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...would show the letter around Europe and bolster the perception of the U.S. as a smoothly running republic. By February 1801, when he wrote to his son-in-law, the race had taken an unexpected twist. He had bested John Adams, but now Jefferson and his running mate, Aaron Burr, were tied with 73 electoral votes apiece for President. In the House of Representatives, which was to decide the winner, there were eight states for Jefferson, six for Burr and two undecided. The body ultimately chose Jefferson, and later passed the 12th Amendment to avoid a same-party...
...Hamilton helped install his longtime foe as President in 1801. Under constitutional rules then in force, the candidate with the majority of electoral votes became President; the runner-up became Vice President. That created an anomalous situation in which Jefferson, his party's presumed presidential nominee, tied with Aaron Burr, its presumed vice presidential nominee. It took 36 rounds of voting in the House to decide the election in Jefferson's favor. Faced with the prospect of Burr as President, a man he considered unscrupulous, Hamilton not only opted for Jefferson as the lesser of two evils but also...
After Jefferson defeated Adams and was elected President in 1800, the Alien and Sedition Acts were allowed to expire. Adams, looking to distance himself from the mess, blamed the whole idea on Alexander Hamilton--who by then had been murdered by Aaron Burr...
Right now, however, under-trained and over-worked House tutors and Allston Burr senior tutors are responsible for identifying and addressing their students’ mental health needs. Both receive inadequate training for the responsibilities of counseling upset students, handling mental health emergencies and directing students to care. House tutors undergo a three-day training before the start of each year, of which only a part is devoted to mental health. New senior tutors attend a five-day training program that focuses on mental health for only one day. Even with the improved tutor training that is proposed, tutors could...
...lost time with a 62-hour straight friending blitz that has amassed a whopping 476 friends as of press time. In Gossip Guy’s unofficial tally of just who on campus has the most free time on his hands, Giuliani is now second only to Andrew Burr (with over 500), having surpassed Jermaine Beatty , who was the early favorite to claim the gold...