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
Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution
…election to select the vice president. The first four presidential elections were conducted under these rules. The original system allowed the 1796 and 1800 presidential elections to elect a president and vice-president who were political opponents, constantly acting at cross-purposes. This was the case as John Adams (Federalist…
Official Presidential portrait of Thomas Jefferson
Gilbert Stuart, John Adams, c. 1800 1815, NGA
Aaron Burr portrait