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Jefferson is--finally--elected President...
Jefferson is--finally--elected President...
Item # 703929
March 02, 1801
JENKS' PORTLAND GAZETTE, Maine (still part of Mass. at this time), March 2, 1801
* Thomas Jefferson finally wins
* Controversial election of 1800
The election of 1800 was a very contentious one, ending with a Jefferson-Burr tie, but after 36 ballots the House of Representatives ultimately chooses Jefferson as president.
Page 3 has that report, headed: "President--Chosen" noting: "In the last Gazette it was predicted that the result of the Presidential election would be announced this day. The production proves true...by which it appears that Mr. Jefferson was elected on the 17th ultimo."
What follows is the official report in a letter datelined "Washington, 1 o'clock, 17th of February" which includes: "Sir, Knowing the solicitude of my fellow citizens on the important question of the election of President...I have deemed it a duty to give them through you the agreeable information by express of Mr. Jefferson being this instant elected by the following states..." with more.
Four pages, never bound nor trimmed, very nice condition.
AI notes: Thomas Jefferson was officially declared the winner of the 1800 presidential election after an unprecedented and tense process. The election initially resulted in a tie in the Electoral College, with both Jefferson and his running mate, Aaron Burr, receiving 73 votes each, because electors cast two votes for president without distinguishing between the offices of president and vice president. The decision then moved to the House of Representatives, where the deadlock persisted for 36 ballots. Alexander Hamilton, a leading Federalist who distrusted both candidates but viewed Burr as dangerously unfit for the presidency, ultimately persuaded enough Federalists to support Jefferson, allowing him to be elected president on February 17, 1801, with Burr becoming vice president. This election marked the first peaceful transfer of power between rival political parties in U.S. history, highlighted flaws in the original electoral system, and prompted the later adoption of the 12th Amendment in 1804, which created separate ballots for president and vice president.
What follows is the official report in a letter datelined "Washington, 1 o'clock, 17th of February" which includes: "Sir, Knowing the solicitude of my fellow citizens on the important question of the election of President...I have deemed it a duty to give them through you the agreeable information by express of Mr. Jefferson being this instant elected by the following states..." with more.
Four pages, never bound nor trimmed, very nice condition.
AI notes: Thomas Jefferson was officially declared the winner of the 1800 presidential election after an unprecedented and tense process. The election initially resulted in a tie in the Electoral College, with both Jefferson and his running mate, Aaron Burr, receiving 73 votes each, because electors cast two votes for president without distinguishing between the offices of president and vice president. The decision then moved to the House of Representatives, where the deadlock persisted for 36 ballots. Alexander Hamilton, a leading Federalist who distrusted both candidates but viewed Burr as dangerously unfit for the presidency, ultimately persuaded enough Federalists to support Jefferson, allowing him to be elected president on February 17, 1801, with Burr becoming vice president. This election marked the first peaceful transfer of power between rival political parties in U.S. history, highlighted flaws in the original electoral system, and prompted the later adoption of the 12th Amendment in 1804, which created separate ballots for president and vice president.
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