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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.
Incumbent vice president John Adams of the Federalist Party defeated former secretary of state Thomas Jefferson of the Democratic-Republican Party. With incumbent president George Washington having refused a third term in office, the 1796 election became the first U.S. presidential election in which political parties competed for the presidency.
The 1796 presidential election was the third presidential election in U.S History and was the first one to be contested between two separate parties, the Democratic-Republicans who nominated former Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson for the presidency, and the Federalist Party who had nominated Adams.
John Adams (F) 71: Thomas Jefferson (DR) 68: 1796 presidential election results. Green denotes states won by Jefferson, burnt orange denotes states won by Adams. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state. Senate elections; Overall control: Federalist hold: Seats contested: 11 of 32 seats [1] Net seat change ...
Thomas Jefferson defeated John Adams in the 1800 presidential election, thereby becoming the first Democratic-Republican president. Shortly after Adams took office, he dispatched a group of envoys to seek peaceful relations with France, which had begun seizing American merchantmen trading with Britain after the ratification of the Jay Treaty.
Presidential election year: Incumbent president: John Adams (Federalist) Next Congress: 7th: Presidential election; Partisan control: Democratic-Republican gain: Electoral vote: Thomas Jefferson (DR) 73 [1] John Adams (F) 65: 1800 presidential election results. Green denotes states won by Jefferson, burnt orange denotes states won by Adams ...
Virginia voted for the Democratic-Republican candidate, Thomas Jefferson, over the Federalist candidate, John Adams. Jefferson won Virginia by a margin of 36.72%. Virginia chose electors by popular vote per electoral district and as such granted 1 electoral vote to John Adams.
Out of 51 elector candidates, four Democratic-Republican electors were elected who then voted for Thomas Jefferson over the Federalist candidate and incumbent vice President John Adams. The electoral votes for vice president were however not cast for Jefferson's running mate Aaron Burr, but for George Clinton from New York. [2] [1]