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The "Revolution of 1800" marked the first time in U.S. history that a faction in power voluntarily stepped down after losing a popular election.

The presidential election of 1800 was the first truly disputed election in our nation's history, and became a defining event in shaping the United States Constitution.

A contested election between rival parties that nearly ignited a war and proved whether the electoral process could allow for the peaceful transfer of power.

The United States was nearly dissolved when the southern states seceded, launching the Civil War. But this was not the first time the Union threatened collapse.

While John Adams is today remembered as having been a great President, his status was once mired by his association with the controversial policies of other Federalists.

Born in 1751, James Madison, the fourth President of the United States was brought up in Orange County, Virginia.

The inspirational words of Jefferson, Lincoln, FDR and Kennedy are remembered forever. Will Obama's inaugural reach those heights? And what does Sorensen say about JFK?

Marbury v Madison allowed the Marshall Court to give a broad definition of Judicial Review and perfect the Founding Father's vision of Constitutional checks and balances.

Learned and thoughtful, John Adams was as much a political philosopher as he was a politician and the second President of the United States.

The response of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison to the passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts

The threat of war, combined with the fear of foreign immigrants, prompted Congress to enact laws that placed severe restrictions on the newly won freedoms of Americans.

Apart from George Washington, James Monroe is the closest America has ever come to having a unanimously elected president, leading the country during peaceful times.

America's third president was a follower of the European philosophy of enlightenment, and a staunch believer in states rights.

During the years immediately leading up to the 19th century, America suddenly found standing at the doorstep of war with a leading European power.

Martin Van Buren, as President of the United States, played a key role in establishing the Jacksonian Democratic party and in creating the second American party system.