The Election Of 1808: James Madison vs. Charles C. Pinckney
Intro: Hello and welcome to another addition of the presidential election articles, today I'll be focusing on the election of 1808 as Charles Pinckney is trying to take down another Democratic Republican who's looking to become president in the form of James Madison...W ith that all said, let's get into it. The Embargo Act Of 1807 Incumbent Democratic Republican President, Thomas Jefferson decides to follow George Washington's footsteps and refused to run for a third term thereby officially honoring the two-term tradition Washington started back in 1796. While Jefferson was popular with many in his party, most of the country was more than happy to seem Jefferson out of the White House mostly thanks to Jefferson's signing into law 'The Embargo Act Of 1807' which was used as a way stop all trading with Great Britain in the hopes of punishing them for making a fool out of the U.S. when it came to taking American soldiers and naval ships. Unfortunately, the on...