Ever since Jefferson wrote that his election was "a real revolution in principles of our government as that of 1776 was in form", historians have debated the significance of the election of 1800. John Adams never accepted that the election of 1800 signaled a revolution....
In 1886, a pivotal order by the Northern Pacific marked a significant turn for the Decapod. Tasked with the challenging grades of Stampede Pass until the completion of a new tunnel, the railroad turned to Burnham, Parry, Williams & Company (Baldwin) to commission two of these locomotives. De...
In 1803, Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, a French nobleman, began to help negotiate with France at the request of Jefferson. He engaged in back-channel diplomacy with Napoleon on Jefferson’s behalf during a visit to France, and originated the idea of the much larger Louisiana Purchase as...
December 20, 1860 - South Carolina responds to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President by being the first southern state to secede from the Union.1861February 4, 1861 - In Montgomery, Alabama, the convention to form the Confederated States of America opens. Four days later, with Jefferso...
of having “itchy fingers” on rate cuts in face of a stronger economy. We’ll hear more from the Fed today as Chair Jerome Powell, Vice Chair Philip Jefferson and Governor Michelle Bowman appear at a Fed Listens event in Washington. Michael Barr and Raphael Bostic are also due to speak ...
speculators who had bought the war debt from investors at cheap prices, infuriating Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson and others who feared concentrated national monetary power.58 But Hamilton solidly established the principle of a strong dollar that would be linked to gold for most of the U.S...
The three-fifths formula handed Jefferson his narrow victory in the presidential election of 1800 by inflating the votes of the southern states in the Electoral College. Once in office, Jefferson extended slavery with the Louisiana Purchase in 1803; the new land was carved into 13 states, ...
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(He was reelected in 2018, 2020, and 2022.) He entered Congress in the same election that elevated Republican Donald Trump to the White House. Johnson soon became a member of the president’s inner circle, regularly joining the entourage that flew with the president on Air Force One. When...
Thomas Jefferson’s electoral victory over John Adams—and the larger victory of the Democratic-Republicans over the Federalists—was but one of many changes in the early republic. Some, like Jefferson’s victory, were accomplished peacefully, and others violently. The wealthy and the powerful, mi...