Description. In the election of 1800, Vice President Thomas Jefferson of the Democratic-Republican Party defeated Federalist Party candidate and incumbent President John Adams in a contest that ...

The 1800 election was a showdown between the country’s first two political parties: the Federalists, led by Adams; and the Democratic Republicans, captained by Jefferson.

With two candidates fighting over a mere 538 Electoral College votes, a tie scenario is more than possible. It’s actually kind of surprising there has only been one tie election so far, in 1800 ...

The presidential election of 1800 was a crisis of the first order, featuring extreme polarization, wild accusations, and name-calling—the Federalist John Adams was labeled “hermaphroditical ...

Alexander Hamilton vs. Aaron Burr. The two men despised each other. The last two times in these pages, I outlined the grinding, seething, and acrimonious disgust that the two political ...

This was the backdrop to the election of 1800, which led to the first peaceful transfer of power in U.S. history — an essential republican tradition. In this episode, ...

In the 1800 election, Thomas ]Jefferson’s partisans “accused the incumbent President Adams of having a hideous hermaphroditical character.” Wikimedia Commons.

With two candidates fighting over a mere 538 Electoral College votes, a tie scenario is more than possible. It’s actually kind of surprising there has only been one tie election so far, in 1800 ...

In 1800 and 1824, the decision shifted to the U.S. House of Representatives — just as it would if 2024's candidates found themselves dealing with a 269-269 split or, perhaps, a faithless elector ...

WASHINGTON D.C. (WHTM) — The Presidential election in 1800 was a bit of a mess. In the first two elections in 1789 and 1792, George Washington was chosen easily because, hey, he was George Wa… ...

With two candidates fighting over a mere 538 Electoral College votes, a tie scenario is more than possible. It’s actually kind of surprising there has only been one tie election so far, in 1800 ...