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Thomas Jefferson was elected President, and Aaron Burrwas elected Vice-President in the 1800 Presidential election. The election was decided in the House of Representatives after Jefferson and Burr (from the same political party) inadvertently received the same number of electoral votes.

Under the original plan of the Constitution, each elector cast two votes, and the candidate with the second largest number of electoral votes became Vice President. This proved unworkable with the advent of political parties, as each party had to plan some intricate way for two of their candidates to achieve the necessary votes.

Technically, both Jefferson and Burr were running for President, and the plan to have Burr receive one fewer vote went awry, each receiving 73 votes. The incumbent, President John Adams, received only 65 votes.

The 12th Amendment to the Constitution (ratified June 15, 1804) established separate ballots for President and Vice President, making this type of "tie" impossible and making it unlikely that the elected President and Vice President could be from different parties, as had occurred when Jefferson was the Vice President under Adams (1797-1801).

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