Which candidates did Republicans and Federalists want to win?
Most republicans (also known as democratic-republicans) wanted me to win for president and Aaron Burr to win vice president. A lot of Federalists wanted John Adams to win for president and Charles Pinckney to win as vice president.
Even though Hamilton was a federalist, he did not support Adams because of their disagreements. They never seemed to get along. Hamilton thought Adams was unfit to become president again. Hamilton and his followers tried to convince federalist electors to vote for Charles Pinckney instead of John Adams for president.
What was John Adams and your campaigns like?
Well, to tell you the truth our campaigns were mostly based on insults, which is not a good way to win an election. Both political parties were giving a lot of support for their candidates, by making the opposing candidate seem like a bad choice for president. The Federalist and Republican newspapers would write insults and a lot of lies about the opposing candidate. The Federalist newspapers would say that I was an atheist, even though I am a deist. They would also said I was planning to set up a guillotine in the new capital to kill my opponents and was going to turn our new government into chaos similar to the French Revolution. This was absolutely nonsense. The Republican newspapers would say that Adams wanted a monarchy. They said he had arranged a marriage with one of his sons and the English king's daughter and turn us back into a British monarchy. Because of the Sedition Act, some of the people insulting Adams, the republicans, were arrested. By the way, the Sedition Act is where Congress made it so speaking or writing badly about Congress or the president is illegal. I think this was in total violation of the first amendment and was made only to help the federalists and is against the Republicans.
What happened in the results of the election?
John Adams had sixty-five votes and Charles Pinckney had sixty-four votes. John Jay had one vote. Aaron Burr and I were tied with seventy-three votes.
Since there was a tie between Charles Pinckney and I, the election was sent to the House of Representatives to decide who was going to become the president. In five days, 36 ballots were casts. The election was decided by Hamilton's vote. Hamilton disliked me, but hated Aaron Burr. He also voted for me because he thought I would bring less harm to the government than Burr would.
What did the election of 1800 lead to?
The election of 1800 led to the creation of the twelfth amendment. This states that electors must cast separate ballots for president and vice president. They cannot vote for a candidate from their own state. The candidate with the majority of votes for president becomes the new president. If none of the candidates get the majority of votes, the top three candidates voted for as presidents get chosen to be voted for at the House of Representatives to become president. The votes will be taken by states, the representatives from each state get one vote. If the House of Representatives doesn't make a decision by the fourth of March, then the vice president becomes president. The person who gets the majority of votes as vice president, gets to become the vice president. If no one gets the majority, the Senate decides from the top two candidates for vice president. The vice president has to get the majority of the Senate's votes, which is at least two-thirds of the votes .
The election of 1800 is also known as the "Revolution of 1800." This is because it marks the change in power from the federalists (John Adams) to the republicans (me). The change in power made a change to our government. My inauguration on March 4th, 1801 was the start of a new era in our young nation.
Citations: Online Highways, "Election of 1800," Travel and History, <http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h448.html>
Online Highways, "Acts, Bills, and Laws Amendment XII Choosing the President, Vice President - 1804," Travel and History, <http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h263.html>
(6 April 2008).
Advameg Inc., "Election of 1800," 2007, <http://www.americanforeignrelations.com/Co-Eu/Election-of-1800.html>
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