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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 Democratic-Republican president Thomas Jefferson defeated Federalist Charles Cotesworth Pinckney of South Carolina. It was the first presidential election conducted following the ratification of the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution , which reformed procedures for electing presidents and vice presidents.
1800 Electoral College Vote results by state explicitly indicating the number of votes received by top two candidates in each. Jefferson ran for president in the 1796 election as a Democratic-Republican, but finished second in the electoral vote to Federalist John Adams; under the laws then in place, Jefferson's second-place finish made him the Vice President of the United States. [1]
In the presidential election, incumbent Democratic-Republican President Thomas Jefferson easily defeated Federalist former Governor Charles Pinckney of South Carolina. [3] As the Twelfth Amendment had been ratified in 1804, this was the first election in which electors separately selected a president and a vice president.
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. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state. Senate elections; Overall control: Democratic-Republican gain: Seats contested: 10 of 32 seats [2]
Thomas Jefferson (April 13, [O.S. April 2] 1743 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, planter, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. [6] He was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson (DR) Aaron Burr (DR) John Adams (F), Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (F), John Jay (F) Post-12th Amendment: 1804–present. Since the ratification of the ...
Burr and Hamilton first came into public opposition during the 1800 United States presidential election. Burr and Thomas Jefferson ran for president on the Democratic-Republican Party ticket against incumbent President John Adams and his vice presidential running mate Charles C. Pinckney of the Federalist Party.