Andrew O'Shaughnessy talked about the election of 1800 and Thomas Jefferson's "peaceful revolution." He argued that the election was one of the most toxic in U.S. history and that it relied ...

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 ...

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.

The one that caught my eye was the election of 1800 between Vice President Thomas Jefferson and President John Adams, which some historians call the ugliest in U.S. history.

Over the last week, I’ve written about the judicial battles of Thomas Jefferson’s first term and the constitutional conflict behind the Missouri controversy of 1819-21.

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

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.

Actually, it was the presidential election of 1800. President John Adams faced his own vice president, Thomas Jefferson, in one of the most heated campaigns ever.

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On Dec. 3 of that year, the 138 members of the Electoral College gathered in their respective states to choose between Thomas Jefferson and the incumbent John Adams for president of the United States.

The past isn’t a road map to the present — or even a travel guide — but there’s tremendous value in knowing how our predecessors tackled the challenges of their era. The per… ...