In the election of 1796 I tried running for president against John Adams. This election was very important and intense because the results were so close. I don’t think anyone could have predicted who would have won. John Adams was running for the presidency on the Federalist Party while I was running with Senator Aaron Burr on the Democratic Republican. Since this election was so close people were trying to make both sides look bad. For example the Federalists blamed us for violence in the French Revolution, while we accused Federalists of favoring monarchy. Even though John Adams won I am proud to say that I became Vice President, beating Thomas Pinckney by more electoral votes.
-Marifer