What Could Have Been: An Alt-American Constitution TL

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You never stated who has the right to vote ITTL. Is it just property owning males like the first few decades IOTL?
 
Election of 1790 (Senate and SP)
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Jeffersonian: 27 seats
Adamsite: 22 seats
Independent Politicians: 8 seats
Hamiltonian: 2 seats

The nations first Senate elections would not go as smoothly. Barely 3 months old and the young nation was already experiencing a hung Congress. Initially, there was fear that a Senate President would not be able to be elected and that a snap election would need to occur, triggering a constitutional crisis. However, this did not happen.

Prime Minister Jefferson would soon call a meeting between the Jeffersonians, the Adamsites, the Independents, and any willing Hamiltonians. The meeting would see the discussion of, at first, Coalition talks, but quickly it morphed into a discussion of appointing an Independent Senator to fill the spot of Senate President. Finding this agreeable, the Jeffersonians, 6 Independents, and 8 Adamsites would move to vote on the appointment of the nations first Senate President.

Senator George Washington (I-VA)

List of Independent members of Congress:
George Washington (I-VA)
Oliver Wolcott (I-CT)
George Wythe (I-VA)
Thomas Mifflin (I-PA)
Thomas McKean (I-PA)
Robert Livingston (I-NY)
George Clinton (I-NY)
James Madison (I/J-VA)

 
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And thus, Washington still manages to play an important political role in the early history of the nation. Of course he's the one person everyone can agree.

BTW, at what point can we expect to see actual political parties emerge from the factions?
 
And thus, Washington still manages to play an important political role in the early history of the nation. Of course he's the one person everyone can agree.

BTW, at what point can we expect to see actual political parties emerge from the factions?
Definitely within the next two terms
The Adamsites will be merging into the Hamiltonians almost instantly
 
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Jeffersonian: 27 seats
Hamiltonian: 22 seats
Independent Politicians: 8 seats
Adamsite: 2 seats

The nations first Senate elections would not go as smoothly. Barely 3 months old and the young nation was already experiencing a hung Congress. Initially, there was fear that a Senate President would not be able to be elected and that a snap election would need to occur, triggering a constitutional crisis. However, this did not happen.

Prime Minister Jefferson would soon call a meeting between the Jeffersonians, the Adamsites, the Independents, and any willing Hamiltonians. The meeting would see the discussion of, at first, Coalition talks, but quickly it morphed into a discussion of appointing an Independent Senator to fill the spot of Senate President. Finding this agreeable, the Jeffersonians, Adamsites, 4 Independents, and 8 Hamiltonians would move to vote on the appointment of the nations first Senate President.

Senator George Washington (I-VA)

List of Independent members of Congress:
George Washington (I-VA)
Oliver Wolcott (I-CT)
George Wythe (I-VA)
Thomas Mifflin (I-PA)
Thomas McKean (I-PA)
Robert Livingston (I-NY)
George Clinton (I-NY)
James Madison (I/J-VA)

As far as I'm concerned, Hamilton was far more despised than Adams ever was. Despite Hamilton being a federalist, much of America hated him for being more interested in the power of the central government than the people's welfare. Adams had much more moral virtue and, despite not being aligned with Jefferson, utterly detested Hamilton for his stances. So while I am not surprised that Jefferson received the majority vote, I can easily say that Adams would have more popular support than Hamilton. Besides, since Hamilton was born in the Caribbean, wouldn't that make him ineligible for the Presidency?
 
As far as I'm concerned, Hamilton was far more despised than Adams ever was. Despite Hamilton being a federalist, much of America hated him for being more interested in the power of the central government than the people's welfare. Adams had much more moral virtue and, despite not being aligned with Jefferson, utterly detested Hamilton for his stances. So while I am not surprised that Jefferson received the majority vote, I can easily say that Adams would have more popular support than Hamilton. Besides, since Hamilton was born in the Caribbean, wouldn't that make him ineligible for the Presidency?
I believe that IOTL you could be born anywhere as long as you were a citizen before the constitution was ratified

As far as Adams being more popular, I actually didn’t know that. Do you suggest a retcon?
 
I believe that IOTL you could be born anywhere as long as you were a citizen before the constitution was ratified

As far as Adams being more popular, I actually didn’t know that. Do you suggest a retcon?
Perhaps. I mean Adams was at somewhere close to being as popular as Jefferson.
 
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