John Adams, in the final months of his administration, became the first American president to live in the new executive mansion, later dubbed the White House, on Nov. 1, 1800.

Lesson Plan: Historic Presidential Elections - 1800 - John Adams vs Thomas Jefferson. Clip 1 Clip 2 Clip 3 Clip 4 Clip 5 Clip 6 Clip 7 Clip 8 Clip 9 Clip 10 Clip 11 Clip 12 Clip 13 Clip 14 Clip 15 ...

QUINCY — At a celebration to honor the 285th birthday of John Adams, who was the city's most famous statesman, Quincy Mayor Thomas Koch joked about the similarities between this year's ...

How John Adams Managed a Peaceful Transition of Presidential Power In the election of 1800, for the first time in U.S. history, one party turned the executive office to another ...

In the third, the office fell smoothly to his vice president, John Adams. By 1800, however, for the first time in our constitutional history, the election was contested.

Adams Considered People’s Vote in 1800 and Ignored It. ... then the Journal is making an excellent point about the John Adams nomination and confirmation of John Marshall.

The 1800 election was a showdown between the country’s first two political parties: the Federalists, led by Adams; and the Democratic Republicans, captained by Jefferson.

Few presidents ever had more reason to sulk after an election than John Adams in 1800. But over time—many decades—Adams’s pique dissipated and turned into something constructive.

The 1800 presidential election, the nation's fourth, was between Vice President Thomas Jefferson of the Democratic-Republican Party and President John Adams of the Federalist Party, the incumbent.

The 1800 presidential election, the nation's fourth, was between Vice President Thomas Jefferson of the Democratic-Republican Party and President John Adams of the Federalist Party, the incumbent.

The 1800 presidential election, the nation’s fourth, was between Vice President Thomas Jefferson of the Democratic-Republican Party and President John Adams of the Federalist Party, the incumbent.