The Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution provides the procedure for electing the president and vice president. It replaced the procedure in Article II, Section 1, Clause 3, under which
The Twelfth Amendment in the National Archives
Certificate for the electoral vote for Rutherford B. Hayes and William A. Wheeler for the State of Louisiana
Presidential elections were held in the United States from October 31 to December 3, 1800. In what is sometimes called the "Revolution of 1800", the Democratic-Republican Party candidate, Vice Preside
Official Presidential portrait of Thomas Jefferson
Gilbert Stuart, John Adams, c. 1800 1815, NGA
John Vanderlyn Official Portrait of Vice President Aaron Burr