The First Presidential Contest: 1796 and the Founding of American Democracy


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THEPIRST PRESIDENTIAl. CONTEST American Presidential Elections MICHAEL NELSON JOHN M. M CCARDELL , JR.

JEPPREY J.. PASJ.EY

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UNIVERSITY PR:J! SS OF KANSAS

CONTENTS

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© 2013 by the University Press of Kansas

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Editors' Foreword vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction: The Unintentional Campaign r

University Press of Kansas

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(Lawrence, Kansas 66045), which was organized by the Kansas Board of Regents and is operated and funded by Emporia State University,

Pasley, jeffrey L. , 1964The first presidential contest: 1796 and the founding of

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Popular Politics in a Postcolonial Nation 6o

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The Jay Treaty Crisis and the Origins of the 1796 Campaign ror

pages em. -(American presidential elections) ISBN 978-o-7oo6-1907-8 (cloth: alk. paper)

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Presidents-

United States-Election-1796. 2. Democracy-United

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His Rotundity: Themes and Issues of the DemocraticRepublican Campaign against John Adams 275

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Taking the Electoral College to School: How Presidential Electors Helped Create the National Presidential Election Rather Than Preventing It 307

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The Party Racers: Voting for President in 1796 348

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Printed in the United States of America

of Kansas, and Wichita State

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The Long Goodbye: Finding Candidates in the Shadow The First Culture War: Themes and Issues of the Federalist Campaign against Thomas Jefferson 224

University, the University

Epilogue: Kiss My Ass and Go to Hell 407 Notes 415

University The paper used in this publication is recycled and contains 30 percent postconsumer waste. It is acid free and meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Libra1y Materials Z39-48·1992·

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