The election was important because both the candidates were both members of the Democrat-Republican party. Both received 73 electoral votes. This caused it to be sent to the house of representatives. Alexander Hamilton has a rivalry with Aaron Burr (one of the candidates). This is important because Alexander did everything he could to ensure Burr wasn't going to be president.
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 political realignment that ushered in a generation of Democratic-Republican leadership.
