The Adams Federalists by Manning J. Dauer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dauer, Manning Julian, 1909-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political parties--United States--History--18th century.

Political parties.

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

United States.

Federal Party (U.S.).

Adams, John, 1735-1826.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxix, 292 p.) maps.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Johns Hopkins University Press 2019

Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Press [1968]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Originally published in 1953. Between 1789 and 1803, the United States existed as a developing national state, sparsely settled. The de facto precedents of America's nascent political system had not yet been fleshed out by the generation of statesmen who paved its political way. Historians have examined the rise of the party system in US politics by emphasizing the Jeffersonians, who—led by Thomas Jefferson—helped to develop an agrarian voting bloc. In The Adams Federalists, Manning J. Dauer attends to Adams's struggles with the Federalist Party, arguing that his term is the key to understanding the success of the Jeffersonians in promoting their own democratic ideals. Dauer attributes the fall of Federalism to Adams's failure to maintain a moderate cohort in the White House. The Federalist Party's leadership increasingly adopted policies that isolated the Federalists' agrarian supporters, who in turn found support in the Jeffersonians' archaic politics. Professor Dauer provides an alternative explanation for the popularity of Jefferson's political faction and argues that economic factors undergirded the political organization of early America's voting base. Since its publication, scholars have recognized The Adams Federalists as a definitive study of the Federalist Party during the Adams administration.

Contents:

Cover

Copyright

Table of Contents

1. The Basis of Early Political Divisions I. Commercial Groups

2. The Basis of Early Political Divisions

II. Agricultural Groups

Social, Religious, and Other Factors

3. The Political Theories of John Adams

4. The Economic Ideas of John Adams

5. John Adams and the Federalist Party, 1788-1796

6. The Election of 1796

7. Aftermath of the Election

8. Starting the Administration

9. Beginning of the XYZ Session

10. The Alien and Sedition Laws

Defense Legislation

War?

11. The Aim of Federalist Foreign Policy

12. The Aim of Federalist Domestic Policy

13 . Adams Prepares to Block the Program

14. The Party Splits

15. Closing the Administration

16. The Election of 1800

17. Conclusion

Appendices

I. Congressional Districts from 1793-1803

II. The Alignment of Political Parties in 1796

III. Vote Charts and Maps

A. Vote Charts

B. Maps of House of Representatives Voting Record

IV. Documents: Original Text of Sedition Act

V. Comment on Summary of Causes for Party Alignment

Bibiliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographical footnotes.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-8018-0151-6

1-4214-3464-4

OCLC:

1122594691