1800 United States presidential election in South Carolina

none June 2025 September 2023 1800 United States presidential election 1800 United States presidential election in South Carolina South Carolina 1775 presidential no 1796 United States presidential election in South Carolina 1796 1804 United States presidential election in South Carolina 1804 October 31 – December 3, 1800 x200px Thomas Jefferson by Rembrandt Peale, 1800.jpg Thomas Jefferson Democratic-Republican Party Virginia 8 100% John Vanderlyn - Official Portrait of Vice President Aaron Burr.jpg Aaron Burr Democratic-Republican Party New York 8 100% President John Adams Federalist Party (United States) Thomas Jefferson Democratic-Republican Party In the 1800 United States presidential election, electors to the United States Electoral College could be selected in each state at any time after October 31 and all electors were required to vote on December 3, 1800. Based on the constitutional provision in effect at that time, each elector cast two votes. The candidate receiving most votes would be President. The runner up would be elected Vice President.United States Constitution prior to Twelfth Amendment, Article II, Section 1, Clause 3. During this election, the Federalist Party nominated incumbent President John Adams of Massachusetts and South Carolina native General Charles Cotesworth Pinckney. The Democratic-Republican Party nominated incumbent Vice President Thomas Jefferson of Virginia and Aaron Burr of New York.Dubin Michael J. United States Presidential Elections, 1788–1860: The Official Results by County and State McFarland & Company 2002 9780786410170 Jefferson 9Ferling John E. Adams v. Jefferson: The Tumultuous Election of 1800 Oxford University Press 2004 0195167716 132, 158–167 Federalists hoped to receive votes in South Carolina based on the presence on the ticket of native son, Charles Cotesworth Pinckney. The Democratic-Republican campaign in the state was led by General Pinckney's first cousin, Senator Charles Pinckney, Jr.Sharp James Roger The Deadlocked Election of 1800: Jefferson, Burr, and the Union in the Balance 2018 University Press of Kansas 978-0-7006-1742-5 1st American Presidential Elections La Vergne 90–92, 124–128 When the choice of South Carolina electors came before the state Legislature beginning in late November 1800, there was much discussion about a possible compromise whereby electors would be selected who would split their ballots between Federalist, General Pinckney and Democratic Republican, Jefferson. Ultimately on December 2, 1800, just one day before election day, the Legislature selected a slate of 8 electors, all of whom were committed to voting for Democratic Republican candidates.Bain, Jr. James 1898 South Carolina in the Presidential Election of 1800 The American Historical Review 4 1 111–12 On election day, December 3, 1800, all of the 8 South Carolina electors cast their electoral votes for Jefferson and Burr. See also United States presidential elections in South Carolina References South Carolina 1800 Category:1800 South Carolina elections