Learn about the U.S. Presidential Election of 1800 and why it is known as the Revolution of 1800. Discover who was elected President and the...
Commentary: Significance of the so-called Second American Revolution during the 1800 presidential electionBOB EDWARDS
The Marbury v. Madison decision wouldn't come until 1803, but the beginnings of the case started three years prior. During the election of 1800, President John Adams lost a bid for re-election to Thomas Jefferson. Adams was a member of the Federalist Party, which was in favor of a stron...
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The 1800 election was a rematch between Adams and Jefferson, and to forestall the recurrence of the same situation from the 1796 election, the parties sought to ensure that all their electors were united. On the Federalist side Adams ran withCharles Cotesworth Pinckney, while Jefferson’s runnin...
Prior to the 1804 presidential election, each elector in theelectoral collegecast votes for two candidates without specifying which was to be president and which was to be vice president. The candidate with the second greatest number of votes became vice president. However, in the1800 presidential...