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House of Representatives
1800 & 1824
House of Representatives.
None of the candidates got enough votes in the Electoral College.
each state is awarded one vote, regardless of how many representatives the state has.
None of the candidates got enough votes in the Electoral College.
None of the candidates got enough votes in the Electoral College.
None of the candidates got enough votes in the Electoral College.
According to the Constitution, the House of Representatives had to choose between Burr and Jefferson. The federalists, however, still controlled the House of representatives. It was true that the Democratic-Republicans wanted Jefferson as their president. Even so, the Federalists would decide the winner. Members of the House of Representatives voted 36 time before finally electing Jefferson as President. Burr became vice-president.
In the United States, "Member of Congress" is the same thing as "Member of the House of Representatives."
The electorate at that time could vote for both the president and vice president separately, and the vote did not distinguish whether it was for president or vice president. Both Jefferson and Burr got a majority of votes, so the house had to vote to decide who was president and who was vice president.
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