What Really Happened With the Political Mayhem of the Election of 1800? Two titans of the era went head-to-head in a heated race for the presidency. The stakes were high.

I n March 1801, after the deeply partisan presidential election of 1800, Thomas Jefferson rose in the U.S. Capitol to take the oath of office. He had participated vigorously in the partisan ...

With the aid of his clandestine patron Thomas Jefferson, Scottish "scandalmonger" James Callender launched a print campaign against President John Adams that would make the election of 1800 one ...

This is not mentioned in the musical. In the song The Election of 1800, Hamilton is shown to play an influential role in the election of the US’ third president. But what it doesn’t convey is ...