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In the 1796 presidential election John Adams was elected president with 71 electoral votes. Thomas Jefferson finished second with 68 electoral votes. Jefferson received the second highest number of electoral votes and was elected vice president according to the prevailing rules of electoral college voting.
Thomas Jefferson won the 1800 presidential election defeating John Quincy Adams, Aaron Burr, Charles Pinckney, and John Jay. In 1800 electors voted for two individuals and did not distinguish between their presidential and vice-presidential choices until the passage of the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1803. The recipient of the most electoral votes in 1800 would become president and the runner-up vice-president. Thomas Jefferson received 73 electoral votes, his running-mate Aaron Burr received 73 electoral votes, John Quincy Adams received 65 electoral votes, Charles Pinckney received 64 electoral votes, and John Jay received 1 electoral vote. Although John Quincy Adams ran as Thomas Jefferson's main opponent in the general election, running-mates Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr received the same number of electoral votes. The election was decided in the House of Representatives, with 10 State delegations voting for Jefferson, 4 voting for Burr and 2 making no choice. Thomas Jefferson became President and his running-mate Aaron Burr became Vice President.
Thomas Jefferson won the 1804 presidential election defeating Charles Pinckney. In the 1804 presidential election Thomas Jefferson received 162 electoral votes and Charles Pinckney received 14 electoral votes.
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∙ 11y agoZero. In the 1700's the men who were elected president didn't have electoral votes nor popular votes. They were elected by popular vote in Congress. The man who got the most was president and the second in votes was VP.
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∙ 15y agoJefferson had 68 votes and Adams had 71 so Thomas Jefferson was elected to vice president.
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∙ 9y agoIn the United States presidential election of 1800, Thomas Jefferson received 41,330 votes. His opponent, John Adams, received 25,952 votes.
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How many votes did Jefferson and burr receive from the electoral college?
73 each
How many votes did burr and Jefferson tie for in the election of 1800?
Aaron Burr received 73 electoral votes, the same as his running mate Thomas Jefferson, and therein lay the problem: someone was supposed to vote for Jefferson but not Burr, but no one did (perhaps because the contest with their opponents, John Adams and Charles Pinckney, was so close). As a result of this tactical error, the decision needed to be resolved in the House of Representatives, which was itself a big problem. The lesson learned was that after 1800, electoral votes were cast separately for Presidential and Vice-Presidential contests.
How many votes did Jefferson receive over Adams?
Thomas Jefferson won the 1800 presidential election defeating John Quincy Adams, Aaron Burr, Charles Pinckney, and John Jay. In 1800 electors voted for two individuals and did not distinguish between their presidential and vice-presidential choices until the passage of the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1803. The recipient of the most electoral votes in 1800 would become president and the runner-up vice-president. Thomas Jefferson received 73 electoral votes, his running-mate Aaron Burr received 73 electoral votes, John Quincy Adams received 65 electoral votes, Charles Pinckney received 64 electoral votes, and John Jay received 1 electoral vote. Although John Quincy Adams ran as Thomas Jefferson's main opponent in the general election, running-mates Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr received the same number of electoral votes. The election was decided in the House of Representatives, with 10 State delegations voting for Jefferson, 4 voting for Burr and 2 making no choice. Thomas Jefferson became President and his running-mate Aaron Burr became Vice President.
Who many electoral votes did Jefferson get in virgina 1796?
In 1796 Virginia cast 20 electoral votes for Thomas Jefferson and 1 electoral vote for John Adams.
How many electoral votes were in the three states that divided between Adams and Jefferson?
46 total
How many electoral votes does have Alabama have?
Alabama has 9 electoral votes.
How many electoral votes did John Adams win over Thomas Jefferson in the election of 1796?
71
How many electoral votes does Delaware have?
Delaware has 3 electoral votes.
How many total electoral votes do you have to get?
you have to get 270 electoral votes to win
How many electoral votes does our country's capital have?
538 Electoral votes
How many electoral votes does santorum have?
how many current electoral votes has santorum won
What happened during the election of 1800 that led to the decision in the House of Representatives?
Jefferson and Burr tied in the number of electoral votes, 73. These are the votes that decide the president. Due to this, the decision went to the House of Representatives (I believe this rule is somewhere in the Constitution or one of its amendments.) Obviously, The House of Representatives voted for Jefferson, which is one of the reasons most of us have not heard of Burr and all of us have heard of Jefferson). The Jeffersonian Republicans, not to be confused with today's Republican party, (although they share many similar ideas), held the majority in the House. Thus resulted in President Jefferson.
