Adams vs. Jefferson : the tumultuous election of 1800 / John Ferling.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ferling, John E., author.

Series:

Pivotal moments in American history.

Oxford scholarship online.

Pivotal moments in American history

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.

Jefferson, Thomas.

Adams, John, 1735-1826.

Adams, John.

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

Presidents.

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

United States.

Physical Description:

xx, 260 p. : ill., maps.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Despite defects in the constitution, the US election of 1800 was significant as it represented the first transfer of power between the outgoing Federalist party and the incoming Republicans. This text plots the most significant developments of this historic election.

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.

Notes:

Includes index.

Formerly CIP.

Previously issued in print: 2004.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-771104-9

1-280-53420-6

1-60256-755-7

OCLC:

935261921