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How Did a Lame-Duck Congress Try to Resist Thomas Jefferson? - The Constitutional Crisis of the 1800 Presidential Election | Sleepy Facts About History
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In the winter of 1800 and 1801, the United States government nearly came apart over a tied presidential election that the Constitution had not anticipated. Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr each received seventy-three electoral votes, sending the decision to a lame-duck House of Representatives controlled by Federalists who viewed Jefferson as a dangerous radical. After thirty-five deadlocked ballots and rumors of militias preparing to march, the constitutional system ultimately survived the…
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