The deadlocked election of 1800 Jefferson, Burr, and the union in the balance /

Main Author: Sharp, James Roger, 1936-
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, [2010]
Physical Description: xiv, 239 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Series: American presidential elections.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Inauguration day, March 4, 1801
  • The origins of national politics in the early republic
  • The failure of national unity
  • The Republicans' response : the Kentucky and Virginia resolutions
  • The Federalist counterattack : the election of 1798
  • Early cracks in the Federalist hegemony, 1799-1800
  • Adams versus Hamilton : the split becomes unbridgeable
  • Tie vote : the electoral college in 1800
  • The crisis builds
  • Crisis resolved
  • The revolution of 1800.