There was a Federalist president and a Democratic-Republican vice-president and there were ties. Federalist John Adams defeated Democratic-Republican Thomas Jefferson. Despite the vituperation between their respective camps, neither Adams nor Jefferson actively campaigned for the presidency.<span>[3][4]</span>This became a long-standing tradition in American politics lasting into the second half of the 19th century. Jefferson got the second uppermost number of electoral votes and was chosen as vice president according to the prevailing rules of Electoral College voting. This election marked the formation of the First Party System, and recognized a rivalry between Federalist New England and Democratic-Republican South, with the middle states holding the balance of power
It depends, they are not suppose to take them away but they can make them. If they are taken away they broke our constitution.
The best known statement of the theory of nullification during this period was said by John C. Calhoun
Samuel J. Tilden was the man that had the most popular votes in the 1876 presidential election but ultimately lost it through a decision by a bipartisan committee. The popular votes were with Tilden but the victory was awarded to Rutherford B. Hayes. It was one of the most controversial decisions in the history of elections in the united states of america.
