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 ...

This is the fourth in the series. Thomas Jefferson called his election "the Revolution of 1800" because it marked the first time that power in America passed from one party to another. He promised ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- In light of all the crazy and acrimonious political fighting going on these past two weeks, not just between Republicans and Democrats but also within the parties, I decided to ...

many—including Jefferson—feared that Pennsylvania simply wouldn’t vote at all. As historian Edward J. Larson observed in A Magnificent Catastrophe: The Tumultuous Election of 1800 ...

agonizing tie between Jefferson and Aaron Burr took 36 votes to resolve in the House of Representatives. We’re not looking at a replay of the 1800 election; history doesn’t repeat itself.

Hamilton had written earlier that the election of 1800 was a contest to save the new nation from "the fangs of Jefferson." Said Smithsonian Magazine in 2004 of the election, "Only a quarter of a ...

The most recent episode, Election of 2000 ... The elections of 1860 and 1864 In 1800 there was no campaign. Neither Adams nor Jefferson made any public statements about the office they were ...

However, the most divisive delay in a presidential election occurred during the 1800 race, when Thomas Jefferson challenged incumbent John Adams. It was the longest election in U.S. history ...

The Tumultuous Election of 1800, America's First Presidential Campaign," Larson chronicles that race between incumbent President John Adams and Vice President Thomas Jefferson and the end of a ...

In another parallel to modern politics, the bitterness of the Adams-Jefferson contest in 1800 didn't end with the election itself. And then as now, disgruntled members of one's own party could be ...

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 ...

Andrew O’Shaughnessy talked about the election of 1800 and Thomas Jefferson’s “peaceful revolution.” He argued that the election was one of… read more Andrew O’Shaughnessy talked about ...