Election Of 1800 New York

While the 1800 election was a re match of the 1796 election it ushered in a new type of american politics a two party republic and acrimonious campaigning behind the scenes and through the press on top of this the election pitted the larger than life adams and jefferson who were formerly close allies turned political enemies.
Election of 1800 new york. Elections to the united states house of representatives for the 7th congress in 1800 and 1801 at the same time as the 1800 presidential election in which vice president thomas jefferson a democratic republican defeated incumbent president john adams a federalist. The state legislature chose 12 representatives or electors to the electoral college who voted for president and vice president. From new york one minister answered jefferson.
Aaron burr s victory in new york. The election of 1800. On march 30 1802 the new york state legislature had re apportioned the congressional districts dividing new york county seemingly at random into two districts.
By 1828 most. These elections resulted in the democratic republicans picking up 22 seats from the federalists. In later elections more citizens voted.
After learning of the republican victory in new york city federalist leader alexander hamilton 1757 1804 argued that unity behind their candidates john adams and charles cotesworth pinckney 1746 1825 of south carolina was the only thing that can possibly save us from the fangs of jefferson he wrote those words to theodore sedgwick 1746 1813 a federalist who served as a. The election of 1800 was possibly the least democratic election in american history. 3 of that year the 138 members of the electoral college.
For jefferson to win the election of 1800 he would need all or most of the electoral college votes in the southern states some votes in the middle states and. To hear more audio stories from publishers like the new york times download audm for iphone or android. Representatives to represent the state of new york in the united states house of representatives of the 7th united states congress.