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 had ...

As Maryland voters await the results of Tuesday's primaries, they can rest assured that the contest won't be as drawn out as the election between John Adams and Thomas 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 election of 1800 was just the fourth presidential contest in American history, and only the election of 1796, the first without George Washington as a candidate, had been contested.

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 ...

As the presidential race heads toward Election Day, an unlikely scenario looms: neither Kamala Harris nor Donald Trump secures the crucial 270 electoral votes needed to win, setting up a rare ...

The Broadway musical Hamilton will soon open in Canada—so now is the perfect time to talk about one of Act II's most pivotal songs: "The Election of 1800." The actual event was even more ...

Biden vs. Trump marks the seventh time presidential candidates have squared off in consecutive election cycles.

The contest between John Adams’ Federalists and Thomas Jefferson’s Republicans was one of the most vicious and hyperbolic in American history.

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 ...