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 ...