1800 Presidential Election
The Revolution of 1800October 30 – December 3, 1800 · The Founding Era · 276 electoral votes, 139 to win
Jefferson's victory over Adams was the first peaceful transfer of power between parties in modern history, but a tie with his own running mate Burr threw it into the House for 36 ballots. The 12th Amendment followed directly.
Elected by the House
Thomas Jefferson
Democratic-Republican
Electoral vote
73 of 276
Popular vote
61.4%
41,330 votes
Turnout
32.3%
The result
Before 1824 most electors were chosen by state legislatures, so popular-vote figures cover only a handful of states, and until the 12th Amendment each elector cast two votes, with the runner-up becoming vice president.
Results by state
The state table accounts for 65 of John Adams's 64 official electoral votes. The remainder reflect split delegations, district allocations, faithless electors or votes not counted, as recorded at the electoral count.
States marked without popular votes chose their electors in the legislature.
The Congress it seated
7th Congress
1801–1803
Divided government
Senate
17–15
Anti-Administration control · Anti-Administration–Pro-Administration
House
68–38
Anti-Administration control · Anti-Administration–Pro-Administration