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• 08 Dec 11
  

  Matthew G
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    presidential  election of 1800 was an angry, dirty, crisis-ridden contest that seemed to  threaten the nation's very survival
  • Jefferson, it produced a tie between Jefferson and his Republican running mate,  Aaron Burr; a deadlock in the House where the tie had to be broken;  

     

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      A bitter partisan  battle between Federalist John Adams and Republican Thomas Jefferson, it  produced a tie between Jefferson and his Republican running mate, Aaron
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      presidential  election of 1800 was an angry, dirty, crisis-ridden contest that seemed to  threaten the nation's very survival.
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      presidential  election of 1800 was an angry, dirty, crisis-ridden contest that seemed to  threaten the nation's very survival
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      presidential  election of 1800 was an angry, dirty, crisis-ridden contest that seemed to  threaten the nation's very survival
    • Nasty political mud-slinging. Campaign attacks and counterattacks. Personal  insults. Outrageous newspaper invective. Dire predictions of warfare and  national collapse. Innovative new forms of politicking capitalizing on a growing  technology. As much as this seems to describe our pending presidential contest,  it actually describes an election more than two hundred years past.
      
      
    • Oddly enough, this pivotal election has received relatively little scholarly  attention.
    • Garry Wills's Negro President: Jefferson and the Slave Power focuses  on the influence of slavery on Jefferson's politics, including his election as  president.
    • This is not to say that the calm transferal of power from   one regime to another is not noteworthy. It was certainly   a powerful endorsement of our Constitution.
    • In fact, in 1800, there was no modern party system.
    • Republicans and Federalists were not parties
    • An institutionalized two-party system   would not be accepted for decades to come.
    • In 1800, the American Constitution had been in effect   for only eleven years. The national government was still   a work-in-progress, a political experiment with no model   of comparison in the modern world
    • . Political parties were not an accepted   part of this picture: instead they were viewed as illicit   groups of self-interested men intent on winning power   and position in the next election.
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• 21 Oct 11
  

  Chuck Taft

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• 15 Sep 11
  

  katherine bush
  • The presidential election of 1800 was an angry, dirty,   crisis-ridden contest that seemed to threaten the nation's   very survival. A bitter partisan battle between Federalist   John Adams and Republican Thomas Jefferson, it produced   a tie between Jefferson and his Republican running mate,   Aaron Burr; a deadlock in the House where the tie had   to be broken; an outburst of intrigue and suspicion as   Federalists struggled to determine a course of action;   Jefferson's election; and Burr's eventual downfall. The   unfolding of this crisis tested the new nation's durability.   The deadlock in the House revealed a constitutional defect.   It also pushed partisan rivalry to an extreme, inspiring   a host of creative and far-reaching electoral ploys. As   a sense of crisis built, there was even talk of disunion   and civil war, and indeed, two states began to organize   their militias to seize the government if Jefferson did   not prevail.
  • victory for our modern   two-party system
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    • Republican   Jefferson
    • stemming from French seizure of   American ships and the XYZ Affair), the 1798 Alien and   Sedition Acts (wartime measures to deport threatening   aliens and silence attacks on the government
    • Kentucky   and Virginia Resolutions (recommending that state governments   interpose their authority over the Alien and Sedition   Acts)
• 07 Sep 11
  

  Rachel Martin
  • The presidential election of 1800 was an angry, dirty,   crisis-ridden contest that seemed to threaten the nation's   very survival
  • A bitter partisan battle between Federalist   John Adams and Republican Thomas Jefferson, it produced   a tie between Jefferson and his Republican running mate,   Aaron Burr; a deadlock in the House where the tie had   to be broken; an outburst of intrigue and suspicion as   Federalists struggled to determine a course of action;   Jefferson's election; and Burr's eventual downfall.
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  • • The   unfolding of this crisis tested the new nation's durability.   The deadlock in the House revealed a constitutional defect.
    • But envisioning   the election as the birth of our modern political system   masks the many ways in which it was distinctly not modern.
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  chris gladden
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    The Presidential Election of 1800: A Story of Crisis, Controversy, and Change     By Joanne B. Freeman  Professor of History, Yale University

    Resolutions   for amending the Constitution on Election of the   President, 1800. (GLC00927.02)

    Nasty political mud-slinging. Campaign attacks and counterattacks. Personal insults. Outrageous newspaper invective. Dire predictions of warfare and national collapse. Innovative new forms of politicking capitalizing on a growing technology. As much as this seems to describe our pending presidential contest, it actually describes an election more than two hundred years past.     The presidential election of 1800 was an angry, dirty,   crisis-ridden contest that seemed to threaten the nation's   very survival.
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  alex veron
  • . It was certainly   a powerful endorsement of our Constitution. But envisioning   the election as the birth of our modern political system   masks the many ways in which it was distinctly not modern.   In fact, in 1800, there was no modern party system.
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  Youssef Younis
  • The presidential election of 1800 was an angry, dirty,   crisis-ridden contest that seemed to threaten the nation's   very survival.
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  Leah Thomas
  • The presidential election of 1800 was an angry, dirty,   crisis-ridden contest that seemed to threaten the nation's   very survival.
  • Federalist   John Adams and Republican Thomas Jefferson, it produced   a tie between Jefferson and his Republican running mate,   Aaron Burr; a deadlock in the House where the tie had   to be broken; an outburst of intrigue and suspicion as   Federalists struggled to determine a course of action;   Jefferson's election; and Burr's eventual downfall.
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  • • The   Republicans and Federalists were not parties as we now   understand them.
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  Denzell Conway
  • Nasty political mud-slinging. Campaign attacks and counterattacks. Personal insults.
  • The presidential election of 1800 was an angry, dirty,   crisis-ridden contest that seemed to threaten the nation's   very survival.
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  • • But envisioning   the election as the birth of our modern political system   masks the many ways in which it was distinctly not modern.
    • . The   Republicans and Federalists were not parties as we now   understand them.
    • In short, the election of 1800 transpired in a world with   its own culture and contingencies.
    • The national government was still   a work-in-progress, a political experiment with no model   of comparison in the modern world. A republic was supposedly   superior to its Old World predecessors, but this assumption   had yet to be tested.
    • The stability and long-term   practicability of a republic was likewise a question,   every political crisis raising fears of disunion and civil   war.
    • : The United States was new, fragile,   shaky, and likely to collapse, a prevailing anxiety that   could not help but have an enormous impact on the period's   politics.
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  Girija H
  • The presidential election of 1800 was an angry, dirty,   crisis-ridden contest that seemed to threaten the nation's   very survival.
  • The   unfolding of this crisis tested the new nation's durability.
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  • • It also pushed partisan rivalry to an extreme, inspiring   a host of creative and far-reaching electoral ploys.
    • Why so little scholarship? In part, because of our tendency   to view the election of 1800 as a victory for our modern   two-party system -- the first such victory in American   national politics.
    • Viewed in this light -- as a neat and tidy stepping-stone   to modern party politics -- the election doesn't seem   to merit further analysis
    • The   Republicans and Federalists were not parties as we now   understand them.
    • In short, the election of 1800 transpired in a world with   its own culture and contingencies
    • Given America's survival for more than two hundred years,   it is easy to forget this central political reality of   the early Republic: The United States was new, fragile,   shaky, and likely to collapse, a prevailing anxiety that   could not help but have an enormous impact on the period's   politics.
    • these   are only the most prominent of the period's many crises,   each one raising serious questions about the survival   and character of the national government and its relationship   to the body politic.
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  bruce olson
  • The   unfolding of this crisis tested the new nation's durability
  • The deadlock in the House revealed a constitutional defect.
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  • • Viewed in this light -- as a neat and tidy stepping-stone   to modern party politics -- the election doesn't seem   to merit further analysis
    • But envisioning   the election as the birth of our modern political system   masks the many ways in which it was distinctly not modern.
    • In fact, in 1800, there was no modern party system
    • This tense, tenuous political environment produced   anxiety, bitterness, and high emotion for good reason.  
      
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  Andrew Schaberg

  presidential election 1800

  • two states began to organize   their militias to seize the government if Jefferson did   not prevail.
    
  • But envisioning   the election as the birth of our modern political system   masks the many ways in which it was distinctly not modern.
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  Michael Baker
  • The presidential election of 1800 was an angry, dirty,   crisis-ridden contest that seemed to threaten the nation's   very survival.
  • And yours truly examines the   election as a prime example of the period's political   culture in the final chapter of Affairs of Honor:   National Politics in the New Republic.
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  • • In part, because of our tendency   to view the election of 1800 as a victory for our modern   two-party system -- the first such victory in American   national politics.
    • But envisioning   the election as the birth of our modern political system   masks the many ways in which it was distinctly not modern
    • In short, the election of 1800 transpired in a world with   its own culture and contingencies.
    • Political parties were not an accepted   part of this picture: instead they were viewed as illicit   groups of self-interested men intent on winning power   and position in the next election.
    • "Advice to My Country,"
    • "Dismemberment of our Empire."
    • The 1797-98 XYZ Affair (prompted by a French   attempt to get bribe money from American diplomats), the   Quasi-War with France (stemming from French seizure of   American ships and the XYZ Affair), the 1798 Alien and   Sedition Acts (wartime measures to deport threatening   aliens and silence attacks on the government), the Kentucky   and Virginia Resolutions (recommending that state governments   interpose their authority over the Alien and Sedition   Acts), Fries's Rebellion (a revolt against wartime taxes),   and finally, the presidential election of 1800 -- these   are only the most prominent of the period's many crises,   each one raising serious questions about the survival   and character of the national government and its relationship   to the body politic.
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  Lexi Bollis
  • 
      The presidential election of 1800 was an angry, dirty,   crisis-ridden contest that seemed to threaten the nation's   very survival.
  • A bitter partisan battle between Federalist   John Adams and Republican Thomas Jefferson
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  • • deadlock in the House revealed a constitutional defect.
    • tested the new nation's durability
    • talk of disunion   and civil war, and indeed, two states began to organize   their militias to seize the government if Jefferson did   not prevail.
    • envisioning   the election as the birth of our modern political system   masks the many ways in which it was distinctly not modern
    • events   were far more uncertain and crisis-ridden than the idea   of a "system" allows; there was no telling what would   happen or why
    • every political crisis raising fears of disunion and civil   war
    • tense, tenuous political environment produced   anxiety, bitterness, and high emotion
    • The United States was new, fragile,   shaky, and likely to collapse, a prevailing anxiety that   could not help but have an enormous impact on the period's   politics.
    • In 1796, with George Washington's retirement, the nation   had its first real presidential election, Washington's   departure alone prompting many to fear the nation's imminent   collapse. The 1797-98 XYZ Affair (prompted by a French   attempt to get bribe money from American diplomats), the   Quasi-War with France (stemming from French seizure of   American ships and the XYZ Affair), the 1798 Alien and   Sedition Acts (wartime measures to deport threatening   aliens and silence attacks on the government), the Kentucky   and Virginia Resolutions (recommending that state governments   interpose their authority over the Alien and Sedition   Acts), Fries's Rebellion (a revolt against wartime taxes),   and finally, the presidential election of 1800 -- these   are only the most prominent of the period's many crises,   each one raising serious questions about the survival   and character of the national government and its relationship   to the body politic.
    • In 1796, with George Washington's retirement, the nation   had its first real presidential election, Washington's   departure alone prompting many to fear the nation's imminent   collapse
• 06 Sep 11
  

  Merrill Hermann
  • The presidential election of 1800 was an angr
  • y, dirty,   crisis-ridden contest that seemed to threaten the nation's   very survival.
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  • • John Adams and Republican Thomas Jefferson,
    • The deadlock in the House revealed a constitutional defect
    • there was even talk of disunion   and civil war, and indeed, two states began to organize   their militias to seize the government if Jefferson did   not prevail.
    • our tendency   to view the election of 1800 as a victory for our modern   two-party system
    • Viewed in this light -- as a neat and tidy stepping-stone   to modern party politics -- the election doesn't seem   to merit further analysis.
    • . The   Republicans and Federalists were not parties as we now   understand them.
    • An institutionalized two-party system   would not be accepted for decades to come.
    • In 1800, the American Constitution had been in effect   for only eleven years. The national government was still   a work-in-progress, a political experiment with no model   of comparison in the modern world.
    • The stability and long-term   practicability of a republic was likewise a question
    • controversy over the location of the national capital
    • The 1797-98 XYZ Affair (prompted by a French   attempt to get bribe money from American diplomats), the   Quasi-War with France (stemming from French seizure of   American ships and the XYZ Affair), the 1798 Alien and   Sedition Acts (wartime measures to deport threatening   aliens and silence attacks on the government), the Kentucky   and Virginia Resolutions (recommending that state governments   interpose their authority over the Alien and Sedition   Acts), Fries's Rebellion (a revolt against wartime taxes),   and finally, the presidential election of 1800 --
    • these   are only the most prominent of the period's many crises,   each one raising serious questions about the survival   and character of the national government and its relationship   to the body politic.
• 05 Sep 11
  

  William Morehead
  • The presidential election of 1800 was an angry, dirty,   crisis-ridden contest that seemed to threaten the nation's   very survival.
  • between Federalist   John Adams and Republican Thomas Jefferson,
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  • • As   a sense of crisis built, there was even talk of disunion   and civil war, and indeed, two states began to organize   their militias to seize the government if Jefferson did   not prevail.
    • Viewed in this light -- as a neat and tidy stepping-stone   to modern party politics -- the election doesn't seem   to merit further analysis.
      
    • In 1800, the American Constitution had been in effect   for only eleven years.
    • political experiment with no model   of comparison in the modern world.
    • every political crisis raising fears of disunion and civil   war. This tense, tenuous political environment produced   anxiety, bitterness, and high emotion for good reason.
    • the   controversy over the location of the national capital   and Alexander Hamilton's financial plan convinced many   that the Union was not long for this world.
    • In 1794,   when western Pennsylvania farmers refused to pay a national   whiskey tax, President George Washington called an armed   force of 15,000 soldiers to the field.
    • thousands of   people gathered in New York City alone, a handful of them   reputedly throwing rocks at Alexander Hamilton's head.
    • the 1798 Alien and   Sedition Acts (wartime measures to deport threatening   aliens and silence attacks on the government
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  Victoria Peacock
  • Nasty political mud-slinging. Campaign attacks and counterattacks. Personal insults. Outr
  • The presidential election of 1800 was an angry, dirty,   crisis-ridden contest that seemed to threaten the nation's   very survival.
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  • • The   unfolding of this crisis tested the new nation's durability.
    • As   a sense of crisis built, there was even talk of disunion   and civil war, and indeed, two states began to organize   their militias to seize the government if Jefferson did   not prevail.
    • The   Republicans and Federalists were not parties as we now   understand them
    • participants operated according   to ideas and assumptions very different from our own.
    • In short, the election of 1800 transpired in a world with   its own culture and contingencies.
    • The national government was still   a work-in-progress, a political experiment with no model   of comparison in the modern world
    • . A republic was supposedly   superior to its Old World predecessors, but this assumption   had yet to be tested.
    • The stability and long-term   practicability of a republic was likewise a question,   every political crisis raising fears of disunion and civil   war.
    • This tense, tenuous political environment produced   anxiety, bitterness, and high emotion for good reason.
    • Alexander Hamilton and James Madison, the two   driving forces behind the Constitution, went to their   deaths with the Union's vulnerability on their minds.
    • In 1790, the   controversy over the location of the national capital   and Alexander Hamilton's financial plan convinced many   that the Union was not long for this world.
    • The 1797-98 XYZ Affair (prompted by a French   attempt to get bribe money from American diplomats), the   Quasi-War with France (stemming from French seizure of   American ships and the XYZ Affair), the 1798 Alien and   Sedition Acts (wartime measures to deport threatening   aliens and silence attacks on the government), the Kentucky   and Virginia Resolutions (recommending that state governments   interpose their authority over the Alien and Sedition   Acts), Fries's Rebellion (a revolt against wartime taxes),   and finally, the presidential election of 1800 --
    • these   are only the most prominent of the period's many crises,   each one raising serious questions about the survival   and character of the national government and its relationship   to the body politic.
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  Daniela Barrios

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  Zohair Ahmed
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      The presidential election of 1800 was an angry, dirty,   crisis-ridden contest that seemed to threaten the nation's   very survival. A bitter partisan battle between Federalist   John Adams and Republican Thomas Jefferson, it produced   a tie between Jefferson and his Republican running mate,   Aaron Burr
  • The   unfolding of this crisis tested the new nation's durability.   The deadlock in the House revealed a constitutional defect.   It also pushed partisan rivalry to an extreme, inspiring   a host of creative and far-reaching electoral ploys. As   a sense of crisis built, there was even talk of disunion   and civil war, and indeed, two states began to organize   their militias to seize the government if Jefferson did   not prevail.
    
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  Vijay Umashanker
  • The presidential election of 1800 was an angry, dirty,   crisis-ridden contest that seemed to threaten the nation's   very survival.
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  stephanie hruza
  • The presidential election of 1800 was an angry, dirty,   crisis-ridden contest that seemed to threaten the nation's   very survival
  • In short, the election of 1800 transpired in a world with   its own culture and contingencies
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  julie kemp
  • presidential election of 1800 was an angry, dirty,   crisis-ridden
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  DeAnna P
  • The presidential election of 1800 was an angry, dirty,   crisis-ridden contest that seemed to threaten the nation's   very survival. A bitter partisan battle between Federalist   John Adams and Republican Thomas Jefferson, it produced   a tie between Jefferson and his Republican running mate,   Aaron Burr;
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  jokhani
  • angry, dirty,   crisis-ridden
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  Hannah Akre
  • As much as this seems to describe our pending presidential contest, it actually describes an election more than two hundred years past.  
    
  • A bitter partisan battle between Federalist   John Adams and Republican Thomas Jefferson
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  • • And yours truly examines the   election as a prime example of the period's political   culture
    • Federalist Adams handed the presidency to Republican   Jefferson, a new regime took command, and the nation endured
    • participants operated according   to ideas and assumptions very different from our own.   In short, the election of 1800 transpired in a world with   its own culture and contingencies.
      
    • The national government was still   a work-in-progress, a political experiment with no model   of comparison in the modern world
    • : instead they were viewed as illicit   groups of self-interested men intent on winning power   and position in the next election.
    • The United States was new, fragile,   shaky, and likely to collapse, a prevailing anxiety that   could not help but have an enormous impact on the period's   politics.
    • Alexander Hamilton and James Madison, the two   driving forces behind the Constitution,
    • when western Pennsylvania farmers refused to pay a national   whiskey tax, President George Washington called an armed   force of 15,000 soldiers to the field.
    • the lackluster Jay Treaty with Britain provoked   angry public protests around the nation; thousands of   people gathered in New York City alone, a handful of them   reputedly throwing rocks at Alexander Hamilton's head
    • prompting many to fear the nation's imminent   collapse.
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  Jametria Wright
  • Political parties were not an accepted   part of this picture: instead they were viewed as illicit   groups of self-interested men intent on winning power   and position in the next election.
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  heather cousins
  • The presidential election of 1800 was an angry, dirty,   crisis-ridden contest that seemed to threaten the nation's   very survival.
  • battle between Federalist   John Adams and Republican Thomas Jefferson
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  • • Aaron Burr;
    • The   unfolding of this crisis tested the new nation's durability.   The deadlock in the House revealed a constitutional defect.   It also pushed partisan rivalry to an extreme, inspiring   a host of creative and far-reaching electoral ploys.
    • here was even talk of disunion   and civil war, and indeed, two states began to organize   their militias to seize the government if Jefferson did   not prevail.
    • the influence of slavery on Jefferson's politics,
    • 800 as a victory for our modern   two-party system -- the first such victory in American   national politics.
    • in 1800, there was no modern party system. The   Republicans and Federalists were not parties
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  Suzie Kozikowski
  • presidential election of 1800
  • A bitter partisan battle between Federalist   John Adams and Republican Thomas Jefferson, it produced   a tie between Jefferson and his Republican running mate,   Aaron Burr; a deadlock in the House where the tie had   to be broken
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  • • The deadlock in the House revealed a constitutional defect.   It also pushed partisan rivalry to an extreme, inspiring   a host of creative and far-reaching electoral ploys
    • Federalist Adams handed the presidency to Republican   Jefferson, a new regime took command, and the nation endured.   Viewed in this light -- as a neat and tidy stepping-stone   to modern party politics -- the election doesn't seem   to merit further analysis.
    • An institutionalized two-party system   would not be accepted for decades to come. And events   were far more uncertain and crisis-ridden than the idea   of a "system" allows; there was no telling what would   happen or why.
    • In 1800, the American Constitution had been in effect   for only eleven years. The national government was still   a work-in-progress, a political experiment with no model   of comparison in the modern world. A republic was supposedly   superior to its Old World predecessors, but this assumption   had yet to be tested.
    • The United States was new, fragile,   shaky, and likely to collapse, a prevailing anxiety that   could not help but have an enormous impact on the period's   politics.
    • In 1793, the inflammatory activities   of "Citizen" Edmond Genet threatened to spread French   revolutionary fervor to American shores, prompting even   Francophile Republicans to abandon his cause.
    • In 1794,   when western Pennsylvania farmers refused to pay a national   whiskey tax, President George Washington called an armed   force of 15,000 soldiers to the field
    • 1796, with George Washington's retirement, the nation   had its first real presidential election, Washington's   departure alone prompting many to fear the nation's imminent   collapse.
    • 1797-98 XYZ Affair (prompted by a French   attempt to get bribe money from American diplomats), the   Quasi-War with France (stemming from French seizure of   American ships and the XYZ Affair),
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  Madison Mann
  • Adams and Republican Thomas Jefferson, it produced   a tie between Jefferson and his Republican running mate,   Aaron Burr
  • As   a sense of crisis built, there was even talk of disunion   and civil war, and indeed, two states began to organize   their militias to seize the government if Jefferson did   not prevail.
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  • • The   Republicans and Federalists were not parties as we now   understand them
    • Political parties were not an accepted   part of this picture: instead they were viewed as illicit   groups of self-interested men intent on winning power   and position in the next election
    • . Alexander Hamilton and James Madison, the two   driving forces behind the Constitution, went to their   deaths with the Union's vulnerability on their minds.   Both men wrote final pleas for its preservation on the   eve of their demise, Madison composing a memorandum entitled   "Advice to My Country," and Hamilton writing one last   letter on the night before his duel with Aaron Burr, urging   a friend to fight against the "Dismemberment of our Empire.
    • ¹   Indeed, Hamilton fought the duel in part to preserve   his reputation for that future time when the Republic   would collapse and his leadership would be in demand
    • Witness the period's political chronology. In 1790, the   controversy over the location of the national capital   and Alexander Hamilton's financial plan convinced many   that the Union was not long for this world. In 1792, partisan   conflict exploded into the newspapers, threatening, as   George Washington put it, to "tare the [federal] Machine   asunder."⁴ In 1793, the inflammatory activities   of "Citizen" Edmond Genet threatened to spread French   revolutionary fervor to American shores, prompting even   Francophile Republicans to abandon his cause. In 1794,   when western Pennsylvania farmers refused to pay a national   whiskey tax, President George Washington called an armed   force of 15,000 soldiers to the field.⁵ In   1795, the lackluster Jay Treaty with Britain provoked   angry public protests around the nation; thousands of   people gathered in New York City alone, a handful of them   reputedly throwing rocks at Alexander Hamilton's head.   In 1796, with George Washington's retirement, the nation   had its first real presidential election, Washington's   departure alone prompting many to fear the nation's imminent   collapse. The 1797-98 XYZ Affair (prompted by a French   attempt to get bribe money from American diplomats), the   Quasi-War with France (stemming from French seizure of   American ships and the XYZ Affair), the 1798 Alien and   Sedition Acts (wartime measures to deport threatening   aliens and silence attacks on the government), the Kentucky   and Virginia Resolutions (recommending that state governments   interpose their authority over the Alien and Sedition   Acts), Fries's Rebellion (a revolt against wartime taxes),   and finally, the presidential election of 1800 -- these   are only the most prominent of the period's many crises,   each one raising serious questions about the survival   and character of the national government and its relationship   to the body politic.
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  Myles Fountain
  • angry, dirty,   crisis-ridden contest
  • Republican Thomas Jefferson
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  • • Federalist   John Adams
    • Aaron Burr
    • Jefferson's election
    • political   culture
    • constitutional realities
    • influence of slavery
    • victory for our modern   two-party system
    • In fact, in 1800, there was no modern party system
    • illicit   groups of self-interested men intent on winning power   and position in the next election
    • controversy over the location of the national capital
    • Alexander Hamilton's financial plan
    • In 1794,   when western Pennsylvania farmers refused to pay a national   whiskey tax, President George Washington called an armed   force of 15,000 soldiers to the field
    • Jay Treaty with Britain
    • The 1797-98 XYZ Affair (prompted by a French   attempt to get bribe money from American diplomats), the   Quasi-War with France (stemming from French seizure of   American ships and the XYZ Affair), the 1798 Alien and   Sedition Acts (wartime measures to deport threatening   aliens and silence attacks on the government), the Kentucky   and Virginia Resolutions (recommending that state governments   interpose their authority over the Alien and Sedition   Acts), Fries's Rebellion (a revolt against wartime taxes),   and finally, the presidential election of 1800
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  Connor Delaney

  "In 1790, the controversy over the location of the national capital and Alexander Hamilton's financial plan convinced many that the Union was not long for this world. In 1792, partisan conflict exploded into the newspapers, threatening, as George Washington put it, to "tare the [federal] Machine asunder."4 In 1793, the inflammatory activities of "Citizen" Edmond Genet threatened to spread French revolutionary fervor to American shores, prompting even Francophile Republicans to abandon his cause. In 1794, when western Pennsylvania farmers refused to pay a national whiskey tax, President George Washington called an armed force of 15,000 soldiers to the field.5 In 1795, the lackluster Jay Treaty with Britain provoked angry public protests around the nation; thousands of people gathered in New York City alone, a handful of them reputedly throwing rocks at Alexander Hamilton's head. In 1796, with George Washington's retirement, the nation had its first real presidential election, Washington's departure alone prompting many to fear the nation's imminent collapse. The 1797-98 XYZ Affair (prompted by a French attempt to get bribe money from American diplomats), the Quasi-War with France (stemming from French seizure of American ships and the XYZ Affair), the 1798 Alien and Sedition Acts (wartime measures to deport threatening aliens and silence attacks on the government), the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions (recommending that state governments interpose their authority over the Alien and Sedition Acts), Fries's Rebellion (a revolt against wartime taxes), and finally, the presidential election of 1800 -- these are only the most prominent of the period's many crises, each one raising serious questions about the survival and character of the national government and its relationship to the body politic.
  
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  • Nasty political mud-slinging. Campaign attacks and counterattacks. Personal insults. Outrageous newspaper invective. Dire predictions of warfare and national collapse. Innovative new forms of politicking capitalizing on a growing technology. As much as this seems to describe our pending presidential contest, it actually describes an election more than two hundred years past.
  • Nasty political mud-slinging. Campaign attacks and counterattacks. Personal insults. Outrageous newspaper invective. Dire predictions of warfare and national collapse. Innovative new forms of politicking capitalizing on a growing technology. As much as this seems to describe our pending presidential contest, it actually describes an election more than two hundred years past.
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  • • A bitter partisan battle between Federalist   John Adams and Republican Thomas Jefferson, it produced   a tie between Jefferson and his Republican running mate,   Aaron Burr; a deadlock in the House where the tie had   to be broken; an outburst of intrigue and suspicion as   Federalists struggled to determine a course of action;   Jefferson's election; and Burr's eventual downfall.
    • itness the period's political chronology. In 1790, the   controversy over the location of the national capital   and Alexander Hamilton's financial plan convinced many   that the Union was not long for this world. In 1792, partisan   conflict exploded into the newspapers, threatening, as   George Washington put it, to "tare the [federal] Machine   asunder."⁴ In 1793, the inflammatory activities   of "Citizen" Edmond Genet threatened to spread French   revolutionary fervor to American shores, prompting even   Francophile Republicans to abandon his cause. In 1794,   when western Pennsylvania farmers refused to pay a national   whiskey tax, President George Washington called an armed   force of 15,000 soldiers to the field.⁵ In   1795, the lackluster Jay Treaty with Britain provoked   angry public protests around the nation; thousands of   people gathered in New York City alone, a handful of them   reputedly throwing rocks at Alexander Hamilton's head.   In 1796, with George Washington's retirement, the nation   had its first real presidential election, Washington's   departure alone prompting many to fear the nation's imminent   collapse. The 1797-98 XYZ Affair (prompted by a French   attempt to get bribe money from American diplomats), the   Quasi-War with France (stemming from French seizure of   American ships and the XYZ Affair), the 1798 Alien and   Sedition Acts (wartime measures to deport threatening   aliens and silence attacks on the government), the Kentucky   and Virginia Resolutions (recommending that state governments   interpose their authority over the Alien and Sedition   Acts), Fries's Rebellion (a revolt against wartime taxes),   and finally, the presidential election of 1800 -- these   are only the most prominent of the period's many crises,   each one raising serious questions about the survival   and character of the national government and its relationship   to the body politic.
    • Federalist Adams handed the presidency to Republican   Jefferson,
    •   Indeed, Hamilton fought the duel in part to preserve   his reputation for that future time when the Republic   would collapse and his leadership would be in demand.²   Virginian Henry Lee's offhand comment in a 1790 letter   to James Madison is a blunt reminder of the tenuous nature   of the national Union. "If the government should continue   to exist..." Madison wrote in passing, offering evidence   of a mindset that is difficult to recapture.³  
      
    • he   Republicans and Federalists were not parties as we now   understand them. An institutionalized two-party system   would not be accepted for decades to come. And events   were far more uncertain and crisis-ridden than the idea   of a "system" allows; there was no telling what would   happen or why. Similarly, participants operated according   to ideas and assumptions very different from our own.   In short, the election of 1800 transpired in a world with   its own culture and contingencies.
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      In 1790, the   controversy over the location of the national capital   and Alexander Hamilton's financial plan convinced many   that the Union was not long for this world. In 1792, partisan   conflict exploded into the newspapers, threatening, as   George Washington put it, to "tare the [federal] Machine   asunder."4 In 1793, the inflammatory activities   of "Citizen" Edmond Genet threatened to spread French   revolutionary fervor to American shores, prompting even   Francophile Republicans to abandon his cause. In 1794,   when western Pennsylvania farmers refused to pay a national   whiskey tax, President George Washington called an armed   force of 15,000 soldiers to the field.5 In   1795, the lackluster Jay Treaty with Britain provoked   angry public protests around the nation; thousands of   people gathered in New York City alone, a handful of them   reputedly throwing rocks at Alexander Hamilton's head.   In 1796, with George Washington's retirement, the nation   had its first real presidential election, Washington's   departure alone prompting many to fear the nation's imminent   collapse. The 1797-98 XYZ Affair (prompted by a French   attempt to get bribe money from American diplomats), the   Quasi-War with France (stemming from French seizure of   American ships and the XYZ Affair), the 1798 Alien and   Sedition Acts (wartime measures to deport threatening   aliens and silence attacks on the government), the Kentucky   and Virginia Resolutions (recommending that state governments   interpose their authority over the Alien and Sedition   Acts), Fries's Rebellion (a revolt against wartime taxes),   and finally, the presidential election of 1800 -- these   are only the most prominent of the period's many crises,   each one raising serious questions about the survival   and character of the national government and its relationship   to the body politic.                 HOME   1 | 2 | CONTINUE          <!-- end right -->

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    • he presidential election of 1800 was an angry, dirty,   crisis-ridden contest that seemed to threaten the nation's   very survival
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  bryan thompson
  • As much as this seems to describe our pending presidential contest, it actually describes an election more than two hundred years past.
  • Federalist   John Adams and Republican Thomas Jefferson
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  • • It also pushed partisan rivalry to an extreme, inspiring   a host of creative and far-reaching electoral ploys
    • Why so little scholarship? In part, because of our tendency   to view the election of 1800 as a victory for our modern   two-party system -- the first such victory in American   national politics
    • Hamilton fought the duel in part to preserve   his reputation for that future time when the Republic   would collapse and his leadership would be in demand.
    • Washington's   departure alone prompting many to fear the nation's imminent   collapse
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  mimi abbott
  • As much as this seems to describe our pending presidential contest, it actually describes an election more than two hundred years past.
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  Eleanor Carman
  • an outburst of intrigue and suspicion as   Federalists struggled to determine a course of action;   Jefferson's election; and Burr's eventual downfall.
  • The   unfolding of this crisis tested the new nation's durability.   The deadlock in the House revealed a constitutional defect.   It also pushed partisan rivalry to an extreme, inspiring   a host of creative and far-reaching electoral ploys. As   a sense of crisis built, there was even talk of disunion   and civil war, and indeed, two states began to organize   their militias to seize the government if Jefferson did   not prevail.
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  • • he first such victory in American   national politics. As the nation's constitutional framework   dictated, Federalist Adams handed the presidency to Republican   Jefferson, a new regime took command, and the nation endured
    • national government was still   a work-in-progress, a political experiment with no model   of comparison in the modern world.
    • Political parties were not an accepted   part of this picture: instead they were viewed as illicit   groups of self-interested men intent on winning power   and position in the
    • The United States was new, fragile,   shaky, and likely to collapse, a prevailing anxiety that   could not help but have an enormous impact on the period's   politics
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  Jackie Schechter
  • The presidential election of 1800 was an angry, dirty,   crisis-ridden contest that seemed to threaten the nation's   very survival.
  • battle between Federalist   John Adams and Republican Thomas Jefferson
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  • • Federalist Adams handed the presidency to Republican   Jefferson, a new regime took command, and the nation endured.
    • This is not to say that the calm transferal of power from   one regime to another is not noteworthy.
    • In short, the election of 1800 transpired in a world with   its own culture and contingencies.
    • .   In 1800, the American Constitution had been in effect   for only eleven years. The national government was still   a work-in-progress, a political experiment with no model   of comparison in the modern world. A republic was supposedly   superior to its Old World predecessors, but this assumption   had yet to be tested. Political parties were not an accepted   part of this picture: instead they were viewed as illicit   groups of self-interested men intent on winning power   and position in the next election.
    • Given America's survival for more than two hundred years,   it is easy to forget this central political reality of   the early Republic: The United States was new, fragile,   shaky, and likely to collapse, a prevailing anxiety that   could not help but have an enormous impact on the period's   politics.
    • In 1790, the   controversy over the location of the national capital   and Alexander Hamilton's financial plan convinced many   that the Union was not long for this world.
    • In 1793, the inflammatory activities   of "Citizen" Edmond Genet threatened to spread French   revolutionary fervor to American shores, prompting even   Francophile Republicans to abandon his cause. In 1794,   when western Pennsylvania farmers refused to pay a national   whiskey tax, President George Washington called an armed   force of 15,000 soldiers to the field.⁵ In   1795, the lackluster Jay Treaty with Britain provoked   angry public protests around the nation; thousands of   people gathered in New York City alone, a handful of them   reputedly throwing rocks at Alexander Hamilton's head.   In 1796, with George Washington's retirement, the nation   had its first real presidential election, Washington's   departure alone prompting many to fear the nation's imminent   collapse.
    • he 1798 Alien and   Sedition Acts (wartime measures to deport threatening   aliens and silence attacks on the government), the Kentucky   and Virginia Resolutions (recommending that state governments   interpose their authority over the Alien and Sedition   Acts), Fries's Rebellion (a revolt against wartime taxes),   and finally, the presidential election of 1800 -
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  Jule K
  • presidential election of 1800 was an angry, dirty,   crisis-ridden contest that seemed to threaten the nation's   very survival.
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  • • Federalist   John Adams and Republican Thomas Jefferson

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