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.
United States presidential election, 1800
Usually the answer is 366 since presidential elections occurs in leap years. The exceptions were 1800 and 1900 which had only 265 days each.
Those were the only two US presidential elections that had to be decided by the US House of Representatives.
Thomas Jefferson.
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According to the prevailing rules of electoral college voting at that time, electors cast votes for two persons. Electors could not distinguish between their presidential and vice-presidential choices. Responding to the problems from the 1796 and 1800 elections, in 1803 Congress proposed the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution - prescribing electors cast separate ballots for president and vice president - to replace the system outlined in Article II, Section 1, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution. By June 1804, the states had ratified the amendment in time for the 1804 election.
yes, but only in the first 4 elections (1789-1800)
The election of 1800 was significant because another party came into power after eight years. It was the first time there was transition of power in the new nation and it was peaceful. It has been ever since.
Aaron Burr in 1800 Presidential election
Aaron Burr and he finished in a tie,