That same year, when Republicans Aaron Burr and Thomas Jefferson tied in balloting for the presidency, Hamilton lobbied Congress to decide the election in Jefferson's favor. Hamilton's campaign ...
Aaron Burr had traveled West just six months before ... Burr had convinced President Thomas Jefferson to name Wilkinson as governor of Northern Louisiana. Despite his faults, Wilkinson represented ...
On Feb. 17, 1801, the U.S. House of Representatives broke an electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, electing Jefferson president; Burr became vice president.
The Presidential election in 1800 was a bit of a mess. In the first two elections in 1789 and 1792, George Washington was ...
Not long ago, people knew Aaron Burr only from a funny “Got Milk ... during the 1800 presidential election when he and Thomas Jefferson received the same number of votes.
In 1801, after 36 votes (one tie, 35 indecisive), the U.S. House of Representatives broke an electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, electing Jefferson president; Burr became vice ...
Article 6 of our Constitution establishes the supremacy of federal law over that of the States, a change from the Articles of Confederation. It also defines the oaths that members of our three ...
1 of 5 | Jimmy Fallon arrives on the red carpet for the Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City on May 2, ...