Establishing Congress : the removal to Washington, D.C., and the election of 1800 / edited by Kenneth R. Bowling and Donald R. Kennon.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bowling, Kenneth R.

Kennon, Donald R., 1948-

Series:

Perspectives on the history of Congress, 1789-1801.

Perspectives on the history of Congress, 1789-1801

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Congress--History.

United States.

Presidents--United States--Election--1800.

Presidents.

Political culture--Washington (D.C.)--History.

Political culture.

Federal government--United States--History.

Federal government.

United States--Politics and government--1797-1801.

United States--Politics and government--1789-1815.

United States--Politics and government--1815-1861.

Washington (D.C.)--Politics and government--To 1878.

Washington (D.C.).

Washington (D.C.)--Social life and customs.

Physical Description:

225 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Athens : Published for the United States Capitol Historical Society by Ohio University Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Establishing Congress: The Removal to Washington, D.C., and the Election of 1800 focuses on the end of the 1790s, when, in rapid succession, George Washington died, the federal government moved to Washington, D.C., and the election of 1800 put Thomas Jefferson and the Democratic-Republican party in charge of the federal government.Establishing Congress dispels the myths and misinformation that surround the federal government's move to Washington and demonstrates that the election of 1800 changed American party politics forever, established the success of the American experiment in government, and completed the founding of the Republic. It also contends that the lame-duck session of Congress had far-reaching implications for the governance of the District of Columbia. Later chapters examine aspects of the political iconography of the capitol---one illuminating Jefferson's role in turning the building into a temple for the legislature and an instrument for nation-building, another examining the fascinating decades-long debate over burying George Washington in the Capitol. The collection considers as well the political implications of social life in early Washington, examining the political lobbying by Washington women within a social context and detailing the social and political life in the city's homes, hotels, boardinghouses and eating messes. Establishing Congress is an invaluable reference work for anyone interested in these pivotal moments in American history.Kenneth R. Bowling is co-editor, with Donald R. Kennon, of Inventing Congress: Origins and Establishment of the First Federal Congress (Ohio, 1999), Neither Separate nor Equal: Congress in the 1790s (Ohio, 2000), and The Houseand Senate in the 1790s: Petitioning, Lobbying, and Institutional Development (Ohio, 2002).Donald R. Kennon is chief historian of the U.S. Capitol Historical Society. He is general editor of the Ohio University Press series Perspectives on the History of Congress, 1789?1801, which contains the present volume, and the series Perspectives on the Art and Architectural History of the United States Capitol.

Contents:

Fighting for control of the American dream : Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, and the election of 1800 / John H. Aldrich

The election of 1800 : the consequences of the first change in party control / William C. diGiacomantonio

"To make hay while the sun shines" : D.C. governance as an episode in the Revolution of 1800 / Elaine C. Everly and Howard H. Wehmann

"Then let us to the woods repair" : moving the federal government and its records to Washington in 1800 / C. M. Harris

Jefferson, the concept of the modern capitol, and Republican nation-building / Catherine Allgor

Federal patronage in the early republic : the role of women in Washington, D.C. / Cynthia D. Earman

Messing around : entertaining and accommodating Congress, 1800/1830 / Rubil Morales-Vázquez

Redeeming a sacred pledge : the plans to bury George Washington in the Nation's Capital / Kenneth R. Bowling.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8214-4152-3

OCLC:

84860173