Wow, you what rhetorical flourish you use there to enliven your last minute Wikipedia research.

And I never said the Senate decided the election....I said Jefferson as president of the Senate used his role to accept electors favorable to him. At least if you're going to debate someone, don't mangle their arguments.

So let me reprise, from some perspectives Hamilton had some influence on the situation through his lobbying, but at the time, he had so burned so many bridges with the Federalists due to his endless attacks on Adams, that he had no effect on the outcome. But really, it was that Adams didn't contest things, putting country over self, never being a party man.

History is deep, there are many undercurrents, and competing perspectives. You can't just read one book, you have to read many, many books.