The 1800 election was a showdown between the country’s first two political parties: the Federalists, led by Adams; and the Democratic Republicans, captained by Jefferson.

Also like today, the election of 1800 seemed to last forever. “Electioneering is already begun,” the first lady, Abigail Adams, noted 13 months before the Electoral College was to meet.

This was the backdrop to the election of 1800, which led to the first peaceful transfer of power in U.S. history — an essential republican tradition. In this episode, ...

The election of 1800, after impressive party-based political machinations on the state level, a year of bated breath, and "a steady trickle of election returns [that] ...

In many ways, the election of 1800 between Federalist President John Adams and Republican Vice President Thomas Jefferson — resembled 2020.

Historic Presidential Elections: Adams vs. Jefferson, the Presidential election of 1800 ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Adams vs. Jefferson: The Election of 1800. Professor John Ferling discusses the significance of the election of 1800 between John Adams and ...

In 1800, the election between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson marked the first peaceful transfer of power between political parties. Hear professor Richard Beeman and NPR's Liane Hansen.

As written by Jefferson, the historian Susan Dunn explains in “Jefferson’s Second Revolution: The Election Crisis of 1800 and the Triumph of Republicanism,” the Kentucky Resolutions.

The Presidential Election of 1800 by James Parton That product of the human intelligence which we denominate the Campaign Lie, though it did not originate in the United States, has here attained a ...

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 ...