Adams vs. Jefferson : the tumultuous election of 1800 /
Adams versus Jefferson
John Ferling.
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
- xx, 260 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
- Pivotal moments in American history. .
- Pivotal moments in American history. .
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.