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The time was to either elect another president, or re-elect the same president; which is what the federalists tried.
John Adams, the president before Jefferson, was elected to a second term by federalists, but republicans elected Thomas Jefferson.
The 1800's Election
Both federalist and republicans wrote letters to newspapers and leaders of citizens to publicize their political views so other citizens can decide on who to vote for,
unlike today where the candidates would travel to different locations to claim people’s votes,
and the federalists claimed Thomas Jefferson as “godless” since they were lagging behind with the letters.
John Adam's Paper: Thomas Jefferson is a godless being
Republicans retaliated by saying that federalists only show rich people’s opinions and that it would revive monarchy.
Thomas Jefferson's Paper: John Adams could and would bring back monarchy.
That's bad.
They also represent the interests of wealthy people that owned land to get some money.
Election Deadlock
Both Burr and Jefferson had 73 votes, and the way to overcome the dilemma was the 12th amendment.
If you don’t know what the 12th amendment is, it means that if someone wants to vote for a president,
and also wants vote for another vice president from a different party,
They can't.
They have to vote for the vice president and the president of the same party.
That’s why political parties were formed,
to help organize the new government if there were to be any problems.
Jefferson's Inauguration
On March 4th, 1801, the third president of the United States, Thomas Jefferson was inaugurated.
Chief Justice John Marshall carried out Jefferson’s inauguration.
John Adams also snuck out of the white house just before the inauguration to avoid watching Jefferson becoming president.
John Adams: I'm outta here.
After he was inaugurated, Jefferson said a few words about what he was going to do as president.
Thomas Jefferson: We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists.
He said that he was gonna make a better, but not overpowering government, and it functioning well.
I am going to make a large federal government that “threatened liberty” gone.
それでおしまい。
