Unit 2, Lecture 3Thomas Jefferson

Mr. Smith

8th grade U.S. History

September 27th & 28th, 2012

The Election of 1800

• Rematch of the Election of 1796– President John Adams who won the election of 1796

(Federalists)– Vice President Thomas Jefferson who lost

(Democratic-Republicans) • Arguments from both sides that the other side

was endangering the country• End results

– Jefferson 73 votes– Adams 65 votes– Aaron Burr (Jefferson’s running mate) 73 votes– Tie…goes to the Constitution for tie break procedure

Breaking the Tie

• Constitution states the HoR gets to choose President in the case of a tie.

• Although Democratic-Republicans won the new HoR seats, the Federalists still held them for a few months.– Many Federalist did not like Jefferson– Many realized Burr was not well qualified

• 36 ballots and 3 weeks later, finally the Federalists elected the more qualified Jefferson– Burr would never forgive Jefferson for negative

statements he made about him

The Talented Jefferson

• Jefferson has a list of a variety of achievements– Lawyer– Architect– Interior design– Violinists– Scientist– Book collector

• Collection became original core of Library of Congress