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How Jefferson Was Elected President in 1800
A detailed account of the 1800 election campaign, the Democratic Republican caucus naming Jefferson and Burr, the Federalist opposition led by Hamilton, the New York balloting drama, the tie in electoral votes, and Jefferson’s peaceful rise to the presidency including pardons for sedition and relief for alien-law victims.
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John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Senate
Aaron Burr
New York
Philadelphia
United States
Washington
State Department
France
Adams
C.C. Pinckney
John Marshall
Elbridge Gerry
Pinckney
Eldridge Gerry
Pinckney and Marshall
West Indies
Constellation
Bruxton
L'insurgente
Jefferson
Madison
Gallatin
Giles
Alexander Hamilton
Congress
Kosciusko
Vohsey
Priestley
Democratic Party
Republic
Representatives
Burr
Union
Executive Branch
Popular Party
Virginia
Party of Reaction
Thomas Paine
Burke
Paine
Franklin
Mr. Qlee
Victor Hugo
Richard Cubden
Charles Darwin
Noah Webster
Harper's Monthly
The
Forum
Hamilton
Colonel Burr
George Clinton
Horatio Gates
Brockholst Livingston
Livingston
Clinton
Gates
Jay
Hamiltons
Mr. Adams
General Pinckney
John Adama
C. C. Pinckney
John Jay
House of Representatives
Republica
House
Albany
Mily
Mr. Alston
South Carolina
Assembly
Wahington
Kosciuszko
Volney
Dr. Priestley
White House