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.

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, ...

Historic Presidential Elections: Adams vs. Jefferson, the Presidential election of 1800 ...

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… ...

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 ...

The flaws in the 1800 election gave birth to the 12th amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which revised the procedures for electing the president and vice president.

The Madison-Jefferson letters presaged the 1824 election which, thrown to the House, resulted in the election of John Quincy Adams, even though Andrew Jackson had won both the Electoral College.

Four years later, it was incumbent president vs. vice president in the 1800 election, with Jefferson this time prevailing. However, it was an unusual process.