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it started a new era in u.s. politics. for the first time more then one candidate ran for president. the candidates for the federalists where John Adams and Thomas Pinckney. the democrats candidates were Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr.
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The winner of the 1856 presidential election was?
Millard Fillmore
Name the winner of the 2016 Presidential Election?
Donald Trump.
Rutherford B. Hayes was declared the winner of the 1876 presidential election after he?
made a compromise with the Democrats.
Why is the presidential election of 1796 significant?
1796 was the first contested presidential election. It was also the first time that a President was going to voluntarily give up his power and a new administration was going to be put into place. It was really the first big test for the new Constitution. Could anybody else but the popular hero Washington make it work ? There were also impending problems lurking with France and Britain.
Candidate in presidential election of 1796?
According to the prevailing rules of electoral college voting at that time, electors cast votes for two persons in the election of 1796. Electors could not distinguish between their presidential and vice-presidential choices until the passage of the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The recipient of the most electoral votes in 1796 would become president and the runner-up vice-president. In the 1796 presidential election there was a total of 136 electoral votes thereby requiring a majority of 69 votes to win the presidential election. John Adams was elected president with 71 electoral votes. Thomas Jefferson received 68 electoral votes. Others receiving votes included Thomas Pinckney - John Adams' vice-presidential running mate (59), Aaron Burr (30), Samuel Adams (15), O. Ellsworth (11), George Clinton (7), John Jay (5), James Iredell (3), S. Johnston (2), George Washington (2), John Henry (2), and Charles C. Pinckney (1). The United States presidential election of 1796 was the first contested American presidential election and the only one to elect a President and Vice President from opposing tickets. Although Adams won, Thomas Jefferson received more electoral votes than John Adams' vice-presidential running mate Thomas Pinckney and was elected Vice-President.
Who ran in the 1796 presidential elections?
the 1796 presidential election:
Who defeated Jefferson in a presidential election in 1796?
John Adams won in 1796 over Jefferson.
Jefferson lost the 1796 presidential election to who?
John Adams
Who was the losing presidential candidate against John Adams?
Thomas Jefferson in 1796 Presidential election
The Presidential election of 1796 was the first in which played a role.?
political parties
Who won the presidential election of 1796 and from which party was the candidate?
John Adams, Federalist
In the presidential election of 1796 which political party did John Adams represent?
Federalist
Who was the winner of the presidential election of 1800?
Thomas Jefferson.
Who was winner of presidential election of 1852?
Franklin Pierce.
The winner of the 1856 presidential election was?
Millard Fillmore
In the presidential election of 1796 which political party did Thomas Jefferson represent?
democratic republican
who: Thomas Jefferson was the Republican candidate for the presidency in the election of 1796. Who was the Republican presidential candidate in the 1800 election?
Thomas Jefferson
