Adams vs. Jefferson
Subtitle: the tumultuous election of 1800
By: John Ferling.
Series: Pivotal moments in American history
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
Subjects: Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826; Adams, John, 1735-1826; Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1800; United States -- Politics and government -- 1797-1801
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Election eve, 1800; title: An affection that can never die : Adams and Jefferson; title: Dark and menacing evils : creating the new national system, 1786-1792; title: War on our own citizens : partisanship, 1793-1796; title: Quite at my leisure : Jefferson and Adams on the eve of the battle in 1796; title: A narrow squeak, 1796 : the first contested presidential election; title: To recover self-government : the partisan inferno, 1797-1798; title: Our Bonaparte : summer 1798 to autumn 1799; title: We beat you by superior management : winter and spring, 1800; title: The boisterous sea of liberty : the campaign of 1800; title: The intention of our fellow citizens : the election of 1800; title: Give them the horrors : the House decides the election; title: The creed of our political faith : Jefferson's inauguration; title: Epilogue : the revolution of 1800.