MAKING OF A NEW NATION 1776 1800
THOMAS JEFFERSON
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Question
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Who tied with Jefferson in the Election of 1800?
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Alexander Hamilton
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John Adams
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Aaron Burr
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John Marshall
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -After Thomas Jefferson and his running-mate, Aaron Burr, tied in the Electoral College vote, Jefferson was elected president by the House of Representatives.
Detailed explanation-2: -A decade later, Jefferson candidly wrote that “there never had been an intimacy” between himself and Burr, “and but little association.” By then, however, the course of history had permanently entwined their names.
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