Eighteen hundred was another presidential election year in the United States. The Federalist Party appeared to be dying.
It failed in its effort to force the nation into war with France. And it failed to silence its critics through the Alien and Sedition Acts. Party leaders knew the election would be their last chance to keep political power.
The Republican Party had more popular support. It also had gained an increasing number of seats in state legislatures and in Congress. Party leader Thomas Jefferson was sure to be elected president -- unless the Federalists could find a way to change the electoral process.
The election of 1800 will be our story next week.
I'm Steve Ember, inviting you to join us again here on VOA Learning English for THE MAKING OF A NATION -- American history in Special English.
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