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

By: Material type: TextSeries: Pivotal moments in American historyPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.Description: xx, 260 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0195167716 (alk. paper)
  • 9780195167719 (alk. paper)
Other title:
  • Adams versus Jefferson
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • E 330 .F47 2004
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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" : the first contested presidential election, 1796 -- "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."
Summary: Chronicles the election of 1800 between John Adams, a Federalist who favored a strong central government, and Thomas Jefferson, leader of the Democratic-Republican Party who opposed Adams and his policies, and profiles the bitter contest between the two that ended in a stalemate.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-250) and index.

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" : the first contested presidential election, 1796 -- "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."

Chronicles the election of 1800 between John Adams, a Federalist who favored a strong central government, and Thomas Jefferson, leader of the Democratic-Republican Party who opposed Adams and his policies, and profiles the bitter contest between the two that ended in a stalemate.

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