Essay On Election Of 1800

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The election of the 1800 was said to be the most contested and hard fought election in our history. Each candidate believed that if their opponent had won, then they would have ruined the nation. The election was between of 2nd President of the United States, John Adams, who was running as a federalist and the 3rd President of the United States, Thomas Jefferson, who was a Democratic-Republican. And their running mates were, for John Adams, it was Charles Pinckney, who was a United States Ambassador to France and for Thomas Jefferson it was Aaron Burr, who was a United States Senator From New York and the 3rd Vice President of the United States. The period for the election of 1800 took place from October 31 to December 3 1800. This election …show more content…

Alexander Hamilton, who was the first Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, and a high member in the Federalist party, did not like John Adams to represent the Federalist party and rather wanted Charles Pinckney to be the one representing the Federalist party. He saw Charles Pinckney as the more suitable candidate than John Adams. And he actually wrote a series of letters to the American people vote against John Adams and use the electoral college vote for Charles Pinckney. And this caused bad tension within the Federalist Party. He saw that if John Adams would run then that will hand the election to Thomas …show more content…

When a tie occurs, the presidency is decided in the House of Representatives. The House of Representative could not come up with the majority vote and they casted 35 ballots. After 35 ballot, Alexander Hamilton speaks to congress and vouches for Thomas Jefferson to be president instead of Aaron Burr and said that Thomas Jefferson was more of the trustworthy leader. So, on the 36 ballot, Thomas Jefferson was declared the winner and elected the 3rd president of the United States. And Aaron Burr was elected his vice

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