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Presidential elections were held in the United States from October 31 to December 3, 1800. In what is sometimes called the "Revolution of 1800", [2] the Democratic-Republican Party candidate, Vice President Thomas Jefferson, defeated the Federalist Party candidate and incumbent, President John Adams.
Conversely, the Federalist Party would never again control the presidency or either house of Congress. Ohio was admitted as a state during the 7th Congress. In the presidential election, Democratic-Republican Vice President Thomas Jefferson became the first Democratic-Republican President, narrowly defeating incumbent Federalist President John ...
1800 United States presidential election in Rhode Island [1] Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes Federalist: John Adams (incumbent) 2,353: 52.15%: 4: Democratic-Republican: Thomas Jefferson: 2,159 47.85% 0 Totals: 4,512: 100.0%: 4
The First Party System was the political party system in the United States between roughly 1792 and 1824. [1] It featured two national parties competing for control of the presidency, Congress, and the states: the Federalist Party, created largely by Alexander Hamilton, and the rival Jeffersonian Democratic-Republican Party, formed by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, usually called at the ...
In addition to the candidates listed above, other Federalists received electoral votes between 1796 and 1820. In the 1796 election, Oliver Ellsworth, John Jay, James Iredell, Samuel Johnston, and Charles Cotesworth Pinckney all received at least one electoral vote. Jay also received a single vote in the 1800 election.
By a few hundred votes, he carried the city—and thus the state legislature—and guaranteed the election of a Republican president. As a reward, he was selected by the Republican caucus in Congress as their vice presidential candidate. Alexander Hamilton, knowing the election was lost anyway, went public with a sharp attack on Adams that ...
1800 United States presidential election in Virginia [1] Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes Democratic-Republican: Thomas Jefferson: 21,002: 77.28%: 21: Federalist: John Adams: 6,175 22.72% 0 Totals: 27,177: 100.00%: 21
1800 United States presidential election in Delaware [2] Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes Federalist: John Adams (incumbent) – 100.00%: 3: Democratic-Republican: Thomas Jefferson – – 0 Totals – 100.00% 3