Elections<span> to the United States </span>House of Representatives<span> for the 7th </span>Congress<span> in</span>1800<span> and 1801, at the same time as the </span>1800<span> presidential </span>election, in<span> which Vice President Thomas Jefferson, a Democratic Republican, defeated incumbent President John Adams, a Federalist.</span>
Because he gave them what they wanted. For a definite price but they went on and did it anyway.