Episode 2 of 3
House Contingent Election Begins
- When
- February 1801
- Where
- House of Representatives
In February 1801 the House balloted as states to choose between Jefferson and Burr for president.
With the electoral vote tied, the decision moved to the House of Representatives, whose members balloted as states in February 1801. The outgoing House elected in 1798 would decide, since the new Congress's terms had not yet begun. Democratic-Republicans feared Federalists might engineer Burr's victory or stall, leaving John Marshall as Acting President.
Sources
- 1800 United States presidential election Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-27
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