A Magnificent Catastrophe
Adams, john, 1735-1826
United states, politics and government, 1783-1809
Jefferson, thomas, 1743-1826
Election
Political culture
Presidents
New York Times reviewed
Politics and government
History
The 1800 presidential election, the last great contest of the founding period, was so convulsive and so momentous for American democracy that Jefferson would later dub it "America's second revolution." America's first true presidential campaign gave birth to our two-party system and etched the lines…
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