Dr. Lynn Price Robbins and Isaac S. Loftus are joined by Dr. Lindsay Chervinsky to examine John Adams’ presidency and the peaceful transfer of power in the nascent United States. How has Adams’ legacy echoed through successive presidential administrations? And how did Adams secure the survival of the republic?

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OUTLINE:

0:00 - Introductions

1:51 - Why Adams?

4:48 - What Do We Need to Know About Adams?

14:43 - How Did People React to Adams Winning the Election?

17:25 - Was Jefferson’s Election as Important?

20:31 - What Did Adams Do During His Presidency?

27:22 - Was Adams a Moderate?

30:42 - What We Remember About Adams’ Presidency

38:29 - Adams vs the Press

43:36 - How Did people Feel About Adams After His First Term? 

46:26 - The Complexity of the Contested Election of 1800

52:21 - How Did the Second Election Go? 

55:54 - Reflecting on January 6th and Peaceful Transfers of Power

1:02:52 - Where Can You Find Lindsay

EPISODE LINKS:

Lindsay M. Chervinsky - https://www.lindsaychervinsky.com

Making the Presidency - https://global.oup.com/academic/product/making-the-presidency-9780197653845?cc=us&lang=en&

Dr. Chervinsky’s newsletter - https://perfectunion.substack.com

The George Washington Presidential Library - https://www.mountvernon.org/library

George Washington’s Mount Vernon - https://www.mountvernon.org

Abigail Adams - https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/abigail-adams

Thomas Hobbs - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Thomas-Hobbes

Franklin miniseries - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt18351584/

John Jay - https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Jay

“I am fairly out and you fairly in!” - https://www.masshist.org/digitaladams/archive/doc?id=L17970305ja

Democratic-Republican Party - https://www.britannica.com/topic/Democratic-Republican-Party

Federalist Party - https://www.britannica.com/topic/Federalist-Party

Thomas Jefferson - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Thomas-Jefferson

Election of 1800 - https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/creating-the-united-states/election-of-1800.html

Alien and Sedition Acts - https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/alien-and-sedition-acts#:~:text=Passed%20in%20preparation%20for%20an,brink%20of%20war%20with%20France.

George H.W. Bush - https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-H-W-Bush

Noah Webster - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Noah-Webster-American-lexicographer

James A. Bayard -https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=B000249

Samuel Smith - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Samuel-Smith

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