management' : winter and spring, 1800
- 'The boisterous sea of liberty' : the campaign of 1800
- 'The intention of our fellow citizens' : the election of 1800
- 'Give them the horrors' : the House decides the election
- 'The creed of our political faith' : Jefferson's inauguration
- Epilogue : the revolution of 1800.
Original Publisher: Prince Frederick, Md.
, [Prince Frederick, Md.]
, Recorded Books
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Language(s): English
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In 1800 the nation was struggling to its feet amidst an array of threats from foreign governments and a host of constitutional struggles. Against this backdrop, President John Adams, an elite, strong-willed Federalist, set to square off against his vice president, Thomas Jefferson, a populist Republican.
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