The United States presidential election of 1800 was the fourth United States presidential election. It was held from Friday, October 31 to Wednesday, December 3, 1800. In what is sometimes referred to as the "Revolution of 1800", Vice President Thomas Jefferson of the Democratic-Republican Party defeated incumbent President John Adams of the Federalist Party. The election was a realigning election that ushered in a generation of the Democratic-Republican rule. Because electors could not distinguish between their presidential and vice presidential choices until the passage of the Twelfth Amendment.
No candidate received a majority of electors, Jefferson elected by vote of House of Representatives
. This was because both Jefferson and Burr tied at 73 Electoral votes!
The anti-imperialists opposed expansion, believing that imperialism violated the fundamental principle that just republican government must derive from "consent of the governed."
