USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Hamilton favored Jefferson over Burr, and he convinced several Federalists to switch their support to Jefferson, giving Jefferson a victory on the 36th ballot. Jefferson became the second consecutive incumbent vice president to be elected president.

Detailed explanation-2: -“So seditious, so prostitute a character, ” Hamilton said of Jefferson. “A man whose history … is a tissue of machinations against the liberty of the country, ” Jefferson wrote of his rival in a 1792 letter to their mutual boss.

Detailed explanation-3: -Alexander Hamilton became a leading voice of the Federalists who believed that the federal government needed to be strong. On the other side, Thomas Jefferson, a Republican, argued that too much power in the hands of the federal government would lead to tyranny.

Detailed explanation-4: -To Jefferson, this story held the key to Hamilton’s politics. “Hamilton was not only a monarchist, ” he wrote, “but for a monarchy bottomed on corruption.” It was Hamilton’s corruption-defined by Jefferson as his ability to sway Congress to his will-that most disturbed Jefferson.

Detailed explanation-5: -Why did Alexander Hamilton decide to support Thomas Jefferson rather than Aaron Burr in the runoff for the election of 1800? He disliked Jefferson’s politics but detested Burr.