Track 25: The House votes over and over. Hamilton's frantic letter-writing campaign against Burr.
Vote. Vote. Vote. Vote.
Ballot One. No result.
Day one. Day two. Day three.
The Representatives are sleeping on the floor, you see?
They’re sick, they’re tired, they’re drinking the wine.
But nobody is willing to cross the line.
Eight states for Jefferson. Six states for Burr.
Two states divided. A chaotic blur.
Ballot Ten! No result!
Ballot Twenty! No result!
35 Ballots!
Round and round we go!
Where it stops, nobody knows!
35 Ballots!
A nation in suspense!
The pressure is immense!
Hamilton is screaming! Hamilton is writing!
"Burr is a Catiline! He’s terrifying!"
He writes to Bayard. He writes to Sedgwick.
He writes until his hand is arthritic and sick.
"Jefferson is a hypocrite, that is true.
But Burr is an embryo Caesar to you!"
"Burr has no principles! Burr is a bank!"
"Burr is a devil of the highest rank!"
He hates me more than he loves his own party?
His obsession with me is getting hearty.
Why, Alexander?
Why do you fear me so much?
Is it because I’m the one thing you can't touch?
I’m the mirror.
I’m the silence to your noise.
35 Ballots!
Round and round we go!
Hamilton is landing the final blow!
Ballot 36!
Wait.
Something changed.
Bayard abstains?
Bayard abstains!
Jefferson wins.
I lose.
Because of him.