CSPAN3 Presidential Mourning Tragedy July 7, 2024
election of many of you know most divisive, perhaps one of the most divisive elections in our nation's history was the election of 1800 president john adams ultimately lost to vice president thomas jefferson and while the transfer of power was ultimately peaceful, adams did forego his successor's inauguration. i think that has also happened another time or two, but i won't bring that up. [laughter] and those two men actually remained at odds for many, many, years. it was only later during their retirement did they actually rekindle their friendship, discussing many different topics i...