This was the backdrop to the election of 1800, ... a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for history. ... We had a great crisis that came to a head in 1798 to 1800,” said Mr. Taylor, ...

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 ...

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 ...