the story of presidential elections

Millions of U.S citizens flock to polling places scattered throughout cities

Its framers expected only a minority of Americans to vote directly

Americans agreed on who should become the young nation’s first president

Federalists backed the incumbent president John Adams

They brought to the federal government’s new headquarters in Washington,

Democratic Republican electors had cast seventy-three ballots for Thomas Jerfferson

The Constitution specified that a tied vote had to be decided in the House of Representatives.

Twelfth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified

The year 1800 was pivotal in the history of the American presidential election

American president not born to a wealthy landholding or professional family. But to his supporters he was “the people’s president.”

In other cases, candidates would be selected by political caucuses

The party convention focused attention on Jackson and his vice presidential running mate