John Adams and the Peaceful Transfer of Power - Dr. Lindsay Chervinsky

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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