In the 1800 election, Thomas Jefferson, left, and Aaron Burr each received 73 electoral votes, but public opinion sided with Jefferson. The Granger Collection, New York—2 On the afternoon of September ...

Even before political parties were the bureaucracies they are today, the tenor and nature of political dialogue was scurrilous. In 1800, the election between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson marked the ...

This is the sixth episode in an occasional series examining influential elections in U.S. history. The most recent episode, Election of 2000, was published July 11. The opposing parties accused one ...

Prior to the contentious presidential campaigns of today the White House race in 1800 started it all. "John Adams is a blind, bald, crippled, toothless man." "If Thomas Jefferson wins, murder, robbery ...