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Future Candidates: Thomas Jefferson's Presidency

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With Thomas Jefferson’s presidency coming to an end, future candidates must act quick. If they were ever going to run for President, they must surely plan ahead. James Madison, a Democratic-Republican, believes that this may be his chance to run for President. Already being elected for Secretary of State, he has more experience in elections than his opposers. The candidate he ended up going against was Charles Pinckney, a Federalist. During the election, Madison already had twelve states on his side, compared to Pinckney’s five. All of Madison’s states were in the New England area. When all of the final votes were casted, Madison won with 122. Pinckney made is with 47 votes and Clinton got 6 votes from his home state, the others were dubbed …show more content…

After this happened, many Anti-Madison papers were written. While most of the vote went towards Madison, the other voters did not exactly approve of the new president or what bills he had already asked. These papers were where political cartoons originated. Many of the papers included drawings or sketches that would often humiliate the president or attack him. However, Madison did not acknowledge these papers, he thought it would be better to leave them alone. According to the Amendments, people do have the freedom of speech and the freedom of press. These papers were often written by Federalists, the exact opposite of Madison’s political party. The Federalists usually wanted a strong central government, while Madison favored the exact opposite. He believed that all of the branches of government were meant to be equal. Even George Clinton, Madison’s first vice president, did not fully agree with the president’s beliefs. This resulted in Clinton announcing his own campaign for presidency. In Madison’s first term as president, his popularity varied between the people. It would go from extreme lows to incredible highs in a matter of days, depending on his relationship with

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