the election of 1800
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The Election of 1800. Democratic-Republican Candidates: Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr. Federalist Candidates: John Adams and Charles C. Pinckney. Adams would have won re-election, perhaps easily, had Alexander Hamilton not split the Federalist Party - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The Election of 1800Democratic-Republican Candidates: Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr
Federalist Candidates: John Adams and Charles C.
Pinckney
Adams would have won re-election, perhaps easily, had Alexander Hamilton not split the Federalist Party Remember, many Federalists are not happy that Adams
did not serve in the interest of the party!
Could John Adams have won the Election?
Election of 1800 Breakdown• Thomas Jefferson - 73 electoral votes• Aaron Burr - 73 electoral votes• John Adams - 65 electoral votes
• Problem:– If there is a tie for 1st, who wins?
• Who becomes VPOTUS?
• It goes to the House of Representatives to pick from the top 2 candidates!
Instead, the Democratic-Republicans won the election
Both winning candidates, Jefferson and Burr, received 73 electoral votes
Election was settled in the House of Representatives after 35 votes
Hamilton swings the election to Jefferson and angers Burr
The messed up election pointed out the need for a Constitutional amendment regarding the Presidential election process.
So what?
The U.S. Constitution gets a new amendment12th amendment
Added in 1803Created 2 ballots for
presidential elections:
1 for POTUS1 for VPOTUS
That way there can never be a tie again….we hope.
Federalists fear what Jefferson will say—will he start a new revolution?
Jefferson, surprisingly, calls for unity—he states “We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists.”
Jefferson DOES NOT propose to change or destroy the structure of the federal government.
What will happen now?
Read excerpt about the Marbury v. Madison case
Do Now:
Marbury vs. Madison: Does William Marbury, one of John Adams’ last minute “midnight judges,” receive his commission to be judge or not?
Jefferson had James Madison refuse to give the commission to Marbury
Issue went before the Supreme CourtRuling became a precedent—an example for
future court cases
Issues with the Courts
With Marbury v. Madison, the Supreme Court established the concept of “Judicial Review” of laws
Judicial Review means that the Court may decide if a law is constitutional or not.
If a law is judged to be unconstitutional, or goes against the U.S. Constitution, then the law ceases to be a law.
Result of case