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1800 Presidential Election

Results of the presidential election of 1800, won by Thomas Jefferson with 73 electoral votes.

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Thomas Jefferson's Cabinet

President: Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809)

Vice President: Aaron Burr (1801-1805)

Secretary of State: James Madison (1801-1809)

Secretary of the Treasury: Albert Gallatin (1801-1809)

Secretary of War: Henry Dearborn (1801-1809)

Attorney General: Levi Lincoln Sr. (1801-1805)

The President was chosen but the House of Representatives since Jefferson and Burr were tied in electoral college votes. Both candidates were of the Democratic-Republican Party.

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1800 National Election

73
Thomas Jefferson (Democratic-Republican)
65
John Adams (Federalist)
70 to win
Running Mate: Aaron Burr
Running Mate: Charles Cotesworth Pinckney

Controversy over electoral tie vote of candidates of the Democratic-Republican party, Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, led to passage of 12th Amendment. Before then, each elector cast votes for two different candidates. The candidate with the highest number of votes became president, while the candidate with the second highest total became vice president.

1800

State Electoral Votes

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

18

Delaware

6

District of Columbia

Florida

Georgia

8

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

8

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

20

Massachusetts

32

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

12

New Jersey

14

New Mexico

New York

24

North Carolina

24

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

30

Rhode Island

8

South Carolina

16

South Dakota

Tennessee

6

Texas

Utah

Vermont

8

Virginia

42

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

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