THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1800
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Question
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Who did the Federalist in the House of Representatives look to for deciding who should be the president when it was tied between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr?
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John Adams
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George Washington
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John Jay
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Alexander Hamilton
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -With these votes, the total number of votes for Jefferson and Burr was 73, which gave them a majority of the total, but they were tied.
Detailed explanation-2: -Why did Alexander Hamilton decide to support Thomas Jefferson rather than Aaron Burr in the runoff for the election of 1800? He disliked Jefferson’s politics but detested Burr.
Detailed explanation-3: -Hamilton was a Federalist. Burr was a Republican. The men clashed repeatedly in the political arena. The first major skirmish was in 1791, when Burr successfully captured a United States Senate seat from Philip Schuyler, Hamilton’s powerful father-in-law.
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