Jefferson’s sentiments reflected the prevailing mood of a sizable majority of the country at the dawn of the 19th century: A ...

A contingent election determined the winner of the presidential election on two occasions in U.S. history - 1800 and 1824. In ...

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 ...

Politics doesn't just unfold in documents and legislation—it also takes shape off the record in social environments.