THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
THOMAS JEFFERSONS PRESIDENCY LOUISIANA PURCHASE LEWIS CLARK AND MORE
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Members of the Electoral College voted for two people, but they were not required to say which should be president and which should be vice president.
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Members of the Electoral College voted for one person, but that person was not required to win by a majority of votes, only by the most votes.
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Members of the Electoral College voted for two people, but they did not have to specify the political party of the candidates on their ballots, ending in a tie between two Republican candidates.
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Members of the Electoral College were not required to follow the wishes of the voters in their home states, leading some electors to repeatedly switch their votes.
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Detailed explanation-1: -At the end of a long and bitter campaign, Jefferson and Burr each won 73 electoral votes, Adams won 65, and Pinckney won 64. The Federalists swept New England, the Democratic-Republicans dominated the South, and the parties split the Mid-Atlantic states of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.
Detailed explanation-2: -With the vote tied, the presidential election was then decided by the House of Representatives as stipulated in Article II, Section 1, of the U.S. Constitution. After thirty-six ballots, the Federalist-controlled House finally elected Thomas Jefferson president on February 17, 1801.
Detailed explanation-3: -The original system for electing presidents provided that the candidate receiving a majority of Electoral College votes would become president, while the runner-up would become vice president. The 1800 election resulted in a tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr.
Detailed explanation-4: -The only constitutional change that resulted from the election of 1800 was the twelfth amendment requiring separate electoral votes for president and vice president.