Election Of 1800 Live

During this election electors had 2 votes each for president and all but one voted for both candidates in their party.

Election of 1800 live. Due to the fact that this election was the first peaceful transfer of power between political parties in us history it has been called the revolution of 1800. The deadline to pick a president was march 4 when adams would leave office. 11 1801 the house met to decide the election.

In the united states presidential election of 1800 sometimes referred to as the revolution of 1800 vice president thomas jefferson defeated incumbent president john adams. To win jefferson needed nine of 16 votes in his favor. Docsteach is a product of the national archives education division.

They were going to live in a city of huts and small unfinished houses with here and there a marble palace rising above the trees and a great street of. Therefore the map shown is broken out by party as opposed to candidate. The presidential election of 1800.

The election of 1800 was bitter and contentious. Finally on february 17 1801 on the thirty sixth ballot the house elected thomas jefferson to be president. The period leading up to the election of 1800 became a witches brew of personalities innuendo ideology and rumor.

Campaign of 1800 clip 6m 16s by 1800 political parties had established themselves in american politics and were in full operation during the election between john adams and thomas jefferson.