2006-10-02 15:08:39 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
The start of our modern 2-party system.
On September 25, 1804, just before the election of 1804, the Twelfth Amendment went into effect, which changed the presidential electoral process. Instead of the original method of awarding the presidency to the candidate receiving the most votes and the vice-presidency to the candidate receiving the second-highest total, electors now cast separate ballots electing a president and vice president.
2006-10-02 15:15:54 · answer #1 · answered by BethS 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In 1800, the election between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson marked the first peaceful transfer of power between political parties.
2006-10-02 15:16:35 · answer #2 · answered by chastityelizabeth 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It marked the last time that non-human extraterrestrials openly backed a US presidential candidate, John Adams. This was changed in the secret eleventh and a half amendment to the US constitution.. all that is historically left of which is the watered-down version of the "ALIEN & sedition acts"
of course you COULD look for other answers in :: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1800
2006-10-04 13:32:33 · answer #3 · answered by warm_funny_man 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
peaceful transition of power from one party to the other
and something else i dont remember
2006-10-02 15:10:54 · answer #4 · answered by saba 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋