America Afire: Jefferson, Adams, and the First Contested Election – The 18 Constitutional Crisis That Tested American Democracy
Bernard A. Weisberger examines the election contest between Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, framing it as an 18th-century constitutional crisis. America Afire offers a focused look at an early test of American democracy, political institutions, and the nation’s developing constitutional order.
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America Afire explores the first contested presidential election in the United States.
Bernard A. Weisberger focuses on Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and the constitutional tensions surrounding their political contest.
The book presents this pivotal episode as a crisis that tested American democracy and its early institutions.
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