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  2. 1800 United States elections - Wikipedia

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    The 1800 United States elections elected the members of the 7th United States Congress. The election took place during the First Party System, and is generally considered the first realigning election in American history. [4] It was the first peaceful transfer of power between parties in American history. [5]

  3. 1800 United States presidential election - Wikipedia

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    The 1800 United States presidential election was the fourth quadrennial presidential election.It was held from Friday, October 31 to Wednesday, 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.

  4. Timeline of voting rights in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Direct election of Senators, established by the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, gave voters rather than state legislatures the right to elect senators. [32] White and African American women in the Territory of Alaska earn the right to vote. [33] Women in Illinois earn the right to vote in presidential elections. [27] 1914

  5. Federalist Era - Wikipedia

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    After the Federalists won the ratification debate in all but two states, the new constitution took effect and new elections were held for Congress and the presidency. The first elections returned large Federalist majorities in both houses and elected George Washington, who had taken part in the Philadelphia Convention, as president.

  6. Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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    The first four presidential elections were conducted under these rules. The original system allowed the 1796 and 1800 presidential elections to elect a president and vice-president who were political opponents, constantly acting at cross-purposes. This spurred legislators to amend the presidential election process to require each member of the ...

  7. 1804 United States presidential election - Wikipedia

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    Jefferson was aided by an effective Democratic-Republican party organization, which had continued to develop since 1800, especially in the Federalist stronghold of New England. [2] Jefferson's victory was overwhelming, and he even won four of the five New England states. Pinckney won only two states, Connecticut and Delaware. This was the first ...

  8. 1800–01 United States House of Representatives elections

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    The 1800–01 United States House of Representatives elections were held on various dates in various states between April 29, 1800, and August 1, 1801. Each state set its own date for its elections to the House of Representatives before the first session of the 7th United States Congress convened on December 7, 1801.

  9. Liberty Party (United States, 1840) - Wikipedia

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    The election was won by Abraham Lincoln, who went on to serve as president during the American Civil War. In later years, Smith, Douglass, and other veterans of the Liberty League would join Lincoln's Republican Party, driving the party to ratify the Thirteenth Amendment and to support the rights of freed people during Reconstruction.