Introduction: "The greatest man that ever lived was Julius Caesar": the dinner party that defined America

"The will of the majority should always prevail": Thomas Jefferson's Declaration

"The perfect balance between liberty and power": Alexander Hamilton's Constitution

1790-1791: "Necessary and proper": Hamilton and Jefferson's battle over the bank

1792-1800: "Nullification is the rightful remedy": Hamilton, Jefferson, and Madison on sedition and insurrection

1800-1826: "Let the end be legitimate": President Jefferson, Chief Justice Marshall, and Aaron Burr in court

1826-1861: "All honor to Jefferson": Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, John Calhoun, Andrew Jackson, and Abraham Lincoln on union and secession

1861-1901: "The fame of Hamilton is waxing": James Garfield, John Bingham, Joseph Bradley, and John Marshall Harlan on Reconstruction

1901-1932: "Hamiltonian means to achieve Jeffersonian ends": Theodore Roosevelt, Henry Cabot Lodge, Woodrow Wilson, and Calvin Coolidge on the New Nationalism and New Freedom

1932-1968: "Economic Hamiltonians have become political Jeffersonians": Franklin D. Roosevelt, Herbert Hoover, Hugo Black, and George Wallace on the New Deal

1968-2016: "No longer the party of Thomas Jefferson": Ronald Reagan, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, John Roberts, and Barack Obama on the New Federalism

Conclusion: 2016-2026: "They don't want Thomas Jefferson anymore": Donald Trump, Julius Caesar, and America at 250.