Who were the candidates in the Preseidential election was decided in the house of representatives?

Question

This happened twice

Answer 1

In 1800, Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr tied with 73 votes each. While the Republican Party had intended Jefferson to be the Presidential nominee and Burr to be the VP, the laws in place at the time did not differentiate between Presidential and Vice-Presidential votes, thus resulting in the tie. Thus, the election was sent to the House of Representatives, who spent a week balloting (mostly because the Federalists voted for Burr as President, primarily to spite Jefferson).

In 1824, no candidate received a majority of the electoral votes so the House had to choose between top 3 vote getters - Andrew Jackson (99 electoral votes), John Quincy Adams (84) and William Harris Crawford (41). Henry Clay, the Speaker of the House received 37 votes and finished 4th. After his elimination, Clay threw his support to Adams, who was elected on the first ballot.

Also to consider: in 1876, the winner of the election between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel Tilden was not officially decided officially by the House, but the electoral vote hinged on the acceptance by a Congressionally appointed committee of disputed ballots cast for Hayes in several states (all of Florida, Louisiana, and South Carolina's electors, plus one in Oregon).

Answer 2

There were two of them.

In the election of 1800, the candidates were John Adams and Thomas Jefferson

In the election of 1824, the candidates were John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, William H Crawford, and Andrew Jackson

Answer 3

i'm not quite sure what you're getting at, but here's what i remember from high school civics:

we elect members of the House of Representatives every two years.

the Presidency is up for election every four years.

in the Senate, where we have 100 member, 33-34 members are up for election every 2 years, meaning that each senator holds her/his seat for 6 years before the next election.

on Nov. 7, 2006, we elected *all* of the House of Representatives, 1/3 of the Senate, and the Presidency is up for election in two years (2008).