Establishing Congress
Subtitle: the removal to Washington, D.C., and the election of 1800
By: edited by Kenneth R. Bowling and Donald R. Kennon.
Contributors: Bowling, Kenneth R.; Kennon, Donald R., 1948-
Series: Perspectives on the history of Congress, 1789-1801
Publisher: Published for the United States Capitol Historical Society by Ohio University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Athens
Language: eng
Number of pages: 225
Subjects: United States. Congress -- History.; Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1800.; Political culture -- Washington (D.C.) -- History.; Federal government -- United States -- History.; United States -- Politics and government -- 1797-1801.; United States -- Politics and government -- 1789-1815.; United States -- Politics and government -- 1815-1861.; Washington (D.C.) -- Politics and government -- To 1878.; Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs.
Description: "At the end of the 1790s, in rapid succession, George Washington died, the federal government moved to Washington, D.C., and the election of 1800 put Thomas Jefferson and the Democratic-Republican Party in charge of the federal government." "Establishing Congress dispels the myths and misinformation that surround the federal government's move to Washington and demonstrates that the election of 1800 changed American party polities forever, establishing the success of the American experiment in government and completing the founding of the Republic. It also contends that the lame-duck session of Congress had far-reaching implications for the governance of the District of Columbia."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Fighting for control of the American dream : Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, and the election of 1800 / John H. Aldrich; title: The election of 1800 : the consequences of the first change in party control / William C. diGiacomantonio; title: "To make hay while the sun shines" : D.C. governance as an episode in the Revolution of 1800 / Elaine C. Everly and Howard H. Wehmann; title: "Then let us to the woods repair" : moving the federal government and its records to Washington in 1800 / C. M. Harris; title: Jefferson, the concept of the modern capitol, and Republican nation-building / Catherine Allgor; title: Federal patronage in the early republic : the role of women in Washington, D.C. / Cynthia D. Earman; title: Messing around : entertaining and accommodating Congress, 1800/1830 / Rubil Morales-Vázquez; title: Redeeming a sacred pledge : the plans to bury George Washington in the Nation's Capital / Kenneth R. Bowling.