The presidential election of 1800 was a crisis of the first order, featuring extreme polarization, wild accusations, and name-calling—the Federalist John Adams was labeled “hermaphroditical ...

And, in many ways, the election of 1800 was quite similar to this one: attack ads, religious slaps (many of which went to Jefferson, the Deist "infidel"), personal rumors, and cutthroat campaigning.

Jefferson may have won the election, but the lame-duck Federalist Congress would decide his fate. And those Federalists saw an opportunity to keep their worst enemy out of high office.

However, those efforts were not always successful; the winner of the 2000 election between George W. Bush and Al Gore was not known for five weeks after Americans cast their votes.

The presidential election of 2000 will be remembered for spawning weeks of uncertainty, generating claims and counterclaims of political gamesmanship, and necessitating a 5-4 Supreme Court ...

Thomas Jefferson, Aaron Burr and the Election of 1800. November 1, 2004. How Two 1950s Kids Playing on the Railroad Tracks Found a National Treasure. February 12, 2020.

It did blow apart in the 1860s and it looked like it might blow apart in the late 1790s,” said Mr. Taylor, a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for history.

In the 1800 election, Thomas Jefferson, left, and Aaron Burr each received 73 electoral votes, but public opinion sided with Jefferson. The Granger Collection, New York—2 On the afternoon of ...

In 1800, it is true, he ordered Fouche to notify "M. Paine" that the police was aware of his ill-conduct, and that, on the first complaint against him, he would be renvoye en Amerique, sa patrie ...

The Broadway musical Hamilton will soon open in Canada—so now is the perfect time to talk about one of Act II's most pivotal songs: "The Election of 1800." The actual event was even more ...

Description. In the election of 1800, Vice President Thomas Jefferson of the Democratic-Republican Party defeated Federalist Party candidate and incumbent President John Adams in a contest that ...

The Broadway cast of Hamilton headed back to the recording booth to update the musical track “The Election of 1800” leading up to Election Day. The changed lyrics encourage voter registration ...