How were the rivals John Adams and Thomas Jefferson elected president and vice-president in 1796?
2007-11-17 14:14:36 · 3 answers · asked by Aimee R 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
DB has it - and her site listed confirms - but the more specific answer is that the candidate with the second most votes for president would become the vice president. There were often more than two men running.
Excerpt from DB's source - "The election exposed one of the flaws in the original Constitution. Members of the Electoral College could only vote for president; the vice president was the person who had the second largest number of votes."
2007-11-17 14:59:55 · answer #1 · answered by Spreedog 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Back then, the way the elections were formatted were that there were two canadates, a Whig and a Democrat. The loser of the race became VP.
2007-11-17 22:22:07 · answer #2 · answered by Mercutia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They were not on the same ticket as they are today - see more here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._presidential_election,_1800
He who lost the election...became VP. Can't you just see the difficulties....
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2007-11-17 22:18:15 · answer #3 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋