The Elections of 1796 and 1800

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The Elections of 1796 and 1800
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
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The Election of 1796

• The top Nominees Thomas Jefferson
  (Democratic-Republican) with his running mate,
  Aaron Burr, and John Adams (Federalist) with his
  running mate, Thomas Pinckney

Who voted for who
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The Transition

• A transition of power from the first president,
  Washington, to whoever won the election

President Washington and cabinet
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Washington

• President Washington refused to serve a third
  term. He was exhausted and found himself longing
  for the comforts of Mount Vernon

Mount Vernon
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Time Two Party!

• 1796 was the first two-party election and also
  the first contested presidential election of
  American history

Democratic party political cartoon
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Campaign Issues of 1796

• The most important issues of the 1796
  election were the French Revolution and the Jay
  Treaty

French Revolution
Jay Treaty
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Treaty and War

• Jefferson was against the Jay Treaty because
  it favored the British over the French and Adams
  opposed the French Revolution

Battle from French Revolution
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The Campaign

• Early campaigning took place in newspapers and
  broad sides. Editors wrote about their favorite
  candidate Jefferson or Adams

1796 Newspaper
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The Results are In

• Adams won by 3 votes and Jefferson
  automatically became vice president.

Picture of Adams
Picture of Jefferson
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The Election of 1800

• The top nominees were Jefferson and Adams again,
  with their same running mates

Picture of Jefferson
Picture of Adams
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4 Years of Hardship

• During Adams first term in office, he became
  very unpopular because he had made a negotiation
  with France

Picture of Adams
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On the Campaign

• This election was the first time the actual
  candidates had campaigned

Aaron Burr, Jeffersons running mate, did most of
the campaigning
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Alien and Sedition Acts

• These Acts, passed by John Adams in 1798, were
  designed to restrict foreigners passage into
  America and reduce press criticism of the
  government, while at the same time reducing
  French support

Alien and Sedition Acts
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Jeffersons Outlook

• As Jefferson was a supporter of France he
  disliked these acts and they had been repealed or
  expired by 1802

Jefferson
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The System

• The Electoral College was exposed to have a lot
  of cracks in their system during this election.

Electoral College Cartoon
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A.. Tie?

• There was a tie of presidential votes, not
  between Jefferson and Adams, but between
  Jefferson and Burr, his running mate

Burr
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I refuse!

• The constitution did not differentiate between
  presidential and vice presidential votes, so
  there was a tie of votes between Burr and
  Jefferson for president. Burr refused to step
  down.

Jefferson
Burr
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Victory

• After 36 ballots, Jefferson finally came out
  victorious and Aaron Burr became his vice
  president. Jefferson never trusted Burr after
  that.

Jefferson
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Fixed

• The 12th Amendment required electors to vote
  separately for president and vice president.

Jefferson Burr
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Happy Ending

• Jefferson (who presided for 2 terms) and Adams
  ended up becoming friends and sending letters
  back and forth for the rest of their lives. The
  rivals died both died on the 4th of July.
• Burr was exiled for treason and shot Alexander
  Hamilton in a duel before leaving.

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Picture Citing

• http//www.foundersofamerica.com/FOUNDING_FATHERS_
  PICTURES_PORTRAITS/John_Adams_1.htm - Picture of
  John Adams
• http//johnadamsweb.com/pix/thumbnails.php?album1
  Picture of John Adams
• http//etext.virginia.edu/jefferson/biog/ljpic.htm
  - Jefferson Pictures
• http//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb
  /Jefferson_adams_franklin.jpg -Jefferson and
  Adams pictures
• http//electivedecisions.files.wordpress.com/2009/
  12/radical-extremists-and-the-democrat-party1.gif
  - Cartoon
• http//images.rarenewspapers.com/ebayimgs/12.5.200
  5/image002.jpg - Newspaper
• http//www.twofrog.com/images/mtvernon301web.jpg
• http//wpcontent.answers.com/wikipedia/commons/thu
  mb/c/c1/Aaron_Burr-2.jpg/250px-Aaron_Burr-2.jpg
  -Burr
• http//media.photobucket.com/image/alien20and20s
  edition20acts/PosterityProject/AlienSeditionActs1
  798.jpg - Alien and Sedition Acts
• http//www.jmap.org/images/jefferson.jpg
  -Jefferson Pictures
• http//davegranlund.com/cartoons/wp-content/upload
  s/color-elect-col-web.jpg -Cartoon
• http//www.esquire.com/cm/esquire/images/aaron-bur
  r-0909-lg.jpg -Burr
• http//www.politickernj.com/files/images/BoltCC040
  708_WIN_0.jpg (pistol cartoon)
• http//www.redroom.com/files/images/TJ20AB.previe
  w.gif Jefferson and Burr