But the election of 1796 revealed a flaw in the Constitution. Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution establishes the office of the President, and details the procedure for selecting the ...

In the 1796 election, Federalist John Adams became president and Republican Thomas Jefferson (Adams’s bitter political opponent) became vice president. Four years later, both Jefferson and his ...

In 1796, he decided to run yet again for the presidency. He won the election and assumed the presidency at the age of 61. Campaign In 1796, The United States, with a population of about 4.6 million, ...

Four years later, the same two candidates raised the stakes during the 1800 election. Jefferson, who had lost in 1796, paid the editor of the Richmond Examiner to print anti-Federalist articles ...

States must safeguard their elections from foreign interference by prohibiting foreign donors from funding ballot measure campaigns.