1800 United States elections

none February 2026 October 2019 1800 Presidential election year Federalist Party (US)John Adams (F) 7th Democratic-Republican gain Thomas Jefferson (DR) 73Because Jefferson tied his own running mate, Aaron Burr, in the electoral vote, the House of Representatives held a contingent election to determine the president. Jefferson defeated Burr in that contingent election. John Adams (F) 65 350px 1800 presidential election results. Green denotes states won by Jefferson, burnt orange denotes states won by Adams. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state. Federalist hold 10 of 32 seatsNot counting special elections. Democratic-Republican +3Congressional seat gain figures only reflect the results of the regularly-scheduled elections, and do not take special elections into account. Democratic-Republican gain All 106 voting members Democratic-Republican +22 Elections were held for the 7th United States Congress, in 1800 and 1801. The election took place during the First Party System, and is generally considered the first realigning election in American history.Reichley A. James The Life of the Parties 2000 Rowman & Littlefield 8–12 Paperback It was the first peaceful transfer of power between parties in American history.Presidential elections http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/presidential-elections History.com History Channel September 3, 2015 June 14, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180614071704/https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/presidential-elections live The Democratic-Republican Party won control of the presidency and both houses of Congress for the first time. Conversely, the Federalist Party would never again control the presidency or either house of Congress. Ohio was admitted as a state during the 7th Congress. In the presidential election, the Democratic-Republican Vice President Thomas Jefferson became the first Democratic-Republican President, narrowly defeating the incumbent Federalist President John Adams.1800 Presidential Election http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/showelection.php?year=1800 dead June 25, 2014 The American Presidency Project July 17, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140717133135/http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/showelection.php?year=1800 Jefferson again won the South and Adams again won New England, but Jefferson won by adding New York and Maryland. Jefferson tied his own running mate, former Senator Aaron Burr of New York, in electoral votes, necessitating a contingent election in the House that Jefferson won. Burr, as the runner-up, was elected vice president. The contingent election led to the passage of the Twelfth Amendment, which altered the electoral college so that electors in all future elections cast an electoral vote for president and a separate electoral vote for vice president. In the House, Democratic-Republicans won major gains, taking control of the chamber.Party Divisions of the House of Representatives http://history.house.gov/Institution/Party-Divisions/Party-Divisions/ United States House of Representatives June 25, 2014 June 25, 2014 https://archive.today/20140625235351/http://history.house.gov/Institution/Party-Divisions/Party-Divisions/ live In the Senate, Democratic-Republicans picked up several seats, taking control of the chamber for the first time in the party's history.Party Division in the Senate, 1789-Present https://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/history/one_item_and_teasers/partydiv.htm United States Senate June 25, 2014 July 18, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110718045714/https://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/history/one_item_and_teasers/partydiv.htm live This marked the first of three times in American history where one party flipped both chambers of Congress and the presidency in a single election, along with 1840 and 1952. See also 1800 United States presidential election 1800–01 United States House of Representatives elections 1800–01 United States Senate elections References 1800