I thought I did in the Consitution, but yes it's property-owning white males above the age of 25You never stated who has the right to vote ITTL. Is it just property owning males like the first few decades IOTL?
Definitely within the next two termsAnd 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?
Approximately when ______ becomes PM and we end up in a war with ______ and EnglandDo you mind if I ask how long before everything goes wrong?
Yep, this is how the Federalists form, though they wont adopt that name until the late 90sReally? Even with their disagreements? Well, I guess they're still more aligned together against the Jeffersonians than they are with each other.
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?View attachment 353217The 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.
Jeffersonian: 27 seats
Hamiltonian: 22 seats
Independent Politicians: 8 seats
Adamsite: 2 seats
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)
I believe that IOTL you could be born anywhere as long as you were a citizen before the constitution was ratifiedAs 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?
Perhaps. I mean Adams was at somewhere close to being as popular as Jefferson.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?
Alright, I’ll probably end up flipping the results between Hamilton and Adams thenPerhaps. I mean Adams was at somewhere close to being as popular as Jefferson.
YesQuestion - shouldn't the first two posts, listing the alt-Constitution and the backstory for the first election, also be indexed?