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Author Ferling, John E

Title Adams vs. Jefferson : the tumultuous election of 1800 / John Ferling
Published New York : Oxford University Press, 2004
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Description 1 online resource (xx, 260 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Pivotal moments in American history
Pivotal moments in American history.
Contents Election eve, 1800 -- An affection that can never die : Adams and Jefferson -- Dark and menacing evils : creating the new national system, 1786-1792 -- War on our own citizens : partisanship, 1793-1796 -- Quite at my leisure : Jefferson and Adams on the eve of the battle in 1796 -- A narrow squeak, 1796 : the first contested presidential election -- To recover self-government : the partisan inferno, 1797-1798 -- Our Bonaparte : summer 1798 to autumn 1799 -- We beat you by superior management : winter and spring, 1800 -- The boisterous sea of liberty : the campaign of 1800 -- The intention of our fellow citizens : the election of 1800 -- Give them the horrors : the House decides the election -- The creed of our political faith : Jefferson's inauguration -- Epilogue : the revolution of 1800
Summary A history of the presidential campaign follows the clash between the two candidates, Adams and Jefferson, and their different visions of the future of America, the machinations that led to Jefferson's victory, and the repercussions of the campaign
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-250) and index
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Subject Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Adams, John, 1735-1826.
SUBJECT Adams, John, 1735-1826 fast
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 fast
Jefferson, Thomas. swd
Adams, John. swd
Subject Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1800
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Elections.
Politics and government
Presidents -- Election
Präsidentenwahl
Verkiezingen.
Geschichte 1800.
SUBJECT United States -- Politics and government -- 1797-1801. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140420
Subject United States
USA
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2004007851
ISBN 0195184173
9780195184174
9780195167719
0195167716
1602567557
9781602567559
9786610534203
6610534209
1280534206
9781280534201
Other Titles Adams versus Jefferson