In 1799, the Federalist-controlled House elected Theodore Sedgwick of Massachusetts as speaker, replacing Jonathan Dayton as the young United States faced fierce disputes over federal power and the Alien and…
Nathaniel Macon’s election as Speaker in 1801 gave the Republican majority a key position in the House after the United States election of 1800 shifted control of the federal government.…
The 1805 impeachment trial of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase addressed whether federal judges could be removed for political reasons. The United States Senate's decision to acquit Chase established a…
In 1800, a partisan deadlock in the Pennsylvania legislature nearly deprived the state of its electoral votes during the presidential contest between Adams and Jefferson. The eventual compromise split the…
