There were two Democratic-Republican candidates for President in 1800: Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr. They each received exactly 73 Electoral votes, forcing the US House of Representatives to break the tie. After casting 36 ballots, Delaware Congressman James Bayard switched his vote from Burr to Jefferson, making Jefferson the new US President and Burr his Vice-President.
Aaron Burr's political enemy, Alexander Hamilton, was reportedly responsible for convincing Bayard to change his vote.
The incumbent president, John Adams, was the Federalist candidate in 1800.
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams and his vice president Charles Pickney ran as Federalist ain 1796 and 1800. After Adams lost , the Federalists began to break up and were not a national force in future elections. Thomas Jefferson and his vice president Aaron Burr ran against him
It lead to the creation of the Twelfth Amendment, which addresses the issue of choosing the Vice President. The protocol prior to this election was that the Presidential candidate with the most votes would win the office of President, and the second-place candidate would be awarded the office of Vice President. However, this system became flawed in 1800, and it became clear that this could not be a permanent system. The Twelfth Amendment was written in order to solve that problem.
Aaron Burr in 1800 Presidential election
Thomas Jefferson
The election of 1800 was more important than the election of 1796. In 1796 George Washington was elected president unopposed. The election of 1800 had several people vying for the presidency.
There was no election in 1800 since Washington just became President in 1789 and the general population wasn't allowed to vote.
During the election of 1800 Jefferson and Burr were tied after the Electoral College completed the vote count. This occurred because there was no clear way of identifying the winner for the presidential vote and the winner of the vice president vote. This lead to the passage of the 12th Amendment in 1804.
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
Election of 1800In 1804,the 12th amendment solved the problems by creating separate ballots for president and vice president.