10 Elections That Changed America
Sure, the outcome is remarkable. But how will the '08 campaign hold up to history? Can any President shape a country like Lincoln? Save the U.S. like F.D.R.? From Washington to (surprise?) McKinley to Bush 43, these winners left an indelible legacy.
— By Jackson Dykman and Sean Gregory
For the first time, U.S. presidential power switched hands from one political party to another, and the republic not only survived but thrived. The campaigns of President Adams, a Federalist, and Democrat-Republican Jefferson, the sitting Vice President and a states' rights advocate, introduced vitriol to presidential politics. But at his Inaugural, Jefferson set a precedent for postelection unity by famously declaring "We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists." Jefferson's Louisiana Purchase doubled America's landmass, giving the country a glimpse of the Manifest Destiny to come.
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