Professor Edward Larson Presents "The Election of 1800" -- Jefferson Library at Monticello

Professor Edward J. Larson presented "The Election of 1800" for the Jefferson Library at Monticello on November 2. Professor Larson spoke on presidential campaign that pitted Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr against John Adams and Charles Cotesworth Pinckney. The 1800 election is the subject of Professor Larson's book, A Magnificent Catastrophe: The Tumultuous Election of 1800, America's First Presidential Campaign.

An audio recording of the presentation may be found here

A Magnificent Catastrophe may be found here