Election Of 1800 Electoral Map, Heres What Happens If Presidential Election Ends In A Tie

Map illustrates votes by state in the us.

Election in india 2019 update. Presidential candidate political party electoral votes popular votes 1. The 1800 united states presidential election was the fourth presidential electionit was held from october 31 to december 3 1800. How the electoral college tie happened.

During this election electors had 2 votes each for president and all but one voted for both candidates in their party. No candidate received a majority of electors jefferson elected by vote of house of representatives. The candidates for president in the 1800 election were jefferson and incumbent president john adams a federalist.

1 electors were chosen by legislatures in many states not by popular vote. 13 for madison 6 for clinton. During this election electors had 2 votes each for president and all but one voted for both candidates in their party.

No candidate received a majority of electors jefferson elected by vote of house of representatives. A district based system was used similar to mene today. In what is sometimes referred to as the revolution of 1800 vice president thomas jefferson of the democratic republican party defeated incumbent president john adams of the federalist partythe election was a political realignment that ushered in a generation of.

2 as both jefferson and burr received the same number of electoral votes the decision was referred to the house of representatives. Minnesota and oregon become states during this election cycle original 13 states control fewer than 50 of total electoral votes for first time. The 1820 united states presidential election was the ninth quadrennial presidential electionit was held from wednesday november 1 to wednesday december 6 1820.

It was the third and last united states presidential election. New york electors split their vote. Therefore the map shown is broken out by party as opposed to candidate.

The election was a rematch of the race won by adams four years earlier in 1796. Presidential election of 1800 broken down as votes for aaron burr thomas jefferson or blank ballot interim archivesgetty images. Lincoln received only about 40 of the popular vote in a divided nation on the brink of civil war.

Taking place at the height of the era of good feelings the election saw incumbent democratic republican president james monroe win re election without a major opponent. Districts 3 and 4 voters each chose two electors. Enlarge letter from john adams to thomas boylston adams january 15 1801.

The only constitutional change that resulted from the election of 1800 was the twelfth amendment requiring separate electoral votes for president and vice president.