I'd have to vote for the 1828 election -- the opposition called Jackson's wife a whore, and so on. Even today's negative campaigns don't go that far -- "Joe Smith voted against a bill that would have provided free lunches to poor children. Also, his wife banged a ton of guys in college."

As for the 1800 election, I mean, that paragraph proves that the "founding fathers" agreed that they didn't like the King of England, but not much else. It weakens the argument those who today invoke the founding fathers almost like they shared one mind: "The founding fathers would support/oppose George W. Bush."