THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1800
Question
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Adams
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Burr
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Washington
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Franklin
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Detailed explanation-1: -Outgoing President John Adams, distraught over his loss of the election as well as the death of his son Charles Adams to alcoholism, did not attend the inauguration.
Detailed explanation-2: -1801-President John Adams did not attend Thomas Jefferson’s inauguration. He departed from the White House at 4 am the morning of his successor’s inauguration.
Detailed explanation-3: -Through their work and play, Jefferson and the Adamses became close friends. Jefferson revealed his affection to James Madison, writing that Adams “is so amiable, that I pronounce you will love him if ever you become acquainted with him.” Mrs. Adams once called Jefferson “one of the choice ones of the earth, ” and Mr.
Detailed explanation-4: -Because Adams believed in the elite idea of Republicanism and didn’t trust public opinion, he was probably one of the most disliked presidents. Adams was left to deal with a major international crisis of the nation related to relations with France; his best legacy is the fact that he avoided war with France.
Detailed explanation-5: -John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died on the same day, July 4, 1826. Both were old men-Adams was 90, and Jefferson was 83-and both were ill, though Adams had been in comparatively robust health until just a few months earlier and Jefferson had been ill for an extended period.