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Still, with Edwards’ Senate seat now in the hands of Richard Burr, a Republican, and the Democratic leader, Sen. Tom Daschle, out of a job, liberals had little to cheer for yesterday...
Erskine Bowles looks like the same Southern gentleman he was two years ago when he ran a meek and losing campaign against Elizabeth Dole, but he's no longer acting like one. Instead, President Clinton's former chief of staff is hammering away at U.S. Representative Richard Burr for the 80,000 jobs the state's textile and furniture industries have lost. Both candidates are having to backpedal ferociously to justify their past support for free trade...
...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...