Author:
Laracey, Mel, 1951- author.
ImprintAnn Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2021]
Description248 pages ; 23 cm
Note:Introduction -- Newspapers, Thomas Jefferson, and the National Intelligencer -- The Extraordinary Presidential Election of 1800 -- Celebrating and Promoting Jefferson and Republicanism -- Defending Jefferson's Policies on Appointments and Removals -- Attacking Judges, Part 1: Judicial Review -- Attacking Judges, Part 2: The Impeachment of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase -- The New Orleans Port Closure and the Great Solution: The Louisiana Purchase -- Getting Reelected -- The Newspaper Presidency of Thomas Jefferson.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note:During his presidency, Thomas Jefferson both sponsored and wrote for his own newspaper, the National Intelligencer and Washington Adviser. The newspaper spoke on behalf of his policies and those of his Republican, anti-federalist party, the Democratic-Republican Party, the precursor to today's Democrats. Author Mel Laracey focuses on the newspaper's message during Jefferson's first term, showing how the third president used media to promote his administration and its goals against their political rivals, the Federalists. Informing a Nation shows how Jefferson and his allies dealt with political challenges, reveals hitherto unexamined aspects of the early presidency, and raises broad questions of the relationship between the presidency and media today.
