A magnificent catastrophe : the tumultuous election of 1800, America's first presidential campaign / Edward J. Larson.
2007
E330 .L37 2007 (Mapit)
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A magnificent catastrophe : the tumultuous election of 1800, America's first presidential campaign / Edward J. Larson.
ISBN
9780743293167
0743293169
9780743293174 (pbk.)
0743293177 (pbk.)
0743293169
9780743293174 (pbk.)
0743293177 (pbk.)
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New York : Free Press, c2007.
Language
English
Description
xi, 335 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
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E330 .L37 2007
Dewey Decimal Classification
324.973
Summary
The 1800 presidential election, the last great contest of the founding period, was so convulsive and so momentous for American democracy that Jefferson would later dub it "America's second revolution." America's first true presidential campaign gave birth to our two-party system and etched the lines of partisanship that have shaped American politics ever since. The contest featured two of our most beloved Founding Fathers, once warm friends, facing off as the heads of their two still-forming parties--the hot-tempered but sharp-minded John Adams, and the eloquent yet enigmatic Thomas Jefferson. Blistering accusations flew: Adams and his elitist Federalists would squelch liberty and impose a British-style monarchy; Jefferson and his radically democratizing Republicans would throw the country into chaos and debase the role of religion in American life. Historian Larson vividly re-creates the tension as Congress was forced to meet in closed session to resolve the outcome.--From publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-314) and index.
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Table of Contents
Independence Day, July 4, 1776
From friends to rivals
Crossing the bar
"Electioneering has already begun"
Burr v. Hamilton
Caucuses and calumny
A new kind of campaign
For God and the party
Insurrection
Thunderstruck
The tie
Inauguration day, March 4, 1801.
From friends to rivals
Crossing the bar
"Electioneering has already begun"
Burr v. Hamilton
Caucuses and calumny
A new kind of campaign
For God and the party
Insurrection
Thunderstruck
The tie
Inauguration day, March 4, 1801.